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Lockheed Martin Receives JASSM Contract for Integration

Dec 05, 2012 (SPX)

Lockheed Martin received a $5.1 million Foreign Military Sale contract from the U.S. Air Force to support integration of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missi...

US Army contracts for JAGM continued technology development

Dec 05, 2012 (SPX)

Raytheon has received a contract from the U.S. Army's Aviation Missile Command to develop and deliver a next-generation guidance section for Joint Air-to-Ground...

Argentina on track to buy 14 Brazil APCs

Dec 05, 2012 (UPI)

Argentina is on track to buy 14 Brazilian Guarani 6x6 armored vehicles being developed with Italian manufacturer Iveco's help. Details of the defense deal weren...

Russia scraps 70 percent of war chemicals

Dec 05, 2012 (Voice of Russia)

Russia has destroyed 70 percent of its chemical arsenal, deputy industry and commerce minister Georgy Kalamanov said on Tuesday. Speaking at the 17th Conference...

Raytheon wins first contract for new lightweight GPS anti-jam capability for land systems

Dec 04, 2012 (SPX)

Raytheon UK has been awarded a significant contract by the UK Ministry of Defence for delivery of a new GPS Anti-Jam Antenna System. The contract is for an undi...

Dressing U.S. Troops to Safeguard Against Insect Attacks

Dec 04, 2012 (SPX)

Outfitting soldiers with clothing that effectively repels or kills insects is one of the strategies U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are using t...

Australia reviews military base security

Dec 03, 2012 (UPI)

Australia is reviewing security at a naval base in Darwin after a masked man attacked a sailor on a patrol boat and made off with weapons. The man, dressed in m...

GD Delivers 1,000th Beryllium Sensor Housing Mast For Kiowa Helicopter

Nov 30, 2012 (SPX)

General Dynamics Global Imaging Technologies has delivered the 1,000th precision-machined beryllium sensor housing to DRS Technologies, Inc. DRS integrates the ...

Raytheon awarded contract for Paveway

Nov 30, 2012 (SPX)

Raytheon has been awarded a $422 million contract for its combat-proven Paveway II family of precision-guided munitions. The company was awarded the direct comm...

BAE, EXPAL team up for munitions deal

Nov 29, 2012 (UPI)

BAE Systems and EXPAL Systems have joined forces as a single bidder for Australia's Domestic Munitions Manufacturing Arrangements project. BAE Systems Australia...

Solar energy eyed for battlefield power

Nov 29, 2012 (UPI)

Scientists say they are looking to the sun for energy to help U.S. Marines do away with diesel-guzzling generators now used in combat outposts. Researchers at t...

New sensor detects bombs on sea floor

Nov 28, 2012 (SPX)

We've developed a sensor to detect undetonated explosives on the sea floor, based on a technology used to find mineral deposits underground. The sensor was deve...

Russia frees physicist convicted of spying for China

Nov 24, 2012 (AFP)

Russia on Saturday released a physicist who spent eight years in a Siberian prison on charges of spying for China in what supporters maintain was a wrongful con...

10 killed in Yemen military plane crash: ministry

Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)

A military plane crashed in Sanaa on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on board as it tried to make an emergency landing when an engine failed, Yemen's defence m...

Dog noses inspire explosives detector

Nov 21, 2012 (UPI)

Researchers in California say a chip inspired by the biology of dogs' scent receptors is capable of quickly identifying dangerous substances such as explosives....

Britain defends shooting pigs for army medic training

Nov 18, 2012 (AFP)

Britain's Ministry of Defence on Sunday defended its practice of shooting pigs and giving the wounded animals to military surgeons to practice treating common b...

Australia rolls out Thales desktop system

Nov 15, 2012 (UPI)

Australia's Department of Defense is aiming to roll out a streamlined desktop computer system from main contractor Thales after recent completion of a pilot pro...

Stone-tipped weapons older than thought

Nov 15, 2012 (UPI)

Researchers say our human ancestors were making stone-tipped weapons in southern Africa 500,000 years ago, 200,000 years earlier than previously thought. Resear...

Northrop Grumman Begins Full-Rate Production of LITENING SE Targeting Pods for USAF

Nov 13, 2012 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman has received a $71.5 million order from the U.S. Air Force to begin full-rate production of LITENING SE advanced targeting pods and spares for ...

Northrop Grumman and ITT Exelis Partner for U.S. Navy's Next Generation Jammer

Nov 02, 2012 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman and ITT Exelis are teaming to bring together the best of industry to offer unique solutions for the U.S. Navy's Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) pr...