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RUAG, Chalmers University Sign Cooperation Agreement
2014-12-16 Read More...
On 2 December 2014, the Swedish Chalmers University of Technology (CTH) and RUAG Space signed a Collaboration Agreement at the Chalmers Conference Center in Göteborg that serves as a platform for long-term and strategic cooperation.

Textron AirLand Celebrates 1st Year of Scorpion’s 1st Flight
2014-12-16 Read More...
Textron AirLand, LLC, a Textron company, completed its 266th flight test hour, one year after its first flight on December 12, 2013.

Typhoon Fitted with MBDA’s Brimstone Missile for 1st Time
2014-12-15 Read More...
BAE Systems has completed the first full trial installation of MBDA’s Brimstone missile onto a Typhoon aircraft. The trial fit is an important milestone in demonstrating the integration of the missile with the

V-22 Osprey Fleet Reaches 250,000 Flight Hours
2014-12-15 Read More...
Bell Helicopter , a Textron Inc. company, announced the revolutionary Bell Boeing V-22 fleet of tiltrotor aircraft has recently passed the 250,000 flight hour milestone.

DCI Opens New International Military Diving School
2014-12-12 Read More...
The DCI-NAVCO military diving school takes possession of a new infrastructure and opens a brand new international military diving school (CIFPM) in Saint-Mandrier, France.

Russia Building Own Versions of THAAD, GMD Missiles
2014-12-12 Read More...
Russia has been developing its own missile defense systems similar to Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) of the United States, Pavel Sozinov, the Chief Engineer of the Almaz-Antey defense

French Army Receives First 2 Tiger HAD Block 2 Helicopters
2014-12-12 Read More...
The French Army’s Tiger combat helicopter fleet expanded with Airbus Helicopters’ delivery of the first two attack helicopters in the HAD Block 2 version, following its qualification by the French General Directorate for Armament on November 21.

Russia Approves Program to Develop Military Robots
2014-12-11 Read More...
The Russian Defense Ministry has approved a complex program called “Creating of Advanced Military Robotics for 2025”, Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov told Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper in an interview.

Saab to Supply New Generation AT4 to French Armed Forces
2014-12-11 Read More...
Defense and Security company Saab has been awarded a contract by the French Ministry of Defence procurement branch, the DGA (Direction Générale de l'Armement), to supply the Roquette Nouvelle Generation, (Roquette NG) next-generation

Bell Boeing Demos V-22 Osprey Forward-Firing Capability
2014-12-10 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company , announced the successful demonstration of forward-firing capability for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. The exercise took place last month at the United States Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Ariz.

Raytheon AMRAAM & NASAMS in Thor's Hammer Test
2014-12-10 Read More...
Armed Forces from Norway, Finland, Switzerland and Turkey successfully fired five Raytheon Company-built Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) AIM-120C7s as part of the Thor's Hammer flight test campaign in September.

Indian Navy Selects Sikorsky’s S-70B SEAHAWK Aircraft
2014-12-09 Read More...
India's Navy has selected Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., to fulfill the service's Multi-Role Helicopter requirement for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare (ASW/ASuW), among other maritime

ATLAS ELEKTRONIK to Deliver Six Sonars to Indian Navy
2014-12-09 Read More...
ATLAS ELEKTRONIK and the Indian Ministry of Defense have signed a contract for the delivery of six active towed array sonar systems (ACTAS) for the Indian Navy. The total contract volume is approximately 40 million Euros. Delivery of the first

Exelis Wins USAF Order For Data Storage and Retrieval
2014-12-08 Read More...
Exelis has been awarded a $10.3 million sole source U.S. Air Force (USAF) contract to insert a modern data storage and retrieval technology into the Strategic Automated Command Control System (SACCS).

NGC Delivers 1st Operational MQ-8C Fire Scout to US Navy
2014-12-05 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has delivered the first operational MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the U.S. Navy. The system will be used by ship-based commanders to improve the Navy's intelligence-gathering capabilities.

40,000 Javelin Missiles Delivered and Counting
2014-12-04 Read More...
The Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture recently delivered the 40,000th Javelin missile to the U.S. Army.

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