Thales has won a sub-contract for the verification of the NATO's Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) architecture on the integrated test bed in The Hague. As per the contract, Leidos and its eight teammates from Canada, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Turkey, the UK, and the US, will support NATOs BMD programme by working together as an integrated product team to deliver BMD capability, Thales said in a statement Friday
The US State Department has approved $1.29 billion worth sale of 22,000 smart and general purpose bombs to Saudi Arabia
The joint venture of Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) and Thales has launched the production of radars for the Indian Air Force. BEL holds a 74 per cent stake in the joint venture
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for the third phase of its RF Mapping program, RadioMap, which seeks to provide real-time awareness of radio spectrum use across frequency, geography and time. Akin to smartphone maps that show color-coded current traffic conditions, RadioMap is developing technology that visually overlays spectrum information on a map enabling rapid frequency deconfliction and maximizing use of available spectrum for communications and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has approved $70 million sale of precision bomb kits to Turkey. The Turkish and US governments can negotiate the actual sale, DSCA said in a statement Thursday
Sysorex has secured a $1 million agreement with a US Government agency for the AirPatrol ZoneDefense mobile device detection and locationing system. ZoneDefense will be used to help secure sensitive buildings from cybersecurity and data leakage threats posed by rogue mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and other items capable of communicating and transferring data outside of secured networks, the company announced Tuesday
India has offered its Tejas Licght Combat Aircraft (LCA) to Sri Lankan Air Forces bid to replace its ageing Israeli Kfirs and MiG 27s. Tejas will be competing against Pakistans JF-17 fighter (a variant of Chinese FC-1 Xiaolong Fierce Dragon),” Sri Lankan Sunday Observer news website reported
The US Army will begin acceptance testing of ‘smart grenade launcher, XM25 Counter Defilade Engagement System early next year. The XM25 is designed to be an "anti-defilade" weapon and its purpose is to allow soldiers to hit targets shielded by cover
DARPA is soliciting research proposals in technologies that enable network interoperability among airborne platforms in adversarial environments. DARPA has issued a request for proposals to enable manned and unmanned air systems to rapidly, securely, and automatically share information across diverse waveforms and networks despite adversary jamming, it said in a statement Wednesday
France has agreed to an Indian government demand to invest a part of the multi-billion dollar Dassault Rafale fighter jet purchase in ‘Make In India program as part of the deal. “The French manufacturers of the Rafale fighter will commit to making investments worth $4