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    Defense Industry Daily

  • $48M to SSI for USAF Space Launch Services

    Fred Donovan
    9 Feb 2010 | 4:34 am
    SSI launch facilities (click to view full) Spaceport Systems International (SSI), a Lompoc, CA-based division of ITT Corp., received a $48 million contract to provide launch services for the Launch... [summary]

  • Rapid Fire: 2010-02-09

    Fred Donovan
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:20 pm
    Russia’s revised official military doctrine to include preemptive nuclear strikes. France expects to decide in the coming weeks whether to sell 3 additional Mistral class amphibious... [summary]

  • BAE Settles Charges With UK Fraud Office, US DoJ

    Joe Katzman
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:53 am
    BAE’s Hawk: over the top (click to view full) The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has spent the last 6 years chasing BAE systems over allegations that bribes were paid to secure foreign... [summary]

  • Russia to Order French Mistral LHDs?

    Joe Katzman
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:19 am
    FS Mistral (click to view full) France mulls approval of 3 more Mistral LHDs for Russia, amidst political pressure from Russia over Georgia, and concern by French allies. (Feb 8/10) In August 2009,... [summary]

  • US Military Adds Heavy Trucks Under FHTV-III

    Joe Katzman
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:12 am
    THAAD on HEMTT (click to view full) FY 2011 budget, 275 HET trailers ordered, Recap of 60 HEMTT wreckers. (Feb 5/10) With its bridge buy of FMTV medium trucks in place and the re-compete... [summary]
 
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    DefenceTalk News & Weapons Updates

  • Iran develops air defense system comparable to Russia’s S-300

    Moscow: Iran has developed its own air defense system comparable to and even more sophisticated than the Russian S-300 system, the IRNA news agency said Monday, citing an Iranian military official. Russia signed a contract with Iran on the supply of at least five S-300 air defense systems to Tehran in December 2005. However, there have [...]Iran develops air defense system comparable to Russia’s S-300 is a post from: DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons

  • Gates Pledges Mine-resistant Vehicles to Allies

    ISTANBUL: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today pledged surplus mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles along with expanded access to classified information to U.S. allies to help in combating the threat of improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan. “The United States will now do whatever we can within the limits of U.S. law, and as soon as we can, to [...]Gates Pledges Mine-resistant Vehicles to Allies is a post from: DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons

  • Iran to make missile system better than Russian: Airforce

    Tehran: Iran boasted on Monday it is manufacturing a home-built air defence missile system which would be better than the Russian S-300, which has been ordered by Tehran but yet to be delivered by Moscow. "Today, we are building all our air defence weapons by ourselves ... the only thing we wanted to import was the [...]Iran to make missile system better than Russian: Airforce is a post from: DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons

  • Europe Risks China Relations in Taiwan Helicopter Deal

    European firm Eurocopter says it has agreed terms to sell three helicopters to Taiwan less than a week after the United States angered China by saying it would deliver $6.4 billion worth of arms to the island. In a deal that could strain Sino-European ties, Airbus sister company Eurocopter has announced it is to sell three [...]Europe Risks China Relations in Taiwan Helicopter Deal is a post from: DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons

  • Iran builds own aerial drones with strike capabilities

    Moscow: Iran started on Monday production of two domestically-developed unmanned aerial vehicles capable of delivering high-precision bombing strikes and performing reconnaissance missions, the Fars news agency said. Iran unveiled the drones, dubbed Ra'd (Thunder) and Nazir (Harbinger), at a plant in the northern province of Mazandaran. "We plan to manufacture UAVs...at this site" Fars quoted Hamed Saeedi, [...]Iran builds own aerial drones with strike capabilities is a post from: DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons
 
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    Military News Center

  • Major Work Ahead on Russian Stealth Fighter

    7 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    Russia has begun flying a stealthy fifth-generation fighter to rival the U.S. F-22, but Western analysts question whether Sukhoi can develop and deliver the aircraft by 2015 as promised.

  • MV-22 and ABV Meet Expectations

    4 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    While CH-53 helicopters were unloading Marines in the Now Zad valley in Afghanistan's Helmand Province on Dec. 4, history was being made a short distance away. Two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft were disgorging Marines from the reconnaissance unit Task Force Raider in three landing zones at the opposite end of the valley, kicking off an assault on the Now Zad area to eliminate Taliban influence.

  • Despite Heron Deal, Turkey and Israel at Odds

    3 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    Amid a deteriorating relationship between Ankara and Jerusalem, the long-delayed sale of Israeli Heron unmanned air vehicles to Turkey is finally getting underway.

  • Asia-Pacific Recapitalizes its Fighter Fleets

    2 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    A swath of Asia-Pacific states is in the throes of revamping their fighter inventories. As a result, Western and Russian manufacturers are either wrestling to sustain market share or vying with rival fighter builders in traditional client markets.

  • US Army Musters GCV

    1 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    The reverberations from Defense Secretary Robert Gates's decision last year to cancel the Pentagon's ill-starred $160-billion Future Combat Systems (FCS) program have been felt nowhere more deeply than by the team tasked with designing the program's Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV), which was billed as the Army's infantry carrier of the future.
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    Defense Update Newscast

  • Iran Unveils New Space Launcher

    2 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm
    Iran has successfully launched a home-produced satellite on the Kavoshgar 3 (Explorer) satellite launcher. The Kavoshgar has already been used for the launch of the first Iranian satellite, the Omid launched a year ago (Feb 2009). The payload on the satellite being launched today included live animals carried in the satellite capsule - a rat, turtles and worms. Iran's space program is considered to provide a coverage for Irans ambitions to develop, test and, eventually field long range and, potentially intercontinental missiles, having the range and payload capacity to carry nuclear warheads…

  • Singapore Airshow - Signaling Aerospace Market Rebound?

    1 Feb 2010 | 10:30 pm
    The Singapore Airshow 2010 is opening today, could signal the rebound in Asian aerospace market, after a difficult year. 800 exhibiting companies from over 40 countries have gathered for the event, among them 62 of the top 100 global aerospace companies. More than 85% of the 2008 exhibitors are back this year although some big names have skipped this year's event. The organizers are reporting an increase in the number of national pavilions from 18 in 2008 to 22 this year, as New Zealand, Switzerland, Romania and Russia have joined as national group displays.

  • Maiden Flight for Russia’s New Stealth Fighter

    29 Jan 2010 | 10:30 pm
    Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA made a successful 47-minute maiden flight on Friday 29 January 2010, taking off from Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airfield in Russia’s Far East, adjacent to the manufacturer’s site.

  • Airborne Laser Conducts First Engagement with a Target Missile

    25 Jan 2010 | 2:07 pm
    The Airborne Laser (ABL) research and development platform successfully fired the onboard High Energy Laser (HEL) to engage an instrumented target missile, This test was not intended to lethally destroy the missile but demonstrate the full functionality of the ABL system to acquire, track, and engage a boosting target.

  • Russian Security Forces Negotiate for Israeli UAVs

    23 Jan 2010 | 11:32 pm
    After the Russian military has ordered Israeli drones last year, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) is negotiating with Israel for the sale of another short-range UAV system - the Orbiter electrically powered miniUAV. The systems are produced by Aeronautics Defense Systems and are currently operated with a number of military forces, including the Polish, Irish, Serbian and Azerbaijan armies and the Mexican police. The value of the current program has not been published.
 
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    Airline News-Aerospace News-Aviation Podcast

  • NASA Shuttle Endeavour Live TV Coverage - Space News

    AeroSpaceNews.com
    6 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm
    Space News - Enjoy the live NASA Television video feed of Shuttle Endeavour; the STS-130 mission to the ISS (International...

  • Ethiopian Airlines Plane Crash

    AeroSpaceNews.com
    24 Jan 2010 | 11:00 pm
    There has been an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash ( http://www.aerospacenews.com/content/view/397/94/) just after take-off from Beirut, Lebanon. Published reports state it was...

  • American Airlines Plane Crash Jamaica

    AeroSpaceNews.com
    22 Dec 2009 | 11:00 pm
    Published reports state that American Airlines Flight 331, a Boeing 737-800, has crashed after landing long at Kingston, Jamaica, at...

  • Boeing 787 First Flight

    AeroSpaceNews.com
    14 Dec 2009 | 11:00 pm
    The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner commercial jetliner took off from Paine Field in Everett, Washington at 10:27 a.m. local time...

  • Ares I-X Test Flight Called Success

    AeroSpaceNews.com
    27 Oct 2009 | 11:00 pm
    NASA says their new Ares I-X rocket launched at 11:30 a.m. EDT 28 October 2009 from Kennedy Space Center in...
 
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    GlobeNewswire: Aerospace & Defense News

  • Haynes International, Inc. to Host First Quarter Conference Call

    4 Feb 2010 | 1:00 pm
    KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. 4, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Haynes International, Inc. (Nasdaq:HAYN) a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of technologically advanced high performance alloys, announced today that it will host a conference call on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 to discuss its first quarter financial results for the period ended December 31, 2009. A press release announcing the results will be issued after market close on February 8, 2010. Mark Comerford, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Marcel Martin, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance, will host the call…

  • Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Facilities Honored by California Environmental Agency for Recycling Activities

    4 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am
    LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Several Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) sites have been honored by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery as Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) winners.

  • LMI Aerospace Announces Company to Present From the Cowen and Company 31st Annual Aerospace/Defense Conference

    3 Feb 2010 | 1:01 pm
    ST. LOUIS, Feb. 3, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LMI Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq:LMIA), a leading provider of design engineering services, assemblies, kits and structural components to the aerospace, defense and technology industries, announced today it will be presenting at the Cowen and Company 31st Annual Aerospace/Defense Conference to be held at the InterContinental Barclay Hotel in New York.

  • Integral Systems' CFO to Present at the Cowen & Company Aerospace/Defense Conference on February 10, 2010

    3 Feb 2010 | 7:34 am
    COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 3, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Integral Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISYS) today announced that its Chief Financial Officer William Bambarger, will be presenting at the Cowen & Company 31st Annual Aerospace/Defense Conference on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 4:15 pm Eastern Time. During the conference held at the InterContinental Barclay Hotel in New York, Mr. Bambarger will discuss Integral Systems' operations and review the Company's recently released fiscal 2010 first quarter financial results.

  • Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract From ITT to Build Long-Life Cryocoolers for Sensors on Two International Weather Satellites

    3 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am
    REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Feb. 3, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been selected by ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) to provide flight cryocoolers for the sensor payloads for two international weather satellites. The geostationary satellites will provide round-the-clock weather forecasts and severe weather alerts. Cryocoolers are used to reduce thermal noise in space-based sensors.
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  • Gates Remembers Murtha as Champion of Troops

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he will remember U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania as a patriot and long-time champion of the nation's men and women in uniform.

  • Gates: Afghan Strategy Bears Fruit, Iraq on Track

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Noting signs that the new strategy in Afghanistan "is beginning to bear fruit," Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates also said during an interview that the effort to build up Iraq's security forces and move forward with the U.S. drawdown plan there remains on track.

  • Haitian Leader Visits USS Bataan

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Haiti's prime minister visited the USS Bataan to take a firsthand look at the ship's capabilities and express his country's gratitude for the crew's support after the earthquake last month.

  • Gates: Iran's Nuclear Program Puts Middle East in Danger

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Iran's continuing nuclear development program only serves to put the Middle East in danger of nuclear weapons proliferation, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in Paris.

  • Guard Responds in Record D.C. Snowfall

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Members of the District of Columbia National Guard have been on the job through an historic snowstorm and post-storm cleanup in the nation's capital.
 
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    Wash Post National Security

  • Obama team debated treating Detroit suspect Abdulmutallab as enemy combatant

    Walter Pincus
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Should Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who allegedly tried to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day, have been considered an enemy combatant under the law of war and placed in military detention? The same question raised by senior Republicans last week was considered during a Jan. 6 National Security Coun...

  • Al-Qaeda is a wounded but dangerous enemy

    Joby Warrick and Peter Finn
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    In the past six weeks, Americans have witnessed two jarringly different -- but completely accurate -- views of al-Qaeda's terrorist network. One image was that of terrorist leaders being hunted down and killed by satellite-guided, pilotless aircraft. The other was of an agile foe slipping past U....

  • Anti-terrorism chief rebukes politicians who use cases as talking points

    Walter Pincus and Ed O'Keefe
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    President Obama's senior counterterrorism adviser on Sunday criticized politicians for using terrorism situations such as the Detroit bombing case as a "political football."

  • Iran's president orders production of higher-enriched uranium

    Thomas Erdbrink and Craig Whitlock
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    TEHRAN -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday ordered the production of higher-enriched uranium -- significantly beyond the levels of its regular nuclear fuel -- prompting the United States to renew threats of carefully targeted sanctions.

  • General-aviation security proposal is being scaled back

    Spencer S. Hsu
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Citing industry objections, the Transportation Security Administration is preparing to scale back a controversial plan to expand aviation security rules for the first time to thousands of private planes.
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  • Analysis: Iranian plan will put nation a step closer to having material for bomb

    Glenn Kessler
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Iran's formal notification Monday to a United Nations nuclear watchdog that it will begin producing higher-grade enriched uranium marks a new and potentially dangerous turn in Tehran's confrontation with the West over its nuclear ambitions.

  • Obama team debated treating Detroit suspect Abdulmutallab as enemy combatant

    WALTER PINCUS
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Should Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who allegedly tried to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day, have been considered an enemy combatant under the law of war and placed in military detention? The same question raised by senior Republicans last week was considered during a Jan. 6 National Security Council meeting led by President Obama in the White House Situation Room.

  • Al-Qaeda is a wounded but dangerous enemy

    Joby Warrick and Peter Finn
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    In the past six weeks, Americans have witnessed two jarringly different -- but completely accurate -- views of al-Qaeda's terrorist network. One image was that of terrorist leaders being hunted down and killed by satellite-guided, pilotless aircraft. The other was of an agile foe slipping past U.S. defenses and increasingly intent on striking inside the United States.

  • Anti-terrorism chief rebukes politicians who use cases as talking points

    Walter Pincus and Ed O'Keefe
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    President Obama's senior counterterrorism adviser on Sunday criticized politicians for using terrorism situations such as the Detroit bombing case as a "political football."

  • Yemeni American cleric Aulaqi confirms contact with Nigerian suspect

    Karen DeYoung
    5 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Yemeni American cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi said he taught and corresponded with the suspect in the attempted Dec. 25 airliner bombing but did not order the attack, according to an interview published this week.
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    Homeland Security News

  • al-Qaeda – A Wounded But Very Dangerous Enemy

    national
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:58 pm
    Although intelligence analysts may differ as to al Qaeda’s strength, influence and operational status, there is one thing most agree on, al Qaeda is still very dangerous and poses a great threat to the US. The Washington Post has more. In the past six weeks, Americans have witnessed two jarringly different but completely accurate views of al-Qaeda’s [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. al-Qaeda – A Wounded But Very Dangerous Enemy

  • al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Urges Jihad

    national
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:50 pm
    A Yemen-based offshoot of al-Qaeda has called on Muslims in the region to wage holy war against the US and its allies. A purported audio statement by Said al-Shihri, deputy leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, warned “American and Crusader interests are everywhere”. “Attack them and eliminate as many enemies as you can,” Mr Shihri urged. Al-Qaeda [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Urges Jihad

  • Mexico Arrests 2 Reputed Leaders of Tijuana Drug Gang

    national
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:45 pm
    Mexican authorities on Monday arrested two suspected leaders of a brutal drug trafficking gang that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several years, a U.S. official said. The capture of Raydel Lopez Uriarte and Manuel Garcia Simental apparently wipes out the existing leadership of the cartel headed by Teodoro Garcia Simental, who was captured last [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Mexico Arrests 2 Reputed Leaders of Tijuana Drug Gang

  • Security Scare Closes Detroit Airport Concourse

    national
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:29 pm
    Part of a Detroit airport terminal was shut down Monday after an Arabic man ignored instructions from security guards, police said.Part of Concourse A of McNamara Terminal at Metro Airport was closed for just under an hour while the security dogs checked the area, the Detroit Free Press reported. The man allegedly refused to stop for [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Security Scare Closes Detroit Airport Concourse

  • Iran Anniversary Punch Will Stun The West – Khamenei

    national
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:24 pm
    Iran anniversary punch will stun the west according to Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He claims that Iran is set to deliver a “punch” that will stun world powers during this week’s 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Not exactly new news to followers of this site. We first reported Iran’s President Ahmadinejad making the [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Iran Anniversary Punch Will Stun The West – Khamenei
 
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  • Gates Remembers Murtha as Champion of Troops

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he will remember U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania as a patriot and long-time champion of the nation's men and women in uniform.

  • Gates: Afghan Strategy Bears Fruit, Iraq on Track

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Noting signs that the new strategy in Afghanistan "is beginning to bear fruit," Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates also said during an interview that the effort to build up Iraq's security forces and move forward with the U.S. drawdown plan there remains on track.

  • Haitian Leader Visits USS Bataan

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Haiti's prime minister visited the USS Bataan to take a firsthand look at the ship's capabilities and express his country's gratitude for the crew's support after the earthquake last month.

  • Gates: Iran's Nuclear Program Puts Middle East in Danger

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Iran's continuing nuclear development program only serves to put the Middle East in danger of nuclear weapons proliferation, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in Paris.

  • Guard Responds in Record D.C. Snowfall

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Members of the District of Columbia National Guard have been on the job through an historic snowstorm and post-storm cleanup in the nation's capital.
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    USASOC News Service

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: Wounded Warrior races 36 hours for charity

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:24 am
    FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Feb. 9, 2010) – Local and National Media are invited to interview Army Maj. Kent Solheim, the executive officer of 4th Battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne), in reference to his participation in the Pisgah 36, a 36-hour Mountain Bike Adventure Race Feb. 19-21.
 
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    Defense Daily :: Defense News from Europe, Asia and North America

  • Boeing Completes First Data Transmission On Australian Project

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Boeing [BA] Defence Australia this week announced that Project Vigilare, a Network Centric Command and Control System (NC3S) solution for Australia, recently completed its first data transmission with a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Wedgetail Airborne...

  • General Dynamics Completes FRES SV Trials

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    General Dynamics [GD] UK recently completed a series of demanding trials at the higher test levels required by the FRES SV program to demonstrate that its ASCOD SV contender is already capable of delivering new levels of protection to British military...

  • ITT Taps Northrop Grumman For Satellite Work

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    ITT [ITT] recently selected Northrop Grumman [NOC] to provide flight cryocoolers for the sensor payloads for two international weather satellites. The geostationary satellites will provide round-the-clock weather forecasts and severe weather alerts...

  • Rockwell Collins Signs MoA For Work In Saudi Arabia

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Rockwell Collins and Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) recently announced signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to co-develop and market products and solutions to customers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East region. Rockwell Collins, a...

  • ST Kinetics Wins Demilitarization Contract

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    ST Engineering recently announced that its land systems arm, ST Kinetics, has been awarded about S$58.8 million contract for the demilitarization of ammunition for a country in Africa. The contract involves the supply of specialized equipment and related...
 
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  • Hill Seeks Data On F-35 Second-Engine Business Case

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    By Emelie Rutherford With the military services' fiscal year 2011 budget hearings set to kick off this week, lawmakers are sorting through claims and data regarding whether there is a solid business case for extending the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter...

  • Murtha, Powerful Defense Budget Writer, Dies At 77

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    By Emelie Rutherford Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the all-powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) who swayed much of the Pentagon's spending, died yesterday in Arlington, Va., from complications following recent gallbladder...

  • Rockwell Collins Signs MoA For Work In Saudi Arabia

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Rockwell Collins and Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) recently announced signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to co-develop and market products and solutions to customers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East region. Rockwell Collins, a...

  • ST Kinetics Wins Demilitarization Contract

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    ST Engineering recently announced that its land systems arm, ST Kinetics, has been awarded about S$58.8 million contract for the demilitarization of ammunition for a country in Africa. The contract involves the supply of specialized equipment and related...

  • Boeing To Upgrade French AWACS

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Boeing [BA] recently announced that it has been awarded a $324 million Foreign Military Sales contract from the Electronics Systems Center at Hanscom AFB, Mass., to upgrade France's fleet of four E-3F Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, as...
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    Defense Tech

  • Murtha Dead at 77

    christian
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:58 pm
    Just now posting a story to Military.com on the death of one of the most influential defense lawmakers on Capitol Hill ever. I’ve had my beefs with Rep. Jack Murtha in the past, but I truly am shocked and saddened by his death. He was a tireless advocate for Pentagon programs he believed in and forced them down a left-leaning Congress in years where defense spending was less than a priority. And despite our sometimes butting heads over the Haditha incident, he and his staff have always treated me with respect and professionalism. We’ll slice and dice his record tomorrow, but…

  • Sea Drones in the Works

    christian
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:53 am
    I guess it was inevitable. The Air Force has its Leer Jet-sized drones flying circles around the globe, taking snap shots of Iranian nuke plants, Chinese sub pens and Haitian wreckage. So what about the Navy, huh? Well a tipster sent us an interesting story the other day about a DARPA project looking into producing unmanned frigates to locate and shadow enemy subs. The three main objectives of the program are to build an “X-ship” that operates without anyone stepping aboard at any point in its operating cycle, secondly to demonstrate the technical viability of the system under “sparse…

  • The Keating Report (Where is it?)

    christian
    5 Feb 2010 | 10:34 am
    Don’t expect much folks… Our boy Greg Grant got his hands on the investigation report into the incident at COP Keating and true to form, the Army redacted 90 percent of it. Here’s an example. This is the “Recommendations” page: Keating Recommendations Granted, this is the recommendation page, but to wholesale redact the entire thing is retarded. Also, notice the only thing left in is the praise for the medical training. So there was nothing else in there like that? Also, here’s another section — the Findings. Keating Findings Look at page 9 which asks…

  • COP Keating Report Complete

    christian
    5 Feb 2010 | 7:21 am
    The ISAF public affairs office said today that the coalition investigation into the Oct. 3 attack on COP Keating has been completed. We’re pinging them for a complete copy or executive summary, but the release accompanying the announcement says the complex attack by nearly 300 Taliban against the Soldiers of B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cav suffered from a lack of intelligence fusion, apathy and poor defenses. The report determined that commanders must continue to assess the value and vulnerabilities of each COP throughout the rugged terrain of Afghanistan, and made several…

  • Asia-Pacific Recapitalizes its Fighter Fleets

    christian
    4 Feb 2010 | 1:34 pm
    This article first appeared in Aviation Week & Space Technology. A swath of Asia-Pacific states is in the throes of revamping their fighter inventories. As a result, Western and Russian manufacturers are either wrestling to sustain market share or vying with rival fighter builders in traditional client markets. The fighter activity is but one element of broader defense procurement occurring across the region as militarily significant states recapitalize their inventories. Despite the impact of the global economic downturn, many markets are showing resilience. What’s more, while…
 
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  • Air Safety Assured in Haiti

    31 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Relief efforts in Haiti have been supported by the Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), providing both intelligence assets and the infrastructure required to safely operate supply-laden cargo aircraft into Port-au-Prince International...

  • Report on Indian Chopper Crash

    24 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The Indian Government has received a detailed report on the Sept. 2, 2009 fatal helicopter crash in the south Indian state Andhra Pradesh that killed Y.S.R. Reddy, 60, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, and four others, Reddy's principal secretary and chief...

  • First International Runway Safety Summit

    17 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in cooperation with the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) and the MITRE Corp., held the premier International Runway Safety Summit December 1-3, 2009 in Washington, DC. More than 500 aviation...

  • Obama Calls for Intelligence Shakeup

    10 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    U.S. President Barack Obama has outlined a series of new steps designed to prevent aviation terror attacks. The new measures did not immediately yield any firings or resignations among his top intelligence and homeland security aides. "I am less...

  • Shedding Shyness for Security

    3 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Despite privacy issues surrounding airport full body security scanners, more travelers appear willing to subject themselves to the devices in the wake of the Christmas Day terrorist incident involving Northwest Airlines. Six major U.S. airports are already...
 
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    MDA News Page

  • Missile Defense Test Conducted

    31 Jan 2010 | 6:36 pm
    The Missile Defense Agency conducted a flight test today of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System. Both the target missile and Ground-Based Interceptor performed nominally after launch. However, the Sea-Based X-band radar did not perform as expected.

  • Missile Defense Test Conducted

    11 Dec 2009 | 7:56 am
    A planned test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system scheduled to be conducted from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii, was not able to be completed today due to an anomaly with the target missile.

  • Missile Defense Agency Successfully Completes Ground Test to Improve Theater/Regional Defense Capability

    16 Nov 2009 | 5:19 am
    The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recently completed a successful Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) theater-level ground test, conducted to integrate new capabilities into the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) architecture.

  • Second Generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Successfully Completes Target Tracking Exercises

    16 Nov 2009 | 5:19 am
    In conjunction with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Fleet ships and crews successfully completed a series of exercises to test the second generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system, Aegis BMD 4.0.1.

  • Japan/U.S. Missile Defense Flight Test Successful

    28 Oct 2009 | 1:33 pm
    The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced the successful completion of an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) intercept flight test, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, off the coast of Kauai in Hawaii.
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  • The challenges of mentoring the Afghan National Army

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    Through mentoring, 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) [2 YORKS] are helping increase the ability of the Afghan National Army to provide security for Afghanistan themselves. Here the 2 YORKS Commanding Officer speaks about the challenges involved. Report by Tristan Kelly.

  • First RAF pilot flies Joint Strike Fighter

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    A Royal Air Force officer has become the first UK pilot to take to the skies in a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, known in the UK as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).

  • Soldier from 36 Engineer Regiment killed in Afghanistan

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that a soldier from 36 Engineer Regiment, part of the Counter-IED Task Force, was killed in Afghanistan yesterday, Monday 8 February 2010.

  • Ainsworth sets out risks and benefits of Operation MOSHTARAK

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:59 am
    People should be prepared for British casualties resulting from the upcoming major offensive in Helmand province, Operation MOSHTARAK, which will involve thousands of ISAF troops clearing parts of central Helmand of insurgents, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has said.

  • Defence Secretary and CDS pay tribute to 255 fallen in Afghanistan

    7 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    The deaths of two further soldiers in Afghanistan mean that the same number of British Armed Forces personnel, 255, have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001 as were killed in the Falklands Campaign.
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  • Reuters: INTERVIEW-NATO, Afghans to hold Taliban bastion "forever"

    News Team
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:12 am
    By Baris Atayman LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Feb 8 (Reuters) - NATO forces and their Afghan allies will hold territory seized from the Taliban in an imminent major operation "forever", the commander of British forces in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province said. British and U.S. forces are poised to take the town of Marjah, the last major bastion of Taliban control in the province, in what will be one of the biggest operations of the eight-year-old war. Troops have raided Marjah in the past, but lacked the forces necessary to hold it. The commander of the nearly 10,000-strong…

  • 2 YORKS - Mentoring the ANA in Helmand

    News Team
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:08 am
    Since they arrived in Afghanistan four months ago, 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) [2 YORKS] have been undertaking a critical task in the long term strategy for British involvement in Afghanistan - mentoring soldiers from the Afghan National Army. Report by Tristan Kelly. The central feature in last year's report on the future strategy in Afghanistan by General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), was the need for coalition nations to build up the indigenous Afghan security forces in order for them to take more…

  • Defence Secretary and CDS pay tribute to 255 fallen in Afghanistan

    News Team
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:07 am
    The deaths of two further soldiers in Afghanistan mean that the same number of British Armed Forces personnel, 255, have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001 as were killed in the Falklands Campaign. Secretary of State for Defence, Bob Ainsworth, and Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, have issued statements. Read the statements at: mod.uk - Defence Secretary and CDS pay tribute to 255 fallen in Afghanistan

  • International Security Assistance Force: Three Separate Weapons Caches Discovered

    News Team
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:04 am
    KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 7) - An ANSF-led patrol found a large weapons cache after receiving a tip from a local resident in Wazah Khwah district, Paktika Province yesterday. The cache contained 54 artillery rounds, four mortar rounds and 18 fuses. The munitions were brought to a nearby forward operating base and are pending disposal by an explosive ordnance disposal team. Continues at:isaf.nato.int - Three Separate Weapons Caches Discovered

  • 7644 (VR) Squadron RAuxAF Blog: Frontline forensics at CSI Kandahar

    News Team
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:01 am
    Wing Commander Steve Dargan, Officer Commanding 7644 Squadron, posts from Kandahar, Afghanistan: Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are one of the biggest threats to our soldiers in the battle against the Taliban. Countering these deadly devices is one of the top priorities for commanders in Afghanistan and one RAF policeman is using his specialist forensic skills in the fight to protect our front line troops. Sergeant Lee Peters is a Scenes of Crime Officer with the RAF Police Special Investigation Branch and one of only 5 practitioners qualified in forensic evidence recovery.  Lee is…
 
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  • Iran develops air defense system comparable to Russia’s S-300

    Moscow: Iran has developed its own air defense system comparable to and even more sophisticated than the Russian S-300 system, the IRNA news agency said Monday, citing an Iranian military official. Russia signed a contract with Iran on the supply of at least five S-300 air defense systems to Tehran in December 2005. However, there have [...]Iran develops air defense system comparable to Russia’s S-300 is a post from: DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons

  • Gates Pledges Mine-resistant Vehicles to Allies

    ISTANBUL: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today pledged surplus mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles along with expanded access to classified information to U.S. allies to help in combating the threat of improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan. “The United States will now do whatever we can within the limits of U.S. law, and as soon as we can, to [...]Gates Pledges Mine-resistant Vehicles to Allies is a post from: DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons

  • Iran to make missile system better than Russian: Airforce

    Tehran: Iran boasted on Monday it is manufacturing a home-built air defence missile system which would be better than the Russian S-300, which has been ordered by Tehran but yet to be delivered by Moscow. "Today, we are building all our air defence weapons by ourselves ... the only thing we wanted to import was the [...]Iran to make missile system better than Russian: Airforce is a post from: DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons

  • Europe Risks China Relations in Taiwan Helicopter Deal

    European firm Eurocopter says it has agreed terms to sell three helicopters to Taiwan less than a week after the United States angered China by saying it would deliver $6.4 billion worth of arms to the island. In a deal that could strain Sino-European ties, Airbus sister company Eurocopter has announced it is to sell three [...]Europe Risks China Relations in Taiwan Helicopter Deal is a post from: DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons

  • Iran builds own aerial drones with strike capabilities

    Moscow: Iran started on Monday production of two domestically-developed unmanned aerial vehicles capable of delivering high-precision bombing strikes and performing reconnaissance missions, the Fars news agency said. Iran unveiled the drones, dubbed Ra'd (Thunder) and Nazir (Harbinger), at a plant in the northern province of Mazandaran. "We plan to manufacture UAVs...at this site" Fars quoted Hamed Saeedi, [...]Iran builds own aerial drones with strike capabilities is a post from: DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons
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  • Russia in stand-by mode over US missile plans in Romania

    Kobus
    9 Feb 2010 | 1:40 am
    Moscow is "concerned" and expects "proper explanations" on US plans to deploy anti-ballistic missile defence systems in Romania, but it is still interested in contributing to a "common assessment" of threats with Europe and the US, Russia's envoy to Brussels told this website."We took note of President Basescu's statement on his agreement to host those elements. This is a serious issue which we'll be analysing when we receive all the details regarding what exact equipment is meant to be deployed there," Mr Chizhov said in a phone interview on Monday (8 February).Read more

  • Belgian Navy orders Thales sensors

    Kobus
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:43 am
    Thales Nederland has received a contract for two Seastar and Gatekeeper sensors, that are to be delivered and installed on the two multi-purpose M-class frigates of the Belgian Navy. The modernisation will take place in 2011 and 2013 in the scope of the M-frigates' upkeep programme.The Seastar and Gatekeeper sensors provide the vessels with the capability to detect small targets encountered during missions, and to counter frontier-running, pollution, drugs trafficking and piracy.Read more

  • Boeing Delivers 1st 737 AEW&C to S. Korea

    Kobus
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:27 am
    Boeing Integrated Defense System (IDS) has delivered the first of four planned 737 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft to South Korea for modifications ahead of a final handover to the Republic of Korea (ROK) Air Force next year, procurement and industry officials said Feb. 8.Under a $1.6 billion contract signed in November 2006, Boeing IDS is to deliver four 737 AEW&C "Peace Eye" aircraft to South Korea by 2012.The first 737 plane flew from a Boeing facility in Seattle to a Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) facility in Sacheon, some 430 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Feb.

  • France Agrees to Sell Russia Advanced Warship

    Kobus
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:21 am
    France has agreed to sell Russia an advanced amphibious warship and is considering a Russian request for three more, French defense officials said Monday. It would be the first major arms deal between Russia and a NATO member.French President Nicolas Sarkozy approved the sale of one of the Mistral-class force projection and command vessels after months of discussions. Since then, Russian naval officials requested three more, said Jacques de Lajugie, head of international development at the French arms agency DGA.Read more

  • Indian n-sub to be operational in two years

    Kobus
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:10 am
    India's indigenously designed and built nuclear submarine, INS Arihant, will assume an operational profile after two years, according to Indian Navy chief, Admiral Nirmal Verma."Arihant, of course, will take about two years of trials before she is inducted in the navy," Adm Nirmal Verma has said in an interview for the forthcoming issue of defence journal Indian Defence Review.Verma said the Navy and the DRDO were looking into the challenges such as "proving of new technology, getting the submarine fully operational, developing doctrines and procedures" for the induction of Arihant.Read more
 
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  • al-Qaeda – A Wounded But Very Dangerous Enemy

    national
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:58 pm
    Although intelligence analysts may differ as to al Qaeda’s strength, influence and operational status, there is one thing most agree on, al Qaeda is still very dangerous and poses a great threat to the US. The Washington Post has more. In the past six weeks, Americans have witnessed two jarringly different but completely accurate views of al-Qaeda’s [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. al-Qaeda – A Wounded But Very Dangerous Enemy

  • al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Urges Jihad

    national
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:50 pm
    A Yemen-based offshoot of al-Qaeda has called on Muslims in the region to wage holy war against the US and its allies. A purported audio statement by Said al-Shihri, deputy leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, warned “American and Crusader interests are everywhere”. “Attack them and eliminate as many enemies as you can,” Mr Shihri urged. Al-Qaeda [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Urges Jihad

  • Mexico Arrests 2 Reputed Leaders of Tijuana Drug Gang

    national
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:45 pm
    Mexican authorities on Monday arrested two suspected leaders of a brutal drug trafficking gang that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several years, a U.S. official said. The capture of Raydel Lopez Uriarte and Manuel Garcia Simental apparently wipes out the existing leadership of the cartel headed by Teodoro Garcia Simental, who was captured last [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Mexico Arrests 2 Reputed Leaders of Tijuana Drug Gang

  • Security Scare Closes Detroit Airport Concourse

    national
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:29 pm
    Part of a Detroit airport terminal was shut down Monday after an Arabic man ignored instructions from security guards, police said.Part of Concourse A of McNamara Terminal at Metro Airport was closed for just under an hour while the security dogs checked the area, the Detroit Free Press reported. The man allegedly refused to stop for [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Security Scare Closes Detroit Airport Concourse

  • Iran Anniversary Punch Will Stun The West – Khamenei

    national
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:24 pm
    Iran anniversary punch will stun the west according to Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He claims that Iran is set to deliver a “punch” that will stun world powers during this week’s 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Not exactly new news to followers of this site. We first reported Iran’s President Ahmadinejad making the [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information. Iran Anniversary Punch Will Stun The West – Khamenei
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  • Iran Unveils New Space Launcher

    2 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm
    Iran has successfully launched a home-produced satellite on the Kavoshgar 3 (Explorer) satellite launcher. The Kavoshgar has already been used for the launch of the first Iranian satellite, the Omid launched a year ago (Feb 2009). The payload on the satellite being launched today included live animals carried in the satellite capsule - a rat, turtles and worms. Iran's space program is considered to provide a coverage for Irans ambitions to develop, test and, eventually field long range and, potentially intercontinental missiles, having the range and payload capacity to carry nuclear warheads…

  • Singapore Airshow - Signaling Aerospace Market Rebound?

    1 Feb 2010 | 10:30 pm
    The Singapore Airshow 2010 is opening today, could signal the rebound in Asian aerospace market, after a difficult year. 800 exhibiting companies from over 40 countries have gathered for the event, among them 62 of the top 100 global aerospace companies. More than 85% of the 2008 exhibitors are back this year although some big names have skipped this year's event. The organizers are reporting an increase in the number of national pavilions from 18 in 2008 to 22 this year, as New Zealand, Switzerland, Romania and Russia have joined as national group displays.

  • Maiden Flight for Russia’s New Stealth Fighter

    29 Jan 2010 | 10:30 pm
    Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA made a successful 47-minute maiden flight on Friday 29 January 2010, taking off from Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airfield in Russia’s Far East, adjacent to the manufacturer’s site.

  • Airborne Laser Conducts First Engagement with a Target Missile

    25 Jan 2010 | 2:07 pm
    The Airborne Laser (ABL) research and development platform successfully fired the onboard High Energy Laser (HEL) to engage an instrumented target missile, This test was not intended to lethally destroy the missile but demonstrate the full functionality of the ABL system to acquire, track, and engage a boosting target.

  • Russian Security Forces Negotiate for Israeli UAVs

    23 Jan 2010 | 11:32 pm
    After the Russian military has ordered Israeli drones last year, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) is negotiating with Israel for the sale of another short-range UAV system - the Orbiter electrically powered miniUAV. The systems are produced by Aeronautics Defense Systems and are currently operated with a number of military forces, including the Polish, Irish, Serbian and Azerbaijan armies and the Mexican police. The value of the current program has not been published.
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  • M-ATVs Trickle to Afghanistan despite Production Surge

    12 Jan 2010 | 3:33 pm
    Despite the publicized arrival of M-ATV in Afghanistan, most of the vehicles delivered by Oshkosh are still being prepared for shipment. “Come this spring, we’ll be sending over about 500 a month,” Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said. According to the Stars and Stripes, as of last week, more than 400 M-ATVs had been delivered to Afghanistan, but only 164 have been fielded to the troops.

  • Namer ICV Expands Merkava into a Family of Combat Vehicles

    12 Jan 2010 | 3:32 pm
    The 13th Infantry Battalion of the Golani Brigade was the first Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit to convert from the T-55 based Achzarit armored infantry carrier to the new Infantry Combat Vehicle – the Namer. With the Merkava tank and new Namer ICV, the IDF is expanding the Merkava platform into a family of combat vehicles, to include a tactical support vehicle, armored MedEvac, an Armored Recovery Vehicle (ARV) and, potentially, future weapons carriers.

  • U.S. Army Outlines Ground Combat Vehicles Priorities

    12 Jan 2010 | 3:31 pm
    General Peter W. Chiarelli, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army describes the new Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) "the most important combat development and acquisition decisions we will make over the next seven years". Indeed, the Army is taking this program seriously, and is doing its best to safely conduct it to successful completion. Top Army officials gathered in October and November 2009 have outlined the program to a group of experts from industry, research and development community to introduce the program set to dominate the market through this new decade.

  • Despite Massive Acquisition, More Armored Vehicles Are Needed to Protect Brits in Afghanistan

    5 Jan 2010 | 1:47 pm
    Afghanistan is taking a heavy toll on the military resources of U.S. and NATO allies sharing the ISAF missions in that country. According to a recent report published by the Times of England, despite the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) investment of over two billion US$ acquiring hundreds of protected vehicles in the past two years, about half of the armored vehicles used by the British Army in Afghanistan are 'unfit for operational use'. The report refers to all the armored vehicles used by the Brits, from the lightly protected British built Land Rover based Snatch patrol vehicles to the…

  • TMV 6x6M Designed for Extreme Off-Road Mobility to Debut at London's International Armored Vehicles Event Next Month

    23 Dec 2009 | 8:12 am
    TMV will debut the new vehicle at the upcoming International Armored Vehicles exhibition the new 6x6M Total Mobility Vehicle' - an armored vehicle designed for extreme off-road performance, employing a unique chassis offering effective protection and highly adaptable flatbed for different configurations. Over 90 companies have already registered as sponsors and exhibitors for the event that will take place in London, February 1-5, 2010 at the Excel Exhibition Center.
 
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