Dyess Air Force Base, Texas today received the 250th C-130J Super Hercules built at the Lockheed Martin facility. Since 2010, 15 C-130J have been delivered to the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess and the second of 11 aircraft to be delivered to the base in 2012
French defense giant Dassault Aviation has entered into a second Indian contract just weeks after winning the MMRCA deal. Dassault and Reliance Industries Limited have partnered in the defence and homeland security sector in India, the Press Trust of India reported
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Raytheon Missile Systems of Tucson Arizona has awarded BAE Systems Australia with a $31 million contract for the continued production of Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) components. This latest contract ups the value of the ESSM business awarded to BAE Systems Australia to more than $370 million, and will guarantee continued production work in Australia until the end of 2014
DCNS, a world leader in naval defense and innovator in energy, and STX France, an international shipbuilding group, have partnered to submit a joint big for the maintenance and support of French Navy patrol frigates based overseas. This bid has now been accepted by the Fleet Support Services department, which has awarded the contract to the partners
Lakota program remains on budget and schedule as it enters its seventh program year. 7 The U
The Department of Defense awarded Raytheon Company two separate air-launched weapons contracts with a combined value of nearly $100 million. --The U
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Eurocopter delivered the first of six EC145s ordered to date by the Kazakh Ministries of Defense and Emergencies. A total of 45 of the helicopters are to be purchased, and will be assembled by the new joint venture Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering, in which Eurocopter and Kazakhstan Engineering have a 50/50 share
India's automobile maker Mahindra & Mahindra has forged a joint venture with U.S