Defense Daily International

A Lockheed Martin [LMT] Canada industry team was awarded a $2 billion contract from the Canadian government to design and build the combat system for that nation’s 12 Halifax-class frigates. […]

Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) yesterday said that it has completed the sale of its shares in QinetiQ, the privatized former in-house laboratories of the MoD. The MoD’s remaining stake […]

Afghanistan has topped all nations this year in purchases of U.S. weapon systems through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, a growing Pentagon operation brokering more sales than expected, a […]

While Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has made clear his disdain for “Buy America” provisions limiting foreign content of defense systems, Democratic hopeful Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) stance […]

The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co.’s (EADS) Eurocopter unit announced Sept. 11 successfully completing a firing campaign using the Spike air-to-ground missle as part of the development of the […]

Technical problems and delays on a Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) system led to the Sept. 4 announcement that the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) and Boeing [BA] Australia agreed […]

The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co.’s (EADS) Eurocopter unit said yesterday it had successfully completing a firing campaign using the Spike air-to-ground missle as part of the development of […]

The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) this week is conducting an international experiment in Sydney to develop technology for detecting new generation radar systems. The Minister for Defence Science […]

Raytheon[ RTN], Boeing [BA], and Talley Defense would benefit from three separate potential Foreign Military Sales to Israel of Patriot Missile Fire Unit Upgrades, GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs, and M72A7 […]