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British Army’s 3rd Division Selects Systematic’s SitaWare Headquarters
2020-11-18 Read More...
The British Army’s 3rd Division (3 DIV) has become the latest component of the UK armed forces toselect Systematic’s SitaWare Command-and-Control (C2)

MBDA to Develop the Combat Missile for Tiger Helicopter
2020-11-16 Read More...
French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly has announced that MBDA is to develop the Future Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile (MAST-F) program as the main French Army air to ground armament for the Tiger combat

Air Defense FREMM Lorraine Floated Out Despite Health Crisis
2020-11-16 Read More...
The last multi-mission frigate and tenth unit of the FREMM series was floated out Friday 13 November at the Naval Group site of Lorient. The crossing of this milestone opens the pathway to the ship’s first sea outing, planned for February 2022 and

Leonardo Starts Final Testing of C-27J Next Generation
2020-11-13 Read More...
Leonardo has begun the final testing of the C-27J Next Generation which features new equipment, a new avionics system and advanced aerodynamic devices, which will enhance the existing high performance of the aircraft. The first C-27J in the new

GD Electric Boat Wins Contract for US Navy’s Columbia-Class Submarines
2020-11-11 Read More...
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), a business unit of General Dynamics (GD), announced that the U.S. Navy has awarded it a $9.474 billion contract modification option for construction and test of the lead and second ships of the Columbia class,

Fifth Russian-Pakistani ‘Friendship-2020’ Exercise Kicks Off
2020-11-11 Read More...
The fifth joint Russian-Pakistani exercise ‘Friendship-2020’ kicked off at the Tarbela special operations training ground in Pakistan, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on

L3Harris Awarded U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps Contracts
2020-11-10 Read More...
L3Harris Technologies has received the first order on its multi-million dollar contract from the U.S. Army for the Small Tactical Optical Rifle-Mounted Micro Laser Rangefinder 2 (STORM

ASELSAN Wins NATO’s Defense Innovation Challenge
2020-11-10 Read More...
ASELSAN, the leading international defense and technology company has won NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency’s Fifth Annual Defense Innovation

Naval Group Delivers Suffren Submarine to French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA)
2020-11-09 Read More...
Naval Group delivered Friday the Suffren nuclear attack submarine (SSN) to the French Armament Procurement Agency (Direction Générale de l’Armement - DGA) at the Toulon naval

India Receives Second Batch of Three Rafale Fighter Jets
2020-11-09 Read More...
A second batch of three Rafale fighter jets arrived at Jamnagar airbase in Gujarat, India on Wednesday evening after flying non-stop from Istres, France, the Indian Air Force (IAF) confirmed, according to local

Upgraded Tu-160M Strategic Bomber Makes Debut Flight with New Engines
2020-11-06 Read More...
A heavily upgraded Tu-160M strategic missile-carrying bomber performed its debut flight with new engines, the press office of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced, TASS news agency

General Dynamics Awarded $4.4 Billion Department of Defense Enterprise Cloud Contract
2020-11-06 Read More...
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics (GD), announced it was awarded the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions (DEOS) contract by the General Services Administration (GSA) in partnership with the Defense

Russian Defense Export Total Figures Disclosed
2020-11-05 Read More...
On the eve of its 20th anniversary, Rosoboronexport (national defense trade state mediator and Rostec subsidiary) disclosed several key

Otokar Receives First ARMA 8x8 Order from Africa
2020-11-04 Read More...
The armored vehicles that Otokar, the leading land defense systems manufacturer ofTurkey, designs and manufactures with high levels of protection and superior mobilitycontinue to be favored by friendly and allied countries. With exports going at

Iranian Army’s Air Force Conducts Massive Wargames
2020-11-04 Read More...
The Iranian Army’s Air Force kicked off two-day massive drills in the Central parts of the country on

Collins Aerospace to Upgrade U.S. Air Force F-15 Fleet with ACES 5® Ejection Seats
2020-11-04 Read More...
Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp., announced that the company has been awarded a sole-source $700 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the delta qualification, production and

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