International
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Business/FinancialBAE Completes Purchase of Fairchild Imaging
Britain’s BAE Systems yesterday said it has completed its acquisition of California-based Fairchild Imaging, a developer and manufacturer of solid state electronic imaging components, cameras and systems, for $86 million […]
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Business/FinancialGoodrich To Acquire Italian Flight Control Firm Microtecnica
Goodrich Corp. [GR] on Friday 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 […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin to Provide Support Services For Canadian Training Systems
Lockheed Martin [LMT] this week said it was awarded a five-year, approximately $22.8 million contract to provide support services for its live-fire, battle field training systems that prepare soldiers for […]
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InternationalGeneral Dynamics UK Receives New Minister
The Right Honourable Cheryl Gillan MP, Secretary of State for Wales, invited Lord Stephen Green, the new Minister of State for Trade and Investment, to visit Wales-based defence and security […]
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InternationalElbit Systems Completes Acquisition of Elisra
Israel’s Elbit Systems [ESLT] said it has completed the purchase of the balance of shares of Elisra Electronic Systems held by Elta Systems, which is a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace […]
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InternationalPatria To Work With Duro Dakovic On AMV Sales
Finland’s defense, security and aerospace group Patria and Croatia’s Duro Dakovic Holding d.d. (DDH) said they signed a Memorandum of Understanding to agree on common efforts in sales of Patria […]
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InternationalRaytheon Completes UEWR Thule Radar Upgrades
Raytheon [RTN] said it has completed all system requirements and testing of the Upgraded Early Warning Radar at Thule Air Base, Greenland. With this upgrade, the UEWR at Thule is […]
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InternationalNorthrop Grumman Submits Final NATO AGS Proposal
Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it submitted its final proposal for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) core capability–an air and ground persistent surveillance capability. “The updated proposal offers an […]
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InternationalEADS Eurocopter To Acquire Vector Aerospace Corp.
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co., (EADS) subsidiary Eurocopter expanded its aerospace support and services presence in North America and globally yesterday saying it entered into a Support Agreement […]
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InternationaliRobot, QinetiQ North America Send Robots To Aid Japanese Recovery
iRobot [IRBT] and QinetiQ North America have sent some of their robots–similar to those used by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan–to Japan to aid in its natural disaster recovery […]