International

Editorials in The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal said Iran and North Korea are presenting a test of character and will for President Obama, giving him no time […]

China likely will continue its explosive 12 to 18 percent increase in military spending, an analyst said. The Asian giant can well afford such outlays, with a national debt equivalent […]

The German government asked MEADS International (MI) to integrate a European air defense missile into the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). Scope of work provides for incorporation of IRIS-T […]

Russia and Belarus will form an air defense system, under an agreement they signed, Itar-Tass reported. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised the planned system as increasing security of both countries. […]

GeoEye, Inc. [GEOY]is starting commercial operations for its new GeoEye-1 Earth-imaging satellite. The firm also is submitting imagery from the satellite to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for their certification […]

The Raytheon Co. [RTN] Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) at Thule Air Base, Greenland, achieved a significant milestone on its path toward operational status by tracking its first satellite in […]

Hispasat selected Arianespace to launch a new communications satellite, Hispasat 1E, Arianespace announced. It was the first contract of 2009 signed by Arianespace. Hispasat 1E will be launched by an […]

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced this week it has recently been awarded a contract by the European Defence Agency (EDA) to conduct a six month Helicopter Tactics Programme (HTP) Implementation […]

Honeywell [HON] this week announced it has received an order via Foreign Military Sales, for six T-Hawk MAV (Micro Air Vehicle) systems from the U.S. Navy, which is the contracting […]

General Dynamics [GD] United Kingdom Limited, in partnership with Rockwell Collins [COL] and QinetiQ, won a competition for an approximately $4.3 million contract from the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) […]