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Saab Hands Over First Production Gripen E Fighter to Brazil
Saab has taken another important step in the delivery of Gripen E to the Brazilian customer. Marked by a ceremony in Linköping, Sweden, on 10 September, the first Brazilian Gripen E aircraft was deliv

Italy and UK Sign Statement of Intent to Collaborate on Tempest Program
LONDON --- Lt. General Nicolò Falsaperna, Secretary-General of Defense, and Sir Simon Bollom, CEO of Defense Equipment & Support, in their capacity as National Armaments Directors of Italy and the UK,

Boeing's Travails Show What's Wrong with Modern Capitalism
The plight of Boeing shows the perils of modern capitalism. The corporation is a wounded giant. Much of its productive capacity has been mothballed following two crashes in six months of the 737 Max,

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Saab Hands Over First Production Gripen E Fighter to Brazil
Saab has taken another important step in the delivery of Gripen E to the Brazilian customer. Marked by a ceremony in Linköping, Sweden, on 10 September, the first Brazilian Gripen E aircraft was deliv...

Italy and UK Sign Statement of Intent to Collaborate on Tempest Program
LONDON --- Lt. General Nicolò Falsaperna, Secretary-General of Defense, and Sir Simon Bollom, CEO of Defense Equipment & Support, in their capacity as National Armaments Directors of Italy and the UK,...

Boeing's Travails Show What's Wrong with Modern Capitalism
The plight of Boeing shows the perils of modern capitalism. The corporation is a wounded giant. Much of its productive capacity has been mothballed following two crashes in six months of the 737 Max, ...

In A First for Beijing in Europe, Serbia to Receive Chinese Armed Drones
Serbia’s military will receive Chinese-built armed drones in the coming months, marking the first time Chinese remotely piloted aircraft have been sold to a European country, officials said Tuesday. ...

Data Shows Global Military Spending Rising
PENTAGON --- Eighteen years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil, the world's military spending is at an all-time high. According to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research I...

N. Korea Says it Tested Super-Large Multiple Rocket Launcher
SEOUL --- North Korea said Wednesday that it tested a "super-large" multiple rocket launcher the previous day, but stopped short of declaring the test as a success, raising speculation that the latest...

September Marks Major Advances for Brazil’s Defense Industry
LINKÖPING, Sweden --- September should be noted for the great progress made in the implementation of projects that strengthen the Armed Forces' role in the mission of guaranteeing national sovereignty...

Japan to Test Patria AMV-PX Armored Vehicle and Two Others
Patria’s armoured modular vehicle AMVXP has been chosen to a one-year field testing in Japan after a competitive bidding. The Japanese Ministry of Defence will buy two vehicles from Patria for the tes...

Navantia-BMT Team to Bid for Fleet Solid Support Ships
London’s 2019 Defence and Security International (DSEI) exhibition has seen Navantia host the presentation of the Navantia-BMT team’s proposal for the programme of design and build for up to three Fle...

Smart Sensor Network Helps Redirect Missile Fired from UAV
ARLINGTON, Va. --- The Army successfully tested its ability to redirect munitions in flight Aug. 28 in an experiment over the Mohave Desert involving an unmanned aircraft, smart sensors and artificial...

Next Generation Unmanned System Unveiled at DSEi
A next-generation unmanned system that could be used to protect the UK's future warships has been unveiled by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace today. The new system is similar to a water-borne drone. ...

Thales to Retrofit Digital EW to Dutch, Portuguese Warships
The Netherlands Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO), has selected Thales’s innovative digital wideband Radar Electronic Support Measures product Vigile D, as part of an equipment upgrade for three Roy...

Boeing Statement on 777X Load Testing Incident
CHICAGO --- During final load testing of the 777X static test airplane, a test which involves bending the wings of the airplane up to a level far beyond anything expected in commercial service, an iss...

Armored Vehicles Top South African Arms Exports
Armored vehicles continue to be a key element of South Africa’s arms exports, a government report indicates. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC), a government agency overseeing...

BAE Systems Unveils New ARCHER Mobile Howitzer at DSEI
BAE Systems' new ARCHER Mobile Howitzer has the flexibility needed to meet a wide range of mission requirements for militaries around the world. BAE Systems is unveiling a new ARCHER Mobile Howitze...

RBSL Exhibits Challenger 2 Extension Plan at DSEI
At DSEI 2019, the Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) joint venture business will demonstrate its expertise in the world of armoured combat vehicles. On show is RBSL’s demonstrator for the Challenger ...

Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile Operates in Any Domain
Thales’s Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) system, has been proving its potential on land sea and air throughout 2019 against agile, asymmetrical surface and air threats. Due to go into service w...

ONR Researching Marine Corps' Next-Gen Light Armored Vehicle
ARLINGTON, Va. --- The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring research to develop the next-generation Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV), slated to replace the Marine Corps’ current Light Armo...

Air Forces Face Triple Conundrum of Capability vs Flexibility vs Affordability
LONDON --- Air forces – especially those more advanced and capable – face an overlapping series of tactical, operational and budgetary issues. Though the last 15 years of operations across MENA (Middl...

BAE Wins £112M Contracts to Support UK Small Boats
Contracts to support and maintain hundreds of high-speed rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) and other small boats used to help protect Britain’s shores have been awarded to BAE Systems under the Boats in S...

EIB, GSA Partner to Invest in European Space-Based Economy
PRAGUE --- Today, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency signed an agreement to cooperate on supporting investment in the European space-based s...

Rolls-Royce Launches Technology to Support Naval Autonomy
Rolls-Royce is developing an autonomous machinery control system which allows Naval vessels to undertake long endurance missions with less human interaction. Developed by Rolls-Royce, Artificial Ch...

Russia’s Northern Fleet Marines Receive T-80BV Tanks
In accordance with the plan for the re-equipment of units of the Coastal Troops with modern models of military hardware, the Primorsky marine formation of the Pacific Fleet received the T-80BV tanks. ...

Raytheon and Hanwha Team to Upgrade Korean IFF Systems
ABERDEEN, Md. --- Raytheon Company and Hanwha Systems signed a technical cooperation agreement to produce Identification Friend or Foe Mode 5 systems for the Korean military. Mode 5 IFF systems all...

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