International

By Ann Roosevelt A planned July 22 intercept test of the Arrow Weapon System (AWS) was partially successful, though a Arrow II interceptor was not launched for reasons now under […]

U.S. Navy officials met with their Iraq counterparts last month to discuss building a fleet of patrol boats to help that nation protect and control its territorial waters, according to […]

Israel’s Elbit Systems Ltd. [ESLT] recently said it has agreed to acquire another Israeli firm, BVR Systems [BVRSF], a developer of military training, simulation and debriefing systems, for $34 million […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy intends to award a sole source contract later this summer to Louisiana-based Swiftships Shipbuilders to construct up to 15 coastal patrol boats for the Iraqi […]

Two of the KC-767 aerial refueling tankers that Boeing [BA] is building for the Italian Air Force recently performed a series of airborne boom contacts and fuel offloads in observation […]

The U.S. TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics[GD], a $45 million contract for the Egyptian tank co-production program. This award […]

ITT Corp. [ITT] has been awarded a contract to supply a turnkey Air Traffic Control (ATC) solution for the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) at their new operational airbase. […]

Thales has joined with Oshkosh Defense [OSK] to submit seven vehicles to the Australian Department of Defence for Comparative Evaluation Testing as part of Australia’s Land 121 ‘Overlander’ program. Phase […]

By Ann Roosevelt Empire Challenge 09, the sixth annual live joint and coalition intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) interoperability demonstration, is under way focusing on providing ISR support to warfighters […]

Israel’s Elbit Systems Ltd. [ESLT] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire another Israeli firm, BVR Systems [BVRSF], a developer of military training, simulation and debriefing systems, for $34 million […]