International
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Air ForceEADS, Turkish Aerospace Industries Sign MoU For Potential Cooperation
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) and its divisions Cassidian and Astrium in Germany, Spain, France and the United Kingdom yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)with Turkish Aerospace […]
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Business/FinancialAdmiralty Partners Acquires Canadian Firm Serving DoD
The private equity firm Admiralty Partners has acquired GMA Cover Corp., a small Canada-based firm that provides concealment products, aerial delivery, flexible fuel and water storage, vehicle soft-top systems and […]
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ArmyRaytheon Receives $1.7 Billion For Saudi Patriot Upgrades
Raytheon [RTN] yesterday said it received a $1.7 billion Direct Commercial Sales contract to upgrade Saudi Arabia’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to the latest Configuration-3. The award […]
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Air Force
MDBA Reveals Future Multi-Role Strike Weapon: CVS 401 Perseus
At the Paris Air Show yesterday, MBDA unveiled the CVS 401 Persues concept missile system representing the Concept Visions group’s vision of a multi-role strike weapon system for 2030 and […]
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Business/Financial
Bell To Sell Stake In Commercial Tiltrotor Effort To AgustaWestland
Bell Helicopter [TXT] yesterday said it has agreed to sell its stake in a commercial tiltrotor aircraft project to its partner AgustaWestland to free up resources to boost its investment […]
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Business/Financial
Aerojet, QinetiQ, EADS Astrium Crisa To Supply Ion Propulsion System For Spacecraft
Aerojet [GY] QinetiQ, and European Aerospace Defence and Space Co.’s (EADS) Astrium Crisa, said they have entered a joint agreement to supply the XENITH(TM) (Xenon Ion Thruster) ion propulsion system […]
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Air Force
Australians Could Accelerate Global Hawk Buy By Three Years
PALMDALE, Calif. –Due to a growing operational demand to further secure its coastline borders, the Australian military may accelerate the timing of a potential RQ-4 Global Hawk buy by three […]
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InternationalSaudi Arabia FMS Requests Total Nearly $1 Billion For LAVs, Sensor Fuzed Weapons
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) June 13 notified Congress that Saudi Arabia would spend nearly $1 billion in Foreign Military Sales for Light Armored Vehicles (LAVs) for its armed […]
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International
Afghan Training Focus: Reaching Transition And Making It Last, Gen. Says
There’s been “significant” progress in the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A), but the goal is for enduring achievement once the transition of national security responsibility is passed to the Afghan government […]
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International
Australia Selects U.S. Navy’s MH-60R SEAHAWK Helicopter for AIR 9000 Phase 8 Program
The U.S. Navy recently said that Australia picked the MH-60R SEAHAWK helicopter to fulfill the Australian Defence Force’s AIR 9000 Phase 8 requirement for a fleet of 24 multi- role […]