International

The Mexican Ministry of Defense has signed an agreement with Eurocopter to buy six EC725 helicopters. Together with the same number of rotary-wing aircraft ordered in March of last year, […]

MEADS International has turned in the Life Cycle Cost Estimate (LCCE) for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) to the three partner nations–the United States, Germany and Italy–contending owning […]

ANDERSEN AFB, Guam–The Air Force yesterday officially unveiled the first RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance plane deployed to the Pacific region at a ceremony on Guam, noting that the U.S. […]

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sept. 21 approved by voice vote ice vote resolutions of ratification for Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties between the United States and the United Kingdom […]

The U.K. plans to provide its troops in Afghanistan with a new-generation of Light Protected Patrol Vehicle (LPPV) move forward with the announcement of Force Protection Europe as preferred bidder. […]

Cross Match Technologies said that two of its biometric capture devices are the first certified by the Indian government for the country’s unique identification numbers (UID) project. The two items […]

By Calvin Biesecker Months later than expected, the Defense Department and prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said they have agreed to terms for the fourth low-rate initial production (LRIP) […]

By Calvin Biesecker France’s Safran Group and Britain’s BAE Systems yesterday announced plans to acquire the identity solutions and intelligence services businesses respectively of L-1 Identity Solutions [ID], in two […]

The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) pending in the Senate calls for tougher, “eyes on” verification, a senior State Department official said. “This treaty…has a more intensive verification regime […]

Executives of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) said the company could still alter its bid for a contract to build aerial refueling tankers during the Pentagon’s evaluation […]