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LockMart Awarded Contract For Paveway II E-LGTRs Archbald PA (SPX) Jul 03, 2009 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $16.5 million order to deliver paveway II Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (E-LGTR) to the U.S. Navy. This award represents the fourth option to a 2005 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, valued in excess of $114 million. Under the award, Lockheed Martin will extend production deliveries of E-LGTRs to the U.S. Navy during 2010. This ... read moreNavistar Debuts Its Husky TSV At UK Vehicle Show 
Warrenville IL (SPX) Jun 30, 2009Navistar Defense has debuted its International Husky Tactical Support Vehicle (TSV) at the U.K. Ministry of Defence vehicle show known as DVD. In April, the Ministry of Defence awarded the company a contract to provide 262 Husky vehicles. Organized by the Ministry's Defence Equipment and Support division, DVD offers attendees the chance to see vehicles in action on the show's off-road ... more
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Revolutionary Armour Unveiled At Defence Equipment Event
Millbrook, UK (SPX) Jun 30, 2009A ground-breaking armour system and a fleet of new armoured vehicles that will provide better protection to troops in Afghanistan were unveiled at the Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD) event. The revolutionary, textile-based TARIAN vehicle armour system will give lightweight protection against rocket-propelled grenades, in place of the current bar armour that is fitted to vehicles such as ... more Rheinmetall Equips Bundeswehr With Advanced Mortar System 
Dusseldorf, Germany (SPX) Jun 30, 2009Rheinmetall AG of Dusseldorf has just been awarded a EUR54 million contract to equip the German armed forces with a state-of-the-art mortar system. The system's newly developed 120mm mortar track and associated support vehicles make an important contribution to the mission-oriented modernisation of the Bundeswehr armoury. This important order encompasses eight Wiesel 2 ("weasel") vehicles ... more Students Create Portable Device To Detect Suicide Bombers 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jun 30, 2009Improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the weapons of suicide bombers, are a major cause of soldier casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. A group of University of Michigan engineering undergraduate students have developed a new way to detect them. The students invented portable, palm-sized metal detectors that could be hidden in trash cans, under tables or in flower pots, for example. ... more FCS Program Transitions To Army Brigade Combat Team Modernization 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2009The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics issued an acquisition decision memorandum (ADM) today that implements decisions regarding the Future Combat Systems Brigade Combat Team (FCS BCT) program announced by Secretary Robert M. Gates in April. FCS is the Army's largest modernization program. In making decisions for the fiscal 2010 FY10 Gates expressed a ... more |
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Russia grounds Su-24 bombers after two crashes in week
Moscow (AFP) June 19, 2009Russia on Friday halted all flights by the Sukhoi-24 frontline bomber after the plane suffered two crashes in the space of a week, the military said. On Wednesday a Su-24 crashed on landing in the northern Murmansk region, then on Friday another crashed in the southern Rostov region, Russian news agencies reported. In both cases the crews safely ejected. "In connection with the fact ... more IAI To Supply HAROP System 
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jun 19, 2009Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed a contract to supply a HAROP Loitering Munition (LM) system to a foreign customer. The contract is estimated to be worth over $100 million. Itzhak Nissan, President and CEO of IAI said: "HAROP is an extremely impressive system, and everyone at IAI is proud of this accomplishment. This is a state-of-the-art loitering munition system, which ... more Raytheon Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer Completes Design Milestone 
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 19, 2009The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon completed a preliminary design review of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer. The MALD-J adds radar-jamming capability to the basic MALD platform. "The PDR confirmed our design approach for MALD-J is technologically sound," said Ken Watson, the U.S. Air Force's MALD program manager. "I've cleared the MALD-J team to proceed with final design activities ... more Centre for ex-Soviet weapons scientists warns of budget cuts 
Moscow (AFP) June 18, 2009An international centre that funds ex-Soviet weapons scientists to prevent their knowledge from falling into the hands of terrorists warned on Thursday that it faces steep budget cuts. "Our centre clearly has less funds available than two or three years ago," Adriaan van der Meer, executive director of the Moscow-based International Science and Technology Centre (ISTC), told AFP. ... more |
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