International

Saab Training USA has been awarded a potential $41 million Live Training Transformation Interim Range System (LT2-IRS) contract by the Army Program Executive Office of Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO […]

U.S.-Israeli cooperative missile-defense programs would receive $415.1 million in the final Continuing Resolution (CR) legislation for fiscal year 2011. The CR provides funding to keep the federal government operating for […]

Canadian Helicopters Group Inc. [CHL.A], the largest helicopter transportation services company operating in Canada, said its wholly-owned subsidiary Canadian Helicopters Limited (CHL) has entered into a sale and purchase agreement […]

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and the Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft (FFG) yesterday revealed their strategic cooperation for the Brazilian market at the defense exhibition LAAD in Rio de Janeiro. For the industrial […]

Missile manufacturer Raytheon [RTN] has ramped up production and deliveries of a key missile system to the U.S. Navy and various American allies in the past year, according to a […]

The South Korean navy took the first steps toward fielding one of the U.S. Navy’s premiere fleet defense systems on board their warships, taking delivery of the first Phalanx Close-In […]

The seven European nations participating in the Airbus A400M program have signed a contract amendment allowing production of the military airlifter to begin, prime contractor Airbus announced yesterday. The deal […]

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of a possible $299 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Iraq of six AN/TPQ-36(V)10 Firefinder Radar Systems, 18 AN/TPQ-48 Light Weight Counter-Mortar […]

Goodrich Corp. [GR] recently said it has agreed to acquire Italy’s Microtecnica from the United Kingdom-based private equity firm SSCP Aero Holdings for $462 million in cash, adding to its […]

The first M-346 aircraft produced for the Italian Air Force (ITAF) had a successful first flight on March 31, according to prime contractor Alenia Aeronautica. The ITAF has designated the […]