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GD Awarded Gun System Contract By Raytheon Charlotte NC (SPX) Nov 04, 2009 
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products has been awarded a $17 million contract to produce gun systems for the Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) and the Centurion Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System by Raytheon Missile Systems of Louisville, Ky. General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products is a business unit of General Dynamics. The Phalanx Block 1B CIWS is the most ... read moreIsrael says it seized Iranian arms shipment for Hezbollah 
Ashdod, Israel (AFP) Nov 4, 2009Israel said on Wednesday that commandos had intercepted a ship carrying "hundreds of tonnes" of arms from Iran to Hezbollah in a raid dozens of miles off its coast but both Iran and Syria denied the cargo was headed to the Lebanese militia. "We found dozens of containers, with hundreds of tonnes of arms bound for Hezbollah from Iran," Israeli deputy naval commander Rani Ben Yehuda told ... more
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France on arms sales spree in S. America
Buenos Aires (UPI) Nov 3, 2009 France is pursuing further arms sales in Latin America after its extensive weapons deal with Brazil and is hoping to persuade Argentina to become its next big customer for military hardware. French Defense Minister Herve Morin, currently on a Latin American tour, told Argentine government leaders during a visit to the capital France could help the country recapture its pre-eminence thro ... more KMW Hands Over First LEOPARD 1A5 Tanks To Brazilian Army 
Kassel, Germany (SPX) Nov 03, 2009On 28 October 2009, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) handed over the first of 220 LEOPARD 1A5 main battle tanks to the Brazilian army at the company's site in Kassel, Germany. The tanks come from the reserve stocks of the German army and have been overhauled and modernised since the start of this year. Delivery of all the systems is scheduled by 2012. Brazil purchased the main battle tank ... more Rusal signs major deal with Chinese arms maker 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 2, 2009Russia's UC Rusal, the world's biggest aluminium producer, will supply Chinese defence industry firm Norinco with 1.68 million tonnes of aluminium from 2010 to 2016, the two companies said on Monday. The value of the contract with the China North Industries Corporation (Norinco) was not made public in their statement. Rusal said sales to China were set to account for five percent of its sale ... more Australia set to buy upgraded Howitzers 
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Oct 30, 2009 Australia's Defense Department has approved a $455 million artillery replacement project to include four batteries of 35 M777A2 155mm lightweight towed Howitzer field guns. Defense Minister Sen. John Faulkner said in a written statement that purchase of the Howitzers, made by the Land Systems division of BAE Systems in the United States, is the first phase of project Land 17 to provide ... more |
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France jails 'Angolagate' power players
Paris (AFP) Oct 27, 2009A French court slapped jail terms Tuesday on the main players in a network that smuggled arms to war-torn Angola and included an ex-minister and the son of the late president Francois Mitterrand. Russian-Israeli tycoon Arkady Gaydamak was convicted in absentia for organising the 1990s arms sales and sentenced to six years in jail at the trial that exposed a ring of corruption at the highest ... more Gurkhas in fresh court battle over British army pensions 
London (AFP) Oct 26, 2009Veteran Gurkha soldiers from Nepal are launching another court battle against the British government Tuesday -- this time over pension rights. The British Gurkha Welfare Society is taking action at London's High Court because it says around 24,000 veterans and dependants who served in the British army before 1997 receive only a third of the normal payments. In May, all Gurkha veterans ... more US-Colombia military deal to be signed this week: minister
Washington (AFP) Oct 27, 2009Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said Tuesday that a deal giving the US military access to Colombian bases will be signed at the end of the week. The accord, which has led to howls of protest in several South American capitals, "will be signed when I return to Bogota at the end of the week," Silva told journalists during a visit to Washington. "It is possible" the signing will ... more Medvedev unhappy with quality of Russian weapons 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 26, 2009Russian President Dmitri Medvedev criticised on Monday the pace of military-industrial modernisation, saying it is affecting the quality of Russian weapons and harming national prestige. "Considerable funds have been invested over the past few years to develop the military-industrial complex. So far the results are mediocre," Medvedev said on Russian television. "Unfortunately we carry ... more |
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