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Israel’s Elbit Systems [ESLT] Wednesday reported a 6.6 percent gain in year-on-year quarterly consolidated revenues, driven largely by C4ISR and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) activity, and a new record backlog […]

Britain’s QinetiQ recently posted double-digit sales and operating profits for its 2009 fiscal year driven by strong growth in performance at its United States-based division, which accounts for nearly half […]

DRS Technologies, the United States subsidiary of Italy’s Finmeccanica, has agreed to acquire Soneticom, Inc., a provider of custom and semi-custom high- technology communications products and systems for customers in […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday began collecting fingerprints and photographs of foreign nationals departing the United States from two airports as part of a test under the US-VISIT […]

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.’s (EADS) Eurocopter recently said the French Defense Ministry has ordered five additional EC725 helicopters from as part of the government’s economic recovery plan. "This […]

By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] continues to explore opportunities for its Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, but the focus of the advanced radar remains the Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, […]

BSI Group, a multinational standards and training company based in Britain, has acquired the supply chain security business of California-based First Advantage Corp. [FADV], allowing it to offer its customers […]

General Dynamics’ [GD] Land Systems-Canada yesterday said it was awarded a contract valued at more than $150 million to General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products to qualify and produce reactive […]

DRS Technologies, the United States subsidiary of Italy’s Finmeccanica, has agreed to acquire Soneticom, Inc., a provider of custom and semi-custom high- technology communications products and systems for customers in […]

Raytheon [RTN] executive Walter Doran, who has with expertise in Asian military and political affairs spanning decades, has been appointed to the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) board of directors. The […]