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Northrop Grumman [NOC] said last week it is expanding its presence in the Middle East region with the opening of a new office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. "Saudi Arabia represents […]

By Calvin Biesecker The Canadian government on Friday rejected Alliant Techsystems‘ [ATK] proposed acquisition of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates‘ (MDA) space business saying the deal demonstrated no net benefit to […]

Congressional Concerns Focus On New Missile, Nuclear Capabilities Emerging In A Hostile Iran Scores of lawmakers in Congress have asked President Bush to deploy a U.S. missile defense radar in […]

BAE Systems April 24 announced it has been awarded a $6 million contract from the U.S. Army for a Foreign Military Sale of Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) destined […]

By Geoff Fein During his tenure as Navy Secretary, Donald Winter has made it a point to visit foreign shipyards when the opportunity presents itself. The visits have enabled Winter […]

By Ann Roosevelt Key NATO capability initiatives–alliance ground surveillance (AGS), missile defense and the Defense Against Terrorism Program of Work (DATPoW)–continue to move forward after the biannual Conference of National […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy is in the process of preparing to release a request for proposal (RFP) in June for Increment II of its presidential helicopter, as the service […]

By Emelie Rutherford If the Air Force’s contested tanker contract with Northrop Grumman [NOC] and a European partner is overturned, it will be a “disaster” for efforts to accelerate cooperation […]

The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected General Dynamics [GD] U.K. subsidiary as the provisionally preferred bidder for the Utility Vehicle Design (UVD) for the Future Rapid Effect […]

DRS Technologies [DRS] yesterday said it is in discussions regarding a "potential strategic transaction" for the company following a report in the Wall Street Journal that Italian aerospace and defense […]