International
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Business/FinancialIBM To Acquire Israeli Cyber Security Firm Trusteer
IBM [IBM] last week said it has agreed to acquire Israel’s Trusteer, a provider of software to protect against network security threats, complementing its existing cyber security solutions and boosting […]
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InternationalMBDA Offering Brimstone To U.S., U.K. For Large UAV Weaponization Option
European multi-nation conglomerate MBDA is offering its Dual Mode Brimstone (DMB) advanced multi-role close air support missile to the United States and United Kingdom as options for weaponizing large unmanned […]
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InternationalRheinmetall Defense Wins Orders For High Performance Protection
Rheinmetall Defense Monday said it has won a series of awards totaling an estimated $13.2 million for its high-performance protection technology. VERHA Courtesy: Rheinmetall AG Fiber composite materials and […]
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InternationalSouth Korea Becomes 12th International Customer For Modernized Apache Sensor
Lockheed Martin [LMT] Aug. 12 said it received a $223.3 million Foreign Military Sales contract to provide South Korea with Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) systems […]
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InternationalBell Helicopter Delivers First Bell 407GX To Poland
Bell Hellicopter [TXT] said yesterday it has delivered the first Bell 407GX to be operated in Poland at the Konstancin airfield near Warsaw. This is the first of two Bell 407GXs […]
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CongressSenate Hawks Call For Change In Approach To Russia On Missile Defense
Two Senate Republican hawks are calling for changes in the United States’ relations with Russia, including a push forward on missile defenses in Europe. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey […]
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International
Iraq Requests Potential FMS For Stryker NBC Reconnaissance Vehicles And Equipment
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress July 25 of a possible $900 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Iraq of 50 M1135 Stryker Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Reconnaissance […]
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ArmyGlobal Ditigal Solutions’ Planned Merger Partner Airtronic Readies Next Gen RPG
Global Digital Solutions (GDSI) and planned merger partner Airtronic USA Inc. yesterday said Airtronic’s second-generation RPG–the lightweight MK777–is expected to be ready for shipping in the second quarter of 2014. The lightweight, […]
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Congress
Dem Wants To Know Cost of Limited U.S. Military Action in Syria
A leading foreign-affairs-focused Democrat called on Monday for more insight into the cost of possible U.S. military action in Syria. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), ranking member of the House Foreign […]
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Business/FinancialCobham Launches Ultra Small Transmitter
Cobham takes surveillance technology to a more compact level with the launch of its ultra-small Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (COFDM) transmitter, the SOLO7 Nano Transmitter (Nano Tx). Cobham’s Nano […]