Pakistan Thursday, May 31, 2012, test fired a medium range cruise missile capable of delivering nuclear and conventional warheads within a range of 350 kilometers. The Hatf-VIII (Ra' ad) cruise missile with stealth capabilities is an indigenously developed, low altitude, terrain-hugging missile with highly developed manoeuvrability and accuracy.
Thursday, May 31, 2012, 12:41 AM

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Tea Banh and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie on Monday signed a military cooperation agreement in Phnom Penh. Under the deal, signed after a one-hour meeting between the two ministers, China will continue receiving Cambodian military personnel for training in China.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 10:30 AM

French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, he would try to convince Russia's Vladimir Putin to back Security Council sanctions against Syria, and said military action could be possible but only if it was backed by a UN resolution.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 09:24 AM

Israeli army troops on Monday, May 28, 2012, shot and wounded several smugglers, apparently attempting to ferry some two dozen infiltrators across the border near the southern Red Sea port of Eilat, Israeli army sources said.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 11:04 AM

At the 2nd International Fire Conference which was held from the 22-23 May 2012 at Zikhron Ya’akov, Israel, The Company Elbit Systems presented the SPEAR, a new 120mm autonomous mortar system. Elbit Systems’ SPEAR is a fully autonomous, vehicle-mounted 120mm soft recoil mortar system for high-mobility platforms.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 10:39 AM

Israeli Company Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) ("Elbit Systems") announced today that it was awarded a contract by the Finnish Army, to supply advanced dismounted soldier systems, in the first phase of a comprehensive ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) program. The initial award is not in an amount that is material to Elbit Systems.
Monday, May 28, 2012, 07:13 PM

French Army experts have expressed interest in Russian improvised explosive device detection systems, following a recent visit to a Moscow Region training ground, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Sergei Vlasov said on Monday, May 28, 2012.
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Monday, May 28, 2012, 06:46 PM

The security agencies of Azerbaijan ordered Russian-made armored light airborne attack vehicle “Skorpion B” and unarmored personnel carriers “Skorpion”, Deputy General Director of Russia-based “Zashchita” Corporation CJSC Alexey Kagarlitsky told APA’s Moscow correspondent.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012, 11:04 AM

The rebels of Free Syrian Army called on Saturday, May 26, 2012, for the Friends of Syria to carry out air strikes on the forces of President Bashar al-Assad after more than 90 people, including 25 children, were reportedly "massacred" in the town of Houla.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012, 09:45 AM

India Saturday, May 26, 2012, successfully test-fired its medium-range Akash surface-to-air missile for the second time in three days from a defence base in Odisha, an official said.
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Saturday, May 26, 2012, 14:44 PM

At least 90 people have been killed in an attack by Syrian government forces and loyalists on Houla, a town in Homs province, activists say. The victims of Friday's assault included at least dead 25 children, killed after government forces tried to break into the town, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Saturday, May 26, 2012, 10:19 AM

By mid 2012, the Venezuelan army will receive the 300 mm BM-30 9K58 "Smerch" mobile multiple rocket launcher systems purchased from Russia, according to a post on website Venetubo.
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Friday, May 25, 2012, 09:02 AM

Russia will soon start producing four new sets of sniper equipment, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Thursday, May 24, 2012. “We will produce four sets for snipers,” Rogozin, who oversees Russia's defense industry, told reporters in Moscow.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012, 05:55 PM

Israel has offered the procurement of Merkava Mark IV tanks and Merkava Namer APCs to Colombia. During initial discussions with Colombia, a possible procurement of 25 to 40 tanks were discussed.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012, 10:00 AM

A new batch of Russian weapons will arrive in Venezuela in the next few months, said Tuesday, May 22, 2012, the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. "Without the help of Russia, we would not have the military power that we have today," said M.Chavez cited by Venezuelan television.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 08:38 AM

Homeland security officials, planners and funding managers from federal, state and local levels across the U.S. will have an opportunity this week to see and learn firsthand about the unique Tactical Protector Vehicle (TPV) from Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), at the National Homeland Security Conference in Columbus, Ohio, May 22-24.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 06:08 PM

ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has been awarded an Air Force Cryptologic Systems Division contract to deliver prototype self-encrypting drives. These secure solid state self-encrypting drives will be designed to protect data at rest in mobile applications, such as laptops and unmanned aerial vehicles, which will allow those systems to store information without fear of being compromised.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 04:11 PM

Navistar Defense, LLC, Indigen Armor and SAIC today unveiled the team's Special Operations Tactical Vehicle for the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV) 1.1 program.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 03:33 PM

The CANSEC defence show takes place in Ottawa on 30-31 May 2012. For Rheinmetall this is an outstanding opportunity to display and discuss its latest products and activities.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 03:10 PM

Top Canadian security and defence companies, among them the winch and recovery vehicle system manufacturer ROTZLER, will be exhibiting at CANSEC 2012, CE Center, Ottawa (ON), the largest defence and security trade show in Canada.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 02:33 PM

Israeli Company Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) ("Elbit Systems") announced today that it was awarded an approximately $160 million contract by a European customer, to supply Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The systems will be supplied over the next two years.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 02:24 PM

The Brazilian Defense Ministry is negotiating the sale of 14 units of armored Guarani to the Argentine Army. Argentina's interest comes from the Guarani in October 2011 when a delegation of military personnel is factory visit IVECO in Sete Lagoas, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and attends a demonstration vehicle.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 08:46 AM

Egyptian security forces have made their biggest ever smuggled arms bust, intercepting over 120 rockets and other supplies. The seized weapons, presumably on their way to the Gaza Strip, originated in neighboring Libya, smugglers say.
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Monday, May 21, 2012, 01:21 PM

Earlier in the day Lebanese soldiers had shot dead the men as they sped through a road block in the northern region of Akkar. The two were members of a Lebanon-based anti-Assad political alliance. Protests erupted late Sunday, may 20, 2012, night in Beirut as Sunni Muslims reacted angrily to the killing of two anti-Syrian regime group members.
Monday, May 21, 2012, 09:30 AM

Pakistan plans to conduct another test of tactical missile Nasr (Hatf IX) in May 2012 able to carry a nuclear warhead, said Saturday, May 19, 2012, the television channel Geo TV. According to the channel, the Pakistan army is fully ready to test. However, the date of the test firing has not yet been announced.
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Sunday, May 20, 2012, 10:28 AM