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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 […]

South Korea has opened a competition to supply Airborne Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars to its fleet of 134 F-16s, and Raytheon [RTN] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] are lined up […]

Sikorsky Aircraft [UTX] has delivered to the U.S. Army the fourth of 15 UH-60M Black Hawk aircraft in response to an urgent need from the Swedish armed forces. Patrik Dovskog, […]

The United States plans to transfer two dozen refurbished and upgraded F-16 Fighting Falcons to the Indonesian Air Force as part of efforts to strengthen military to-military ties between the […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently demonstrated an airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system on an optionally piloted plane for E.U. border security, the company said recently. Lockheed Martin is the […]

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 […]