International
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Business/FinancialArianespace To Launch Three Satellites For SES
SES ordered launches for three satellites from Arianespace, the launch provider announced. A global satellite services provider, SES plans to orbit new satellites including the Astra 3B, plus two other […]
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Homeland Security
PAC-3 Interceptor Scores In German Test At White Sands
German Luftwaffe personnel successfully tested a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) airdefense interceptor at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. Aided by Lockheed and Army support, the German […]
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Homeland Security
Croatian Navy Receives Two Missile Boats
Patria is delivering two Helsinki-class missile boats to the Croatian Navy, the company reported. Those boats were used by the Finnish Navy. The boat class was removed from service as […]
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Homeland Security
China Protests U.S. Plan To Sell $6.5 Billion Of Arms To Taiwan; Beijing Warns U.S. Stance Frays Relations
China is objecting vociferously to the U.S. Bush administration plan to sell $6.5 billion worth of arms to Taiwan to help the island nation defend itself against attack, according to […]
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InternationalKorean Shipyards Demonstrating Significant Production Rates, Official Says
South Korean shipyards are achieving significant production rates, upward of a ship per week, and there are no signs the facilities are planning to slow down, according to Navy Secretary […]
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International
Air Force Orders 18 Refurbished Italian Transports For Afghan Air Corps
ROME–Italy’s Finmeccanica recently said its Alenia North America subsidiary won a $287 million Air Force contract for 18 G222 tactical transport aircraft bound for the Afghanistan National Army Air Corps […]
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International
DCNS Automatic System Lands UAV On Underway French Frigate
French naval defense contractor DCNS recently landed a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aboard the French navy frigate Montcalm while the vessel was underway in the Mediterranean Sea, DCNS said […]
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International
Thales Targets U.S. Market With New Lightweight UAV-Launched Missile
Thales is developing a lightweight multirole missile (LMM) to offer a low-cost precision-strike capability for a variety of air-, land- and sea-based platforms, but particularly for unmanned air vehicles (UAV). […]
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International
SAFRAN To Acquire Motorola’s Biometric Matching Business
France’s SAFRAN Group yesterday said it has agreed to acquire the biometrics business of Motorola [MOT] in a deal that would expand its already robust fingerprint matching business in the […]
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International
Finmeccanica’s Deal For DRS Clears CFIUS Hurdle
The pending acquisition of DRS Technologies [DRS] by Italy’s Finmeccanica has received approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), moving the deal one big step […]