International

Sweden’s defense and security company Saab AB yesterday said it has agreed to acquire United States-based sensor firm Sensis Corp., in a deal that combines complementary capabilities in air traffic […]

U.K. Defence Secretary Liam Fox outlined a new vision of how a reformed military should be structured and managed, including giving service chiefs increased power over their budgets and creating […]

Israel’s Plasan yesterday said it has acquired a small United States-based developer and manufacturer of composite materials for defense and automotive applications in a deal that boosts its capacity for […]

MBDA and ISL, the Franco-German research institute of St. Louis, signed an international partnering agreement extending the scope of existing ground force cooperation to missiles between the two organizations.  MBDA […]

U.K.-based Dytecna Ltd has made the decision to divest its interest in Dytecna Asia Pacific Pty Ltd in Melbourne, Australia, effective immediately. Systems engineering firm Dytecna said it invested more […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Finmeccanica’s SELEX Galileo said they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly pursue the international directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) market.  Capitalizing on their unique […]

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 years, possibly […]

As the anchor tenant of the new Helicopter Center, Eurocopter Malaysia (ECM) will begin operations at the new location from April 2012, with installation of an EC225/EC725 Full Flight Simulator […]

Sikorsky [UTX] said recently that the Brazilian Navy has signed an agreement with the U.S. Government to acquire two Sikorsky S-70B maritime helicopters via the Foreign Military Sales process. In […]

Raytheon [RTN] said recently 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 includes […]