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Obama Meets General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed
2012-06-28 Read More...
The US on Wednesday backed the UAE over the three UAE islands occupied by Iran, as President Barack Obama met General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed

ANHAM to Support U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
2012-06-26 Read More...
The United States Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) awarded a contract to ANHAM FZCO to provide full-line food and non-food distribution and support to Department of Defense customers in

The 3rd Annual Afghanistan Aviation & Defense Summit
2012-06-19 Read More...
New-Fields, a leading conference and tradeshows organizers on defense, homeland security to government, defense and law enforcement agencies, industries and academia announced the 3rd annual Afghanistan Aviation and Defense Summit (AADS) scheduled

Thales Reality H Simulator Receives Dual Certification
2012-06-07 Read More...
Thales announced that its Reality H helicopter simulator at Eurocopter’s training centre in South-East Asia has obtained FTD level 3 and FFS level B certification from the French civil aviation authority

Pakistan Tests 5th Nuclear Missile
2012-06-07 Read More...
Earlier this week, Pakistan has tested a fifth missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead since rival India launched a new long-range weapon of its own around six weeks

Systematic-Huneed Technologies Sing MoU
2012-05-30 Read More...
During this month’s Royal visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK), Systematic signed an MOU with Huneed Technologies to co-operate closely in the tactical command and control

Thales Wins South African Air Force Avionics Contract
2012-05-29 Read More...
Thales has been successfully selected by the South African Department of Defence, South African Air Force and ARMSCOR (Armaments Corporation of South Africa

Raytheon to Demonstrate Virtual Reality Technology
2012-05-25 Read More...
More than 500 public and private law enforcement and border security officials in the Dallas-Fort Worth area will be on hand to see how virtual reality technology from Raytheon and Motion Reality Inc. improves training methods with a variety of

South Korea to Select Military Aircraft Suppliers in October
2012-05-25 Read More...
South Korea will select suppliers of military aircraft worth billions of dollars in October, a spokesman said Friday, despite calls from the main opposition party for further studies to be carried

Russia Tests New Intercontinental Missile
2012-05-24 Read More...
Russia staged Wednesday the first successful test-launch of a new intercontinental missile designed to pierce the defense system now being deployed by NATO despite Moscow's fierce

South Korea to Spend $2 billion on New Missiles
2012-05-23 Read More...
South Korea plans to spend more than $2.0 billion dollars over the next five years on buying hundreds of new missiles to cope with threats from North Korea, reports said

Afghan Police Training to Get 18 Million Euros from Austria
2012-05-21 Read More...
Austria will give 18 million Euros ($23.6 million) for police training in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country, a top official

Honeywell’s SmartView to Equip Pilatus PC-12 NG
2012-05-18 Read More...
Honeywell’s SmartView Synthetic Vision System, an aircraft cockpit display technology, has been chosen by Pilatus for its PC-12 NG aircraft equipped with the Primus Apex integrated flight

Securing Asia 2012
2012-05-11 Read More...
As the first anniversary of Osama Bin Laden’s death witnessed a major Taliban attack in Kabul and heightened security surges in NYC, London and other western capitals gripped by retaliation fears, few people believe the terror threat has been

Kazakhstan to Acquire 20 Multi-Role EC725 Helicopters
2012-05-11 Read More...
Kazakhstan has signed a letter of intent to acquire 20 Eurocopter EC725 helicopters, marking a major new commitment for this medium-lift rotorcraft. These aircraft, which will be assembled in Kazakhstan, will be used by the country’s Ministry of

Austal Holds Keel-Laying Ceremony for US Navy's JHSV 3
2012-05-08 Read More...
On May 3, 2012, Austal held a keel-laying ceremony for the third Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), one of nine Austal-designed 103-metre US Navy Joint High Speed Vessels under contract with the US

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