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Archives :: Market Sectors :: International
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October 10, 2008
General Dynamics [GD] and Israel's Elbit Systems' [ESLT] are hoping their Skylark II Long Endurance (LE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will capture the contract for the joint Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS Tier II program. The gas-powered UAV can...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4274.html October 10, 2008
Brazil is looking to spend upward of $525 million for 15 Sikorsky [UTX] UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters as well as associated equipment and services, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The Black Hawk helicopters will be equipped with...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4275.html October 10, 2008
Boeing [BA]'s Global Services & Support (GSS) segment plans to expand its efforts worldwide, and part of that is looking at international opportunities, according to the unit's top executive. "As we continue to grow the business and Jim Albaugh has...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4276.html October 10, 2008
Downward pressures on the defense budgets and concerns about the Army moving funds from current force heavy combat vehicles into Future Combat Systems (FCS) work is part of the current environment, but for a top BAE Systems executive, what is needed is...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4277.html October 10, 2008
The United Kingdom is looking to spend $1.06 billion to convert three U.S. Air Force KC-135R aircraft into RC-135V/W Rivet Joint aircraft, as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4278.html October 10, 2008
Taiwan is seeking more than $6.4 billion in FMS for Patriot Advanced Capbility-3 (PAC-3) guided missiles, AH-64D Apache helicopters, UGM-84L Harpoon Block II missiles, E-2T retrofit upgrades and Javelin guided missile systems, according to the Defense...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4279.html October 10, 2008
Britain's Chemring Group PLC this week said it has conditionally agreed to acquire Non-Intrusive Inspection Technology, Inc. (NIITEK) for $30 million in a deal that would further expand its presence in the United States and position it in the mine detection...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4284.html October 10, 2008
By Geoff Fein South Korean shipyards are achieving significant production rates, upward of a ship per week, and there are no signs the facilities are planning to slow down, according to Navy Secretary Donald Winter, who recently returned visiting them. During...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4285.html October 9, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The major presidential candidates are welcoming word of a possible Pentagon-brokered $6.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan, with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) calling for the deal to include even more weapons systems and Sen. Barack Obama...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4268.html October 6, 2008
Palin Says Iranian Leader 'Not Sane,' And Iranian Nuclear Weapons Would Threaten The Existence Of Israel The two rival vice presidential candidates agreed in a debate that Iran would be "extremely dangerous" if its nuclear materials program produces...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4226.html October 6, 2008
NASA, in moving to save money by retiring the space shuttle fleet, will encounter hidden costs and problems, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported to congressional committees. The U.S. space agency "faces disparate challenges defining the...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4227.html October 6, 2008
The next president of the United States has no choice but to continue erecting a multi-layered ballistic missile shield, because the threat posed by potential enemy ballistic missiles has grown to record levels, spread rapidly among many nations, and augurs...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4228.html October 6, 2008
China poses a rising ballistic missile threat that the United States should counter with improved systems including missile defense capabilities, a draft version of a State Department study concludes, according to The Washington Times. The International...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4229.html October 6, 2008
Taiwan is seeking to obtain more than $6.4 billion in American weapons including Patriot Advanced Capbility-3 (PAC-3) anti-missile interceptors, under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The gigantic program also includes UGM-84L Harpoon Block II...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4230.html October 6, 2008
European Space Agency Sets Sights On Converting Automated Transfer Vehicles To Manned Transport Duty
First ATV Successfully De-Orbited, Burns Up As Planned In Reentry Astrium has provided the European Space Agency (ESA) with an option to convert the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) robotic cargo ship into a manned spacecraft, the agency stated. A wholly...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4232.html October 6, 2008
Vice Adm. Murrett: U.S. Systems Can Detect Enemy Tunnels, Spot Individuals As They Walk U.S. intelligence efforts are using huge amounts of civilian space imaging capabilities, and that will continue, Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett, director of the National...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4233.html October 6, 2008
Some analysts and observers, who assert that certain especially dangerous military actors in Iran don't really represent government views and motives, are dead wrong, a new paper states. In fact, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Qods Force...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4235.html October 6, 2008
The European Space Agency (ESA) and European companies have now set the launch of the GOCE satellite for Oct. 27, ESA announced. On Sept. 7, preparations for launch of GOCE from the Plesetsk...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4238.html October 6, 2008
Russia is delivering 18 more Smerch multiple rocket launch systems to India, RIA Novosti reported...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4241.html October 3, 2008
QinetiQ Tuesday put on display their latest low-cost, lightweight robotic systems designed for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) teams. The company had the units on display at the Modern Day Marine expo at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. Built off of its...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/international/4201.html
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