International

Britain’s Smiths Group on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire the California-based detection business of France’s Safran Group for $710 million, a deal that would give it a marquis […]

The Australian Department of Defense awarded Elbit Systems [ESLT] a $30 million contract to supply XACTth65 thermal weapon sights, the company said Tuesday. The company said the sight weighs under […]

The largest and most advanced international live-fire cyber defense exercise in the world, Locked Shields 2016, began Monday and continues through Friday this week, according to the organizer, the NATO […]

Thales was awarded a contract by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) to deliver Fulmar Unmanned Air Service (UAS) units to be installed on six naval vessels, the company said […]

The Army awarded Sikorsky, a division of Lockheed Martin [LMT], a $55 million foreign military sales (FMS) contract modification for seven uniquely configured UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters bound for Mexico, […]

The State Department approved a possible $90 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request to France for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary Rocket Pods and related support. The Defense […]

General Dynamics [GD] completed the successful early live firing test program for the British Army’s new AJAX Armored Fighting Vehicle platform, the company said Wednesday. The firing involved testing the […]

Exports in the aerospace and defense (A&D) sector grew last year led by commercial aircraft, despite an overall decline in total exports from the United States, according to a new […]

Brazil-based Embraer [ERJ] and the Germany-based Rheinmetall signed a framework agreement for the latter to develop and supply a suite of training equipment for the KC-390 transport plane, Rheinmetall said […]

The Army in its fiscal 2017 budget request plans to spend $35 million to begin a search for upgraded Patriot missile defense radars that Raytheon [RTN] has already developed with […]