International
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Business/Financial
Foreign Military Sales Surpass $30 Billion For Fourth Year
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said the U.S. foreign military sales (FMS) it oversees reached $34.8 billion in Fiscal Year 2011, surpassing the $30 billion mark for the fourth […]
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Air Force
ITT Exelis Sees Electronic Warfare Opportunities In 2012
Moving into 2012, a number of important electronic warfare programs are moving forward, an ITT Exelis [XLS] executive said. “There’s no place I’d rather be in the defense world than […]
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Business/Financial
Thales To Acquire U.S. SATCOM Firm
France’s Thales yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Florida-based Tampa Microwave, which specializes in tactical satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals and related products, expanding its capabilities in the wideband SATCOM […]
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Business/Financial
Lightweight Oxygen Generator Takes Top U.K. Award
A lightweight oxygen generator developed to save lives on the battlefield has won first prize at the U.K. Engineering Technology and Innovation Awards 2011. The award for best collaboration in […]
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Air Force
U.K.’s First Joint Forces Commander Takes Post
The first commander of the U.K. Joint Forces Command has taken up the job: Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach took over Dec. 1. Peach will be responsible for commanding […]
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International
South Korea Opens F-16 Radar Competition; U.S. Firms Bidding
South Korea has opened a competition to supply Airborne Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars to its fleet of 134 F-16s, and Raytheon [RTN] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] are lined up […]
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International
Sweden Receiving Initial Urgent Need U.S. UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters
Sikorsky Aircraft [UTX] has delivered to the U.S. Army the fourth of 15 UH-60M Black Hawk aircraft in response to an urgent need from the Swedish armed forces. Patrik Dovskog, […]
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International
U.S. To Transfer F-16s To Indonesia
The United States plans to transfer two dozen refurbished and upgraded F-16 Fighting Falcons to the Indonesian Air Force as part of efforts to strengthen military to-military ties between the […]
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International
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Airborne ISR For E.U.
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently demonstrated an airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system on an optionally piloted plane for E.U. border security, the company said recently. Lockheed Martin is the […]
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International
NATO C3 Agency Signs First Multi-Year Agreement With Finland
Senior officials from Finland recently visited the NATO C3 Agency to discuss details of a multi-year program for cooperation on advanced technology. The five-year program of work will address C4ISR […]