International

Arianespace captured 72 percent of orders booked last year, and half of all commercial launches to geostationary orbit, according to Arianespace chairman and CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall, speaking to journalists. […]

The Navy gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $6.3 million contract to support MK 41 vertical launch systems for the U.S. and Turkish navies, Lockheed announced. Lockheed will provide engineering […]

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) this week said it has signed a contract with Poland’s Maritime Office in Gdynia for upgrading the SSC Maritime Surveillance System originally installed in 1993 on […]

Sweden’s Gripen last week said the Hungarian air force declared 14 Gripen fighters operational for QRA tasks (Quick Reaction Alert) over Hungarian territory and air space and ready to take […]

SAFRAN Group this week said the French defense procurement agency DGA has chosen Sagem over a field of competing companies to design the datalink system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). […]

As part of a Canadian project to strengthen domestic operations, Navistar Defense this week said it received a $231 million contract to provide the Department of National Defence with Military […]

Chief of the Australian Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, met with his counterpart Commander in Chief, Indonesian Armed Forces, General Djoko Santoso, this week in Jakarta to sign […]

By Ann Roosevelt On Friday, U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) wraps up its Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Mission Rehearsal Exercise 09-1. "It does prepare us extremely well […]

By Ann Roosevelt The top priority capability for U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and NATO is intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), while economic pressures squeeze budgets, according to the dual-hatted commander. […]

By Ann Roosevelt NATO forces in Afghanistan are preparing for counternarcotics operations to try and break the flow of funds to insurgents that fuel their ability to buy weapons and […]