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Saudi Arabia to Buy 5 Spanish Corvettes
PARIS --- Saudi Arabia has decided to order five Spanish corvettes, marking a major victory for Spain’s Navantia shipyards in a naval market that has hitherto been dominated by France. The contract

ESA Commits Full €2.4Bn Funding for Ariane 6 Program
PARIS --- The European Space Agency and Airbus Safran Launchers, industrial prime contractor of the Ariane 6 launcher, have today signed the amendment to the agreement of 12 August 2015 committing the

Italy Signs Final SkyMed Gen 2 Contract
ROME --- Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo-Finmeccanica (33%), announced today that it has signed an amendment to the original contract for the COSMO-SkyMed Seco

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Saudi Arabia to Buy 5 Spanish Corvettes
PARIS --- Saudi Arabia has decided to order five Spanish corvettes, marking a major victory for Spain’s Navantia shipyards in a naval market that has hitherto been dominated by France. The contract...

ESA Commits Full €2.4Bn Funding for Ariane 6 Program
PARIS --- The European Space Agency and Airbus Safran Launchers, industrial prime contractor of the Ariane 6 launcher, have today signed the amendment to the agreement of 12 August 2015 committing the...

Italy Signs Final SkyMed Gen 2 Contract
ROME --- Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo-Finmeccanica (33%), announced today that it has signed an amendment to the original contract for the COSMO-SkyMed Seco...

Malaysia Plans to Buy Warships from China
Marking a new step in military cooperation between China and Malaysia, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak has announced that his country will be purchasing “at least” four naval ships from China ta...

US Foreign Military Sales Totaled $33.6Bn In FY 2016
WASHINGTON --- The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announces sales of $33.6 billion for Fiscal Year 2016. The total sales include $2.9 billion of Foreign Military Financing-funded cases; $...

More on Russia’s T-90 Tank Sale to India
MOSCOW --- India’s Defence Acquisitions Council (DAC) led by the Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar approved the buying of 464 Uralvagonzavod’s T-90MS main battle tanks (MBT) from Russia at the meetin...

SES Unit Wins NATO Ground Surveillance Contract
LUXEMBOURG --- SES announced today that its Luxembourgish 50% affiliate GovSat has secured a long term commercial satellite communications contract to support the operational phase of NATO Alliance Gr...

Pratt Wins $167M for F-35 Engine Advance Acquisition
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is being awarded a $167,502,348 fixed-price-incentive-firm target advance acquisition contract for long lead co...

India Defense Ministry Finalizes New Blacklisting Policy
NEW DELHI --- The ministry of defence (MoD) on Monday cleared a long-promised policy for punishing arms vendors who engaged in corruption in India. The MoD’s apex decision-making body, the Defence ...

Biggest US Ammo Shipment in 20 Years Arrives in Germany
NORDENHAM, Germany --- The largest single Army-run shipment of ammunition to Europe in more than two decades, more than 600 shipping containers worth, arrived in Germany Oct. 29. The Army and Air ...

Russia’s ICBM Modernization: the View from China
BEIJING --- Russia's Makeyev State Missile Center recently released the first image of the new RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile on its website, making a big splash among western media, ...

Upgraded TACMS Missile Hits Target At 130km Range
DALLAS --- Lockheed Martin's first modernized Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile completed a successful first flight test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The missile was launched fro...

Portugal to Buy Vehicles for Army’s Tactical Networks
The Minister of National Defense, José Alberto Azeredo Lopes, has authorized the acquisition of 35 medium armored tactical vehicles and 12 medium unprotected tactical vehicles to reinforce the Portugu...

EU Partners Step Up Integration of Drones into European Airspace
BRUSSELS --- The European Commission's services (DG MOVE), the European Defence Agency (EDA), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) are stepping up efforts t...

UK, US and ROK Hold First-Ever Combined Air Exercise
Between 4 and 10 November 2016, the Republic of Korea (ROK) Air Force host "Invincible Shield," the first ever combined air exercise with the US and the UK. Four Eurofighter Typhoons from Royal Air...

Marine Corps F-35B Begin Training with “Aggressors”
MCAS YUMA, AZ. --- Pilots of the new F-35 Lightning II have dedicated thousands of hours to study, simulation, and advanced equipment training in order to master the world’s most advanced fighter jet....

Thales Invests in Next-Gen Aircraft Communications
Thales announces a major investment in next generation aircraft communications technology with the commitment to a jointly funded £20 million research project in partnership with the government funded...

Australia DoD’s Grants Finance Defense Innovation
Minister for Defence Industry, The Hon Christopher Pyne MP today announced seven Australian organisations would receive Australian Government funding of $14.7 million to develop and demonstrate innova...

European Tanker Force Management Office Fully Stands Up
Since 1 November 2016, the new OCCAR MMF Programme Division is fully operational with all posts filled. The Programme Division is located at the OCCAR offices in Bonn/Germany, together with the OCCAR ...

Otokar Exhibited at Indo Defence 2016
Otokar, the largest privately owned company of Turkish Defence Industry, participates in Indo Defence 2016, which will be held between 2nd & 5th November 2016, in Jakarta. Turkey's leading land sys...

Ukraine Participates in Talks on NATO Armament Development
On November 3, the Ukrainian delegation led by Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine — National Armament Director Lieutenant General Ihor Pavlovskyi attended the 50th Meeting of the Conference of Nati...

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