The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Company two contracts that extend the company's legacy of performance and support for the Aegis weapons system.Under the contracts, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) will provide an AN/SPY-1 radar transmitter ordnance alteration kit to

Sagem (Safran group) and Stemme have successfully carried out the first campaign of flight tests for the Patroller™ long-endurance surveillance UAV system, scheduled to be qualified in 2010.The campaign, which took place from June 10 to June 30, 2009, in

The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $142 million follow-on production contract for the Apache Arrowhead. system, the combat-proven, Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter.The Lot 6 contract includes 55

Larsen & Toubro has played a critical role in building India's first nuclear powered submarine, launched on July 26, 2009. Based on the design provided by the Navy & DRDO, L&T's dedicated Submarine Design Centre carried out detailed engineering, using

In a test series comprising four flights, EADS Defence & Security (DS) has successfully tested the unmanned flight system (UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) 'Barracuda' at Goose Bay air force base in Canada. Technologies and procedures to be used in

The Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh today launched the India's first indigenous nuclear powered submarine dubbed Advanced Technology Vehicle. He said ""I am honoured to be present here today on the occasion of the launch of India's first indigenous

Textron Inc. company, yesterday announced the signing of a new letter contract for the Armored Security Vehicle (ASV) with the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM).The contract includes a base order of an additional 191 M1117 ASVs and 38

at the Navy's test facilities at China Lake, CA. utilizing the WGU-58/B Guidance and Control System developed in cooperation with the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD).Jim Pennock, Vice President of Guided Rocket Sector Business Development at MBDA Incorporated

Saab has received an order from FMV, the Swedish Defence Material Administration, for a midlife upgrade of Double Eagle MkI mine disposal vehicle systems to Double Eagle MkII status.The order comprises five Double Eagle Mk mine disposal vehicles for the

Lockheed Martin, in a joint venture with Granite State Manufacturing (GSM), received a $6.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to design, test and manufacture an upgraded Multifunction Mast Antenna System to improve submarine communications. Currently, all U.S. Navy submarines

Deployed for the first time in a ground-to-air, area defence configuration, VL MICA has intercepted a low signature target flying just a few metres above the surface of the sea.The test firing was carried out on Wednesday, 8th July at

On 1st July 2009, Antoine Bouvier and Edward Nowak, the Chief Executive Officers of MBDA and the BUMAR group of Poland respectively, met in France to sign a framework agreement between their two organisations. The full details of the final

The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $10 million firm-fixed-price contract to perform concept studies for the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), a scalable solid-state radar suite for future surface combatants.Comprised of an S-Band radar, an X-Band radar

Concord Safety Solution, Group Company of MKU, unleashes, a new light weight armoured vehicle C8, aimed to capture the Indian defence market by providing high mobility and light bullet proof vehicle to Indian armed forces, paramilitary and police forces.The emerging

A meeting of various agencies involved in coastal security was held at the Joint Operations Centre,[JOC (West)] which has been set up at INS Angre, Mumbai in May 09 in accordance with the CCS Directives. The JOC (West) is jointly

The Raytheon Company Standard Missile-3 Block IB program completed its critical design review. Completing the CDR clears the way for a 2010 flight test and eventual deployment to the Missile Defense Agency's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense systems.SM-3 Block IB offers

Yesterday, July 22, at 12:45pm (PDT), the Arrow Weapon System (AWS) conducted an interception test at a missile test range in the United States. This test is a part of the Arrow System Improvement Program, jointly conducted by Israel and