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Successful Missile Test for US-Israeli Arrow 3 ABM Interceptor
FORT BELVOIR, Va. --- Today at 2:30 a.m. local time, the Missile Defense Agency and the Israel Missile Defense Organization successfully completed a flight test of the Arrow 3 weapons system that is d

Russia and Saudi Arabia Advance S-400 Deal
MOSCOW --- Negotiations on supplies of Russian S-400 missile systems to Saudi Arabia are on the final lap, with the sides discussing technical and logistics details, Saudi Ambassador to Russia Raed bi

Iraq Receives First T-90 Main Battle Tanks
MOSCOW --- Iraq has taken delivery of the first batch of T-90 main battle tanks and possibly BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles as well. Earlier in February, the Russian Ambassador to Iraq, Maxim Mak

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Successful Missile Test for US-Israeli Arrow 3 ABM Interceptor
FORT BELVOIR, Va. --- Today at 2:30 a.m. local time, the Missile Defense Agency and the Israel Missile Defense Organization successfully completed a flight test of the Arrow 3 weapons system that is d...

Russia and Saudi Arabia Advance S-400 Deal
MOSCOW --- Negotiations on supplies of Russian S-400 missile systems to Saudi Arabia are on the final lap, with the sides discussing technical and logistics details, Saudi Ambassador to Russia Raed bi...

Iraq Receives First T-90 Main Battle Tanks
MOSCOW --- Iraq has taken delivery of the first batch of T-90 main battle tanks and possibly BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles as well. Earlier in February, the Russian Ambassador to Iraq, Maxim Mak...

Royal Air Force Receives First T-6C Turboprop Trainer
A milestone was reached today at RAF Valley, with the arrival of two brand new training aircraft. The two Texan T6C advanced turboprops - manufactured by Textron Aviation Incorporated in the United St...

Sukhoi SU-35 Marks Decade Since Maiden Flight
MOSCOW --- Ten years ago, a prototype of Russia’s Sukhoi Su-35 multirole fighter jet performed its debut flight on February 19, 2008. The Su-35 is Russia’s generation 4++ multirole supersonic super...

Fincantieri Details FFG(X) Conceptual Study Contract
TRIESTE, Italy --- The US Navy awarded Fincantieri’s subsidiary Marinette Marine a $15M contract to evolve its FREMM-design into the next-generation frigate of the FFG(X) program. Currently, six FR...

Navantia to Design F100 Variant for US Navy’s FFG(X) Project
Navantia has been selected by the United States Government, together with its local partner the American shipyard General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, for the Conceptual Design phase of the FFGX frigate ...

Progress of the UK’s Dreadnought-class Next-Gen SSBN
In a vote in July 2016, the House of Commons approved the decision to maintain the UK’s nuclear deterrent beyond the early 2030s. After almost a decade of work on the project (the Successor programme)...

India Updates Blacklist of Debarred Defense Contractors
PARIS --- The Indian Ministry of Defence has updated its list of defense contractors thar are prohibited from doing business with the government. The list includes four foreign and two Indian companie...

Norway Tests F-35 Drag Chute for First Time
While the US Air Force is completing another round of cold-weather testing of the F-35A at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, Norway completed a successful verification of the drag chute system at Ørla...

Defence to Engage Australian Industry on Tank Upgrades
Australian businesses will be able to better plan and be better prepared to win future defence industry contracts through the Melbourne Industry Consultation Day for the Main Battle Tank Upgrade and U...

Royal Navy Signs Contract to Sell HMS Ocean to Brazil
BRASILIA --- On the morning of February 19, in Plymouth (England), the Director General of Marine Material, Admiral Luiz Henrique Caroli, representing the Brazilian Navy (MB), signed with British Mini...

Latvia Completes Stage 1 of 4x4 Tactical Vehicle Procurement
Stage 1 of negotiated procedure for procurement of light and medium 4x4 tactical vehicles by the Ministry of Defence of Latvia (MoD) has been completed. Bidders eligible to take part in the negotiated...

USAF Identifies Key Lessons in First Command-Wide Exercise of 2018
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio --- Teamwork, the commitment of Airmen, and ongoing observations of command processes were among the highlights of the week-long exercise that concluded throughout Air Force...

The Air Force’s Love Affair with Its Tarnished Bombers
Remote controls for TV sets were a rarity back in the 1950s, when the B-52 bomber first flew. But now, the thought of getting out of your chair, walking to the TV to change channels or crank up the vo...

Teledyne Wins $46M Missile Defense Contract
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif --- Teledyne Technologies subsidiary, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., has been awarded a $45.7 million Task Order by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) relat...

Anzac Warships Set Sail for Major Exercise
Two submarines, ten ships and embarked aircraft have departed Fleet Base East in Garden Island, Sydney bound for war games off the east coast of Australia. The second iteration of Exercise OCEAN EX...

F-35A Airframe Set to Last a Lifetime
The conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) variant of the F-35 Australia is acquiring has become the first variant to successfully complete three lifetimes of full scale durability testing. Since...

A Growing Strategic Gap between America and Europe?
After last year’s fears that President Donald Trump would undermine NATO unity, we now have a clearer understanding of the administration’s ambition for transatlantic security. An unclassified version...

NATO Launches Defence Capacity Building Project for Jordan
NATO launched a Defence Capacity Building Project on “Enhancing Jordan’s capacity for Crisis Management, Continuity of Government and Exercises” on Monday (19 February 2018). The three-year project wi...

Global Break-Through for Terma’s 3D-Audio/Active Noise Reduction System
WASHINGTON DC / AARHUS, Denmark --– US Air National Guard/Air Force Reserve (ANG/AFRC) recently awarded Terma North America, a subsidiary of Terma - a Denmark based aerospace, defense and security gro...

BAE Systems CORDA to Continue to Deliver ASC Framework
BAE Systems CORDA has signed a two-year contract extension to continue as prime contractor for the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) for its Analysis Support Construct (ASC) framework. ...

SIGNALIS becomes Airbus
ÉLANCOURT --- SIGNALIS, a subsidiary of Airbus since its creation in 2011, has been fully integrated into the Airbus CIS (Communications, Intelligence and Security) business becoming the Maritime Surv...

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