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Sweden To Hike Defense Budget Over Ukraine Crisis

April 24, 2014 @ 10:54 AM

Sweden plans to increase its annual defence spending over the next 10 years, citing the crisis in Ukraine and an "unsettling" development in Russia. The government on Tuesday said that spending would rise gradually until 2024, when the annual defence budget increase would be around 5
DCI To Train Malaysian Navy For Next Decade

April 9, 2014 @ 07:40 PM

For more than 10 years, DCI-NAVFCO - DCIs naval operational department – has been standing next to the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) to support it step by step in the creation of a submarine force ab initio, according to an official statement. DCI is currently training new submariners while continuing training former batches
Anti-Gripen Deal Campaigners Warn Sale Could Cost Switzerland Three Times More

April 1, 2014 @ 10:53 AM

Ahead of a Swiss referendum to buy 22 Gripen fighter aircraft the countrys lawmakers opposing the deal say it could cost three times more than the government claims. Campaigners who are gearing up for the May 18 plebiscite warned that the price tag could swell to 10 billion Swiss francs (8
Chile’s Defense Procurement Could Be Hit By Copper Trade

March 25, 2014 @ 01:41 PM

A proposal to delink the copper trade from defense procurement in Chile may upset calculations of defense companies who consider the South American country a potential gold mine for contracts. The new legislation which aims at doing away with a law that requires the copper industry to fund military procurement has been criticized for lacking coherent vision
US Army To Test Advanced Hypersonic Weapon Technology

March 20, 2014 @ 09:42 AM

The US Army will test its Advanced Hypersonic Weapon Technology Demonstration again in August to help determine the system's future. Lt
Northrop Grumman's G/ATOR Program To Enter Low-Rate Initial Production Phase

March 11, 2014 @ 08:04 AM

Northrop Grumman on January 24 was approved the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) program for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) at a Department of Defense acquisition event known as Milestone C. "G/ATOR has demonstrated operational capabilities that will fundamentally change how the Marine Corps detects, tracks and engages a broad range of target sets," said Jeffrey Q
Lockheed Martin Working on LM-100J, Civilian Version of C-130J

February 4, 2014 @ 06:48 AM

Lockheed Martin recently submitted a Program Notification Letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 2014, for a type design update for its Model L-382J airplane, a civil-certified variant of the proven C-130J Super Hercules to be marketed as the LM-100J. More than 100 L-100s, which were the commercial variant of the first generation C-130, were produced from 1964-1992
Singapore To Focus On Cyber Security, Missile Procurement; Defense Market To Expand...

January 23, 2014 @ 10:20 AM

Considered to be the most advanced military force in Southeast Asia, Singapores defense market is set to be worth $13.4 Billion by 2018
Finland To Purchase Leopard MBTs Worth 200 Million Euros

January 17, 2014 @ 11:57 AM

The Finnish Ministry of Defence (MoD) will acquire second-hand Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks (MBTs) from the Netherlands, according to Army Technology. In a letter to the Dutch Parliament's Lower House, defence minister Jeanine Antoinette Hennis-Plasschaert noted that the contract is likely to be signed next week during the visit of Finnish defence minister, Carl Haglund, to the Netherlands
Raytheon Win $57 Million Worth Contracts

December 23, 2013 @ 10:47 AM

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