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U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron is closing Portsmouth shipyard in “the national interest,” putting 940 shipyard workers out of work in 2014 at BAE Systems naval ships systems business. In all, BAE […]

The development and test phase of the NATO-Russia Stand-off Detection of Explosives (STANDEX) program is complete, NATO officials said. Four years of cooperation on STANDEX between NATO and Russian scientists has […]

The first six of some 30 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters produced by Boeing [BA] have arrived in Taiwan under a $2 billion deal under then-President George W. Bush that included other defense […]

Raytheon [RTN] on Nov. 5 said the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) successfully completed another series of test firings of Raytheon’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System at McGregor Range, N.M. […]

U.K. firms Development Engineering and Enterprise Ltd (DEE-Ltd) and Enhanced Protection Systems Ltd. (EPS) Nov. 5 said they have formed a new joint venture, Ascender Vehicles Limited. The new organization is expected to bring […]

Boeing’s [BA] AH-6 light attack/reconnaissance helicopter is on an accelerating path to its first customer–the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG)–and more demonstrations in coming months.  A Letter of Agreement with the […]

Sikorsky Aircraft said on Oct. 31 that it has completed the initial rotor blade tests for the Marine Corps’ CH-53K heavy lift helicopter.   With 12 percent more surface area than the […]

Customs and Border Protection, thanks to the government shutdown last month, has delayed award of the contract for fixed surveillance towers along certain parts of the Southwest Border until the […]

Based on work it has done with the U.S. Central Command in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, Rapiscan Systems is working with the military command to potentially bring the […]

Smiths Detection has protested the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) award in late September of a contract to a competitor for new X-Ray systems for use in screening carry-on bags at […]