International

The State Department released the latest count of U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles recently under the terms of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). The release comes from […]

SCHOTT North America Inc. (SCHOTT) yesterday said it is kicking off production of chalcogenide glasses for infrared (IR) sensing applications, produced for the first time in the United States. To […]

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said the U.S. foreign military sales (FMS) it oversees reached $34.8 billion in Fiscal Year 2011, surpassing the $30 billion mark for the fourth […]

Moving into 2012, a number of important electronic warfare programs are moving forward,  an ITT Exelis [XLS] executive said. “There’s no place I’d rather be in the defense world than […]

France’s Thales yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Florida-based Tampa Microwave, which specializes in tactical satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals and related products, expanding its capabilities in the wideband SATCOM […]

A lightweight oxygen generator developed to save lives on the battlefield has won first prize at the U.K. Engineering Technology and Innovation Awards 2011. The award for best collaboration in […]

The first commander of the U.K. Joint Forces Command has taken up the job: Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach took over Dec. 1. Peach will be responsible for commanding […]

Senior officials from Finland recently visited the NATO C3 Agency to discuss details of a multi-year program for cooperation on advanced technology. The five-year program of work will address C4ISR […]

General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems has received a $395 million contract for work under the Egyptian tank co-production program. The contract, issued by the Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command, has […]

Saab’s Gripen fighter jet has won the Swiss competition to replace its fleet of F-5s, beating out the Eurofighter and Dassault Rafale, the Swiss government said recently. The government plans […]