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Caribbean security firms see niche market
Feb 20, 2013 (UPI)
Caribbean security industry operators are seeing business growth in response to both prosperity of an emerging wealthy class and a rise in crime risks to rich i...
Israel sends Turks EW systems despite rift
Feb 19, 2013 (UPI)
Israel's Elta Systems has provided advanced electronic warfare units to Turkey to equip Boeing AWACs aircraft despite a 3-year rift between the onetime strategi...
Raytheon/Thales team wins contract for helicopter helmet mounted displays
Feb 19, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon, together with teammate Thales Visionix(TVI), has won an award valued at $3.5 million f...
Bolstering the Front Line of Biological Warfare Response
Feb 19, 2013 (SPX)
Biological warfare agents pose more than a hypothetical threat to U.S. military servicemembers. Troops operate in hostile areas where they could come under atta...
Military experts doubt Sweden's ability to defend itself
Feb 14, 2013 (AFP)
Military experts said Sweden was probably unable to defend itself on its own in the event of an invasion, in a report published Thursday, saying the armed force...
Researcher: Nazis experimented with mosquitoes as weapons
Feb 14, 2013 (UPI)
Nazi scientists worked on ways to use malaria-carrying mosquitoes as a weapon during World War II, a German researcher says. At an entomological institute creat...
AAQ-37 Sensor System Offers Hostile Fire Detection Capability
Feb 12, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman's AN/AAQ-37 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS), developed for the F-35 Lightning II, has added hostile ground fire detection to ...
Indonesia takes final delivery of BMP-3F vehicles
Feb 05, 2013 (UPI)
Indonesia's marine corps officially took delivery of 37 Russian-made BMP-3F amphibious infantry fighting vehicles during a ceremony that included a beach landin...
Commander sees women in elite US special forces
Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)
The commander of US special operations said Tuesday he expects to see women in the elite commando forces now that the Pentagon is allowing them to serve in comb...
Science turns to 'chameleon of the sea' for camouflage inspiration
Jan 29, 2013 (UPI)
An animal known as the "chameleon of the sea" may offer a model for bioinspired human camouflage and color-changing products, U.S. researchers say. The natural ...
Raytheon, US Navy demonstrate new dual targeting capability for JSOW C-1
Jan 25, 2013 (SPX)
The U.S. Navy successfully demonstrated the dual targeting capability of Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1. Two recent tests during the program's inte...
Canada receives upgraded LAV III
Jan 25, 2013 (UPI)
Canada's military has received the first of 66 Light Armored Vehicles with reconnaissance and surveillance upgrades by General Dynamic Land Systems-Canada. The ...
Marines Get Improved Precision Extended Range Munitions
Jan 25, 2013 (SPX)
The United States Marine Corps awarded Raytheon a contract for the design, development and demonstration of a new production representative 120mm long-range, gu...
Lockheed Martin JLTV Undergoes Successful Design Review
Jan 25, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin's family of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles successfully completed a top-to-bottom government design review in late December, well ahead of the fi...
Thales chooses Steyr grenade launcher for EF88 rifle
Jan 24, 2013 (UPI)
Steyr Mannlicher's SL40 grenade launchers will be part of Thales Australia's EF88 rifle package under development for the Australian military. Thales said it ag...
US military opens door to women in ground combat
Jan 24, 2013 (AFP)
Ushering in a new era for the US military, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday lifted a ban on women serving in ground combat, saying female troops had p...
Raytheon, USAF complete Small Diameter Bomb II fit check on F-35 aircraft
Jan 23, 2013 (SPX)
The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon have completed a fit check of the GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. During the test, fo...
China unmanned car to 'help driver sleep': reports
Jan 23, 2013 (AFP)
The Chinese army is developing an unmanned road vehicle, official military media reported Wednesday, adding it could be put to civilian use to reduce fatigue at...
Lockheed Martin Receives USAF Approval For Sniper Pod Full-Rate Production Under ATP-SE Program
Jan 17, 2013 (SPX)
The U.S. Air Force approved full-rate production for Lockheed Martin's Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) under the ATP-Sensor Enhancement (ATP-SE) program. Bu...
Northrop Grumman to Provide Hand Held Precision Targeting Devices to US Army
Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)
The U.S. Army has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman to supply Hand Held Precision Targeting Devices (HHPTDs). The HHPTD is an advanced targeting system wei...
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