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U.K. Defense Ministry to spend $1.26 billion on modernizing test sites
Dec 02, 2016 (UPI)
Britain's Ministry of Defense has agreed to a $1.26 billion contract modification with QinetiQ to update various training and testing facilities. Defense offici...
India signs $750m deal for BAE howitzers
Dec 01, 2016 (AFP)
India has signed a $750 million agreement with the United States to buy 145 howitzer artillery guns from BAE Systems, an official said Thursday, its first such ...
Lithuania buys German M577 armored vehicles
Dec 01, 2016 (UPI)
The government of Lithuania is set to receive M577 armored personnel carriers from the German Armed Forces. The M577 is a member of the M113 armored vehicle fam...
Honeywell to provide navigation system for U.K. AJAX vehicles
Nov 30, 2016 (UPI)
Honeywell has been contracted to provide TALIN navigation equipment for the British Army's new AJAX armored fighting vehicles. TALIN is a laser-guided land navi...
Rheinmetall to update Polish gunnery and driving simulators
Nov 29, 2016 (UPI)
Rheinmetall Group has received a contract to modernize tank gunnery and driving training simulators for the Polish armed forces. The contract award comes as the...
Elbit to supply mortar weapon systems for U.S. Army
Nov 23, 2016 (UPI)
Elbit Systems has received a $103 million contract to produce mortar weapon systems for the U.S. Army. Representatives from both parties inked the deal in Water...
BAE building combat vehicles inspired by ironclad beetles
Nov 21, 2016 (UPI)
BAE Systems plans to utilize a bendable titanium alloy inspired by the shells of ironcald beetles to develop future military vehicles. BAE engineers say the fle...
European Defense Agency helps tackle IEDs
Nov 17, 2016 (UPI)
The European Defense Agency is introducing a web-based tool to help member countries deal with improvised explosive devices. The European Union agency said the ...
CACI providing ISR services to Navy
Nov 17, 2016 (UPI)
CACI International is to provide surveillance and reconnaissance operations support solutions to the U.S. Navy under a new two-year contract. The work will be p...
Elbit launches wide-area and persistent intelligence gathering system
Nov 16, 2016 (SPX)
The line of systems provides a unique, overall situational awareness of "on-the-ground" data and conditions, and enables a large number of users to receive real...
Thales Australia delivers Hawkei military vehicles
Nov 16, 2016 (UPI)
The Australian military has received Hawkei armor-protected vehicles from Thales Australia, part of an intial production from a local plant. The delivery was wi...
MBDA demos laser effector
Nov 16, 2016 (UPI)
MBDA Deutschland has successful tested the beam guidance and tracking system of a high-energy laser effector under real environmental conditions. The demonstrat...
Polaris Defense receives USMC order for off-road vehicles
Nov 15, 2016 (UPI)
Polaris Defense reports it is supplying 144 diesel-powered MRZR off-road vehicles to the U.S. Marine Corps for its infantry regiments. The 144 utility vehicles ...
Duterte approves U.S. assault rifle deal for Philippine police
Nov 14, 2016 (UPI)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will move forward with purchasing over 27,000 assault rifles from the United States, reversing his earlier position. The ri...
Lithuania acquires sniper rifles
Nov 08, 2016 (UPI)
Lithuania's military has received new British-made sniper rifles which will be distributed to troops by the end of the year. The weapons are AXMC sniper rifles ...
DARPA extends EW contract work by BAE Systems
Nov 04, 2016 (UPI)
BAE Systems' work on a U.S. military project for adaptive radar countermeasures for airborne electronic warfare systems has been extended. The extension for Pha...
Lasers, hybrid power for Army's next-gen combat vehicle, experts say
Nov 03, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Army's next-generation combat vehicle will likely run on hybrid power and feature laser weapons, possibly for offensive and defensive purposes, experts...
Ceradyne producing next-gen helmets, body armor
Nov 02, 2016 (UPI)
Ceradyne Inc., a 3M company, has been awarded two U.S. Army contracts for helmets and hard body armor inserts. The low-rate initial production contracts have a ...
First U.S. Stryker with 30mm cannon debuts
Nov 01, 2016 (SPX)
The U.S. Army's first Stryker infantry carrier vehicle equipped with a 30mm cannon was delivered to the service on Thursday, the Army said. Known as the Dragoon...
CACI gets $1.7 billion contact for counter-IED work
Nov 01, 2016 (UPI)
CACI International has been awarded a $1.7 billion contract to support the U.S. Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization, or JIDO. The ceiling cost-plus-awar...
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