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Austalian DMO issues RFP for light protected vehicle
June 12, 2009 @ 12:00 AMGreg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, announced that the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking Australian manufactured and supported protected mobility vehicles under Project LAND 121 Phase 4. Project LAND 121 Phase 4 will provide the core of the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) light protected vehicle fleet that can be deployed for operations
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Raytheon wins $118 million contract for RAM missiles
June 10, 2009 @ 12:00 AMRaytheon Co. is being awarded a $56,368,520 modification to previously awarded contract for the production of 90 Block 1 MK-44 Mod 2 rolling airframe missile (RAM) guided missile round pack (GMRP) all-up-rounds (AURs), and 40 ordnance alteration kits
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$4.4 billion US VH-71 presidential helicopter program cancelled
June 10, 2009 @ 12:00 AMProject On Government Oversight (POGO) has obtained a copy of the recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report on the VH-71 presidential helicopter. According to media reports, CRS explores the costs of alternatives to canceling the program
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Thales at Paris Air Show 2009
June 8, 2009 @ 12:00 AMAt the International Paris Air Show 2009, Thales will demonstrate its ability to meet 21st century environmental and security challenges. At the International Paris Air Show 2009, Thales will demonstrate its ability:
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Teledyne wins $18.8million DARPA contract
June 8, 2009 @ 12:00 AMTeledyne Technologies Incorporated today announced that its subsidiary, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC, was awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office to develop terahertz electronics devices and integrated circuits. Under DARPA’s Terahertz Electronics (THz) program, TS&I will pursue revolutionary advances in transistor technology, circuit design and circuit packaging to demonstrate receiver and transmitter blocks operating at frequencies greater than 1
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ST Engineering wins £9.5m 40mm ammunition contract from UK MoD
June 3, 2009 @ 12:00 AMSingapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that its land systems arm, Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd (ST Kinetics), has secured a contract of about £9.5m (S$20
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IRKUT-10 UAV from Sukhoi manufacturer
May 29, 2009 @ 12:00 AMSukhoi fighter aircraft manufacturer Irkut has displayed a compact UAV at the recently concluded International Salon "Complex security-2009" in Moscow. Irkut Corporation was awarded gold medal for the development of Irkut-10 unmanned aerial system, said a statement from Irkut
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Finland to set up cyber defence centre
May 28, 2009 @ 12:00 AMThe Finnish military is to establish a cyberwar unit charged with protecting government data communications, regional daily Turun Sanomat quoted government sources as saying on Wednesday. According to the paper the unit is to be activated in early 2011 and operate 24 hours a day against both civilian and military cyber-attacks
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Rolls-Royce wins $80 million contract for C-130J engine
May 27, 2009 @ 12:00 AMRolls-Royce has been awarded a contract worth $80 million by the U.S
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Saab and Swiss tied up for UAV development
May 22, 2009 @ 12:00 AMSaab and Swiss UAV (SUAV) have signed a strategic business agreement to increase technology superiority within the Unmanned Airborne System (UAS) area. The agreement seeks to develop a family of cost-efficient vertical take off and landing (VTOL) Unmanned Airborne System, UAS, platforms and services, to meet a variety of user needs
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