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Air Force contracts Boeing for continued warhead system work.

Jul 15, 2013 (UPI)

Warhead arming devices for air-launched cruise missiles will continue to be remanufactured by Boeing under a U.S. Air Force contract. Boeing said the new award ...

Qatar to order 118 German battle tanks: report

Jul 14, 2013 (AFP)

Qatar plans to order 118 Leopard tanks from Germany over the next seven years, the Bild am Sonntag newspaper said Sunday, citing sources close to the Qatari gov...

Marines support GenDyn's work on ACV

Jul 14, 2013 (UPI)

The U.S. Marine Corps has extended a contract to General Dynamics Land Systems to continue development of a new amphibious combat vehicle, the company reports. ...

Testing success for Oshkosh's L-ATV

Jul 10, 2013 (UPI)

Oshkosh Defense's offering for the U.S. military's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program has successfully demonstrated its communications networking capability. ...

Cyprus ex-defence minister, 3 others guilty over blast

Jul 09, 2013 (AFP)

Cyprus ex-defence minister Costas Papacostas was on Tuesday found guilty of manslaughter while three fire chiefs were convicted of causing death through neglige...

DARPA wants system-of-system technology ideas for dismounted troops

Jul 09, 2013 (UPI)

The U.S military is seeking ideas for possible new technologies to give U.S. troops on the squad level a greater tactical advantage over adversaries. The Defens...

Australia. Japan sign defense technology agreement

Jul 08, 2013 (UPI)

Australia and Japan are strengthening cooperation in the areas of defense science and technology under a new bilateral agreement. The accord -- formally named t...

Pentagon begins furloughs for 650,000 civilians

Jul 08, 2013 (AFP)

Heavy US government spending cuts took a sharp swing on Monday as the Pentagon began putting about 650,000 civilian workers on unpaid leave. The Department of D...

Russian companies to produce individual soldier IFF sensor systems

Jul 07, 2013 (UPI)

Russian companies are working to produce individually worn identification-friend-or-foe sensor systems for the country's military by 2017. Rostec, a Russian sta...

Cubic Applications' support for Army training continues

Jul 07, 2013 (UPI)

The U.S. Army has exercised a seventh option year for support of pre-deployment training services for U.S. troops by Cubic Applications Inc. The training consis...

New armored vehicle on way for Ukraine

Jul 07, 2013 (UPI)

Ukraine's Kharkiv Morozov Machine-Building Design Bureau has completed production of a prototype up-armored BTR-4E armored personnel carrier. According to Ukrob...

BAE Systems looks to the future

Jul 07, 2013 (UPI)

BAE Systems' Research and Development team in Britain have unwrapped a number of futuristic technologies on their drawing boards. The technologies, which could ...

US veterans need handshakes, not handouts: Dempsey

Jul 07, 2013 (AFP)

Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan should not be seen as victims but should be given opportunities to work and contribute to their communities, the to...

Northrop Grumman's Innovative Logistics Solutions Deliver Greater Affordability, Higher Mission Readiness for Global Customers

Jul 03, 2013 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman logistics experts met at the National Press Club to discuss how mission execution, effectiveness and innovation for affordability are defining ...

Lockheed to build technology hub in Israel

Jul 02, 2013 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin plans to set up a technology development center in Israel, underlining the defense ties between the Jewish state and its strategic ally. The mov...

Demilitarization facility for munitions inaugurated in France

Jul 02, 2013 (UPI)

A facility for demilitarizing military munitions was inaugurated Wednesday in central France by MBDA for the French Ministry of Defense. The facility -- two yea...

Kuwait wants U.S. assistance for military hospital

Jul 01, 2013 (UPI)

Kuwait has asked the United States for a Foreign Military Sales contract for facilities and construction support for a military hospital. The request, which has...

Gyroscope production milestone for Northrop Grumman

Jul 01, 2013 (UPI)

Northrop Grumman reports it has produced the 50,000th G-2000 tactical gyroscope, which is used on U.S. missiles and other systems. The gyroscope is billed by th...

Raytheon bomb moves closer to low-rate production

Jun 27, 2013 (UPI)

Raytheon's Small Diameter Bomb II is further positioned to move to low-rate production following successful completion of flight tests. In the tests by Raytheon...

Hints of 'messy quagmire' over Israeli arms sales

Jun 25, 2013 (UPI)

Israel's export of arms to Pakistan and four Arab states, as recently reported by a British government agency, has revived concerns the Jewish state is using ar...