International
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InternationalU.S. Remains Leading Arms Dealer As Worldwide Transfer Agreements Fall
The United States in 2008 led overwhelmingly in global arms trade agreements, making deals worth $37.8 billion, and while overall agreements dropped to their lowest level since 2005, Italy more […]
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International
BAE Systems To Improve Australian Communications
Australia’s Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, Greg Combet, recently announced the awarding of an approximately $82 million defense contract that will lead to improved global communications for our […]
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International
Australia Acquires Heron UAV To Enhance ISR
Australia recently announced that the Royal Australian Air Force has acquired Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in close collaboration with Canadian Defence forces. “This high resolution intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance […]
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Business/FinancialDRS Closes Acquisition of Soneticom
Finmeccanica‘s subsidiary DRS Technologies yesterday said it has completed its acquisition of Florida-based Soneticom, Inc., which provides geolocaton systems, wireless communications and digital signal processing systems and capabilities. Terms of […]
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Business/Financial
Chemring Plans To Acquire U.S. Firm Hi-Shear Technology
By Calvin Biesecker Britain’s Chemring Group PLC yesterday said it has greed to acquire Los Angeles-based Hi-Shear Technology Corp. [HSR] for $132 million in cash, a deal which complements its […]
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Homeland Security
Coast Guard Seeks To Avoid HC-144 Production Break
By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard this month is scheduled to seek a commitment from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for approval to buy up to nine HC-144A Maritime […]
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International
Australia And Thailand Participate in Combined War Game
HMAS Darwin, a Royal Australian Navy Adelaide Class Frigate this week kicked off Austhai 09, a combined maritime exercise with the Royal Thai Navy in the Gulf of Thailand. The […]
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International
ITT Awarded U.K.MoD Follow On Order For Head Mounted Night Vision Systems
ITT Corp. [ITT] Sept. 9 announced it has been awarded a $16.6 million follow-on order from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MoD) for the Head Mounted Night Vision System […]
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International
Boeing And Damco Sign MoU To Develop Logistics Tools
Boeing [BA] and Danish logistics company Damco, part of the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pursue the development of industrial and technological […]
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International
U.K. MoD Taps BAE For New Generation of Helmet Mounted Displays
The U.K. Ministry of Defence has placed the first order for a new generation of helmet-mounted displays developed by BAE Systems. The Royal Navy will purchase 12 remote sighting systems […]