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A new agreement allowing the merger of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg armed forces will also amalgamate their current defense procurement plans. The Benelux Army as it is now known will come into effect this week
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Marine-defense giant Atlas Elektronik is looking at new ways to target the booming Indian defense market. Atlas Elektronik is now focused on winning the torpedo upgradation program for the Indian Navy which has been using the German-made SUTs torpedoes (Surface and Underwater Torpedo)
The British Government has put its best foot forward at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2012 in Malaysia and has presented 65 defense companies at the expo including the ADS Group, General Dynamics UK, Typhoon International and Smiths Detection. Gerald Howarth, Minister for International Security Strategy said that his government was looking to develop comprehensive partnerships with Malaysia
SELEX Galileo will showcase its advanced defense electronics at this year’s Defence Services Asia (DSA) event in Kuala Lumpur which begins on the 16th-19th April. Targeting Malaysia’s maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) requirement, the defense giant will be promoting its manned and unmanned surveillance mission system capabilities
Afgan forces have officially taken over the controversial night raids since the U.S and Afghanistan signed a deal on the special forces operations last week
ITT Exelis is a leader in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) related products and systems and information and technical services, supplying military, government and commercial customers in the United States and globally. The company, which is also in the space business, payload and weather satellites, talks about its future business plans and its tryst with India
Italian aero-engine manufacturer Avio and Pratt & Whitney today announced the signature of a long-term agreement for Avio to produce the P&W designed fan drive gear system for the Pure Power PW1100G-JM engine. Under the agreement, Avio will also design the accessory gearbox and the oil tank for the engine and produce those components as well
Naval Defense giant DCNS has signed a contract through DCNS India with SEC Industries worth Rs 310-cr (approximately $50 million) for the indigenization of equipment for the P75 Scorpene submarines. DCNS India and SEC Industries will manufacture equipment such as hull hatches, cofferdam doors, knuckle hoses, ballast vent valves, High Pressure air cylinders, weapon handling and storage system