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QinetiQ recently extended its TALON family of robots to meet the ever-changing demands of detecting and clearing mines, unexploded ordnance and dangerous improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from a safe distance. […]

Boeing [BA] and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), one of India’s leading defense companies, Tuesday said in New Delhi they will jointly develop an analysis and experimentation center in India to […]

The United States shouldn’t completely abandon its plans for the European Missile Defense (EMD) system as Russia has demanded, but Washington should slow the EMD effort until it is tested […]

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 […]

Finmeccanica‘s AgustaWestland, yesterday announced it has recently been awarded a contract by the European Defence Agency (EDA) to conduct a six month Helicopter Tactics Program (HTP) Implementation Study. Financial terms […]

The Army awarded EADS North America a contract for five additional UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) Jan. 15, 2009, bringing the total number of aircraft on contract to 128. […]

QinetiQ is extending its family of robots with the unveiling of the Talon IV Engineer robot, to continue to meet the ever-changing demands of detecting and clearing mines, unexploded ordnance […]

BAE Systems yesterday announced the opening of a new facility that will produce armor kits under Army and Marine contracts totaling $34 million to protect Army ground vehicles. The 33,000-square-foot […]

An Ariane 5 heavy lifter will launch the Arabsat 5C and 6B satellites, Arianespace announced. Arabsat, of Saudi Arabia, chose Arianespace to haul the Arabsat 5C satellite into geostationary transfer […]

An Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] satellite will launch Thursday on an Ariane 5 heavy lifter from Kourou, French Guiana, South America, Orbital announced. Arianespace provides the Ariane 5 heavy lifter […]