Turkey started deploying rocket launchers and anti-aircraft guns along its border with Syria after its fighter jet was shot down by its neighbor last week, according to local media on Thursday, June 28, 2012.
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Friday, June 29, 2012, 05:25 AM

South Korea's foreign ministry said Thursday it will press ahead with a controversial decision to sign its first military accord with Japan since its colonial occupation of the Korean peninsula.
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Friday, June 29, 2012, 04:51 AM

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received a $27.1 million contract from the U.S. Army for the first phase of a three-year development program that will increase crew protection and update the Army’s fleet of Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) M270A1 mobile rocket launchers.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 20:40 PM

Clashes erupted overnight Monday, June 25, 2012, and after daybreak Tuesday in Damascus' suburbs of Hameh and Qudsaiah between the Syrian troops and armed rebels. The clashes rattled the capital in one of the worst clashes so far around Damascus in the 16-month unrest, keeping most residents awake due to all the explosions and gunshots.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 11:39 AM

A Turkish F-4 Phantom fighter aircraft was shot down by Syrian armed forces, Sunday, June 24, 2012. Syria insists the Turkish jet was inside its airspace when it was fired on after Syrian military failed to indentify it.
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Monday, June 25, 2012, 11:24 AM

The IBD Group of Germany is proud to be member of the Textron team which is the winner of the Canadian TAPV (Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle) program.
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Monday, June 25, 2012, 10:37 AM

BAE Systems will upgrade and build CV90 armoured combat vehicles for the Norwegian Army under a contract worth approximately £500 million ($750 million) awarded by the Norwegian Government.
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Friday, June 22, 2012, 10:06 AM

Liang Guanglie, state councilor and minister of national defense of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), held talks with Ng Eng Hen, the visiting minister for defense of the Republic of Singapore, on the afternoon of June 18, 2012 in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on such issues as the relations between the two countries and the two militaries, regional security and the South China Sea issue.
Friday, June 22, 2012, 09:50 AM

A Syrian military pilot of MIG-21 fighter aircraft flew to Jordan and was granted asylum Thursday, June 21, 2012, a day after the United States warned members of the Syrian military they could face international criminal prosecution for attacks on civilians.
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Friday, June 22, 2012, 09:08 AM

The United States Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco for enhancement and refurbishment of 200 M1A1 Abrams tanks and associated parts, equipment, logistical support and training for an estimated cost of $1.015 billion.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 11:36 PM

It has been announced June 18, 2012, that Ricardo UK Ltd has received a sub-contract from General Dynamics that will see the next tranche of 100 Foxhound vehicles for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) assembled at Ricardo’s special vehicle facility at Shoreham-by-Sea.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 10:00 PM

Once again the companies Renault Trucks Defense and ACMAT showed their expertise in the design and manufacture of tactical and combat vehicles at the Defence & Security Exhibition Eurosatory 2012 by presenting to the worldwide military experts more than 40 different types of vehicles. Monday, June 18, 2012, the international press was invited to test vehicles in off-road conditions.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 11:50 PM

The German Bundeswehr has placed an order with the Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall Group to supply it with state-of-the-art infantry equipment. A contract to this effect has now been signed at the Federal Agency for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) in Koblenz.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 07:043 PM

General Dynamics Land Systems has submitted its proposal for the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV 1.1) program. The proposal was delivered to Special Operations Command headquarters in Tampa, Fla.
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Sunday, June 17, 2012, 06:40 PM

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has negotiated a deal for the supply of 500 MT-LB armored vehicles to Iraq. Decision to sign the contract was made on May, 31, 2012 in the presence of Sadoun al-Dulaimi, Iraqi acting Minister of Defence at Hemus 2012 International Defense and Security exhibition.
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Saturday, June 16, 2012, 02:38 PM

The Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Raytheon (RTN) Javelin Joint Venture recently demonstrated the capability to launch Javelin missiles from a vehicle in winter conditions at a test range in Norway.
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Saturday, June 16, 2012, 02:00 PM

The first MEADS power and communications unit recently completed acceptance testing in Germany and will power the first Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) during integration tests at Pratica di Mare, Italy.
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Saturday, June 16, 2012, 01:09 PM

The Indonesian Armed Force (TNI) will send one battalion of peacekeepers to Darfur, Sudan, to join the United Nations peace mission amid rebel and tribal fighting in the African nation, the Jakarta Post quoting officer reported here on Friday, June 8, 2012.
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Saturday, June 9, 2012, 07:22 AM

Indonesian Research and Technology Ministry is planning to develop some 1,000 rockets to reinforce the country's armed forces'arsenal, local press reported Friday, June 8, 2012.
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Saturday, June 9, 2012, 07:04 AM

The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a sole-source letter contract to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. (LMSSC), Sunnyvale, Calif., as an undefinitized contract action (UCA) at a total not-to-exceed price of $2,023,590,000. This award is made under the existing Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) production contract HQ0147-07-C-0196.
Friday, June 8, 2012, 06:44 AM

On 14 May 2012, the Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement (BWB) and Daimler AG concluded a contract on the delivery of a total of 110 protected transport vehicles, payload 5 tons, manufacturer’s designation ZETROS.
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Friday, June 8, 2012, 06:24 AM

Hamdy Weheba, the Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization claimed this week that Egypt has started the production of the Chinese ASN-209 Multi-purpose UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System.
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Thursday, June 7, 2012, 09:42 AM

During the Swedish Armed Forces' event "Markstridsdagarna", FMV and IBD/ÅKB presented results from joint ongoing protection studies for the MBT 122 and CV9040 platforms.
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Thursday, June 7, 2012, 08:50 AM

Syrian army troops clashed on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, with armed rebels in a number of areas across the country, a day after a rebels' military coalition renounced commitment to the UN- brokered peace plan.
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 09:19 AM

A contract has been signed with Rockwell Collins Australia for the acquisition of 96 digital terminal control systems (DTCS) under Project Land 17 Phase 1B. The digital terminal control system allows Special Forces and artillery forward observers to identify targets with greater accuracy through the use of precision targeting software.
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 08:48 AM