The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) system elements have successfully performed a simulated engagement against real-world air and representative missile threats demonstrating MEADS’ plug-and-fight capabilities.
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Friday, November 11, 2011, 07:24 AM

The Russian Ministry of Defense concluded Wednesday, November 9, 2011, seven contracts for military orders for a total of 6.7 billion euros, said the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011, 08:13 AM

Nexter Systems and Renault Trucks Defense have signed a cooperation agreement to offer a unique solution to fulfil the request for proposal for the VBMR programme.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011, 07:05 AM

United States Picatinny Arsenal is helping the Afghan National Army develop their indirect fire capability to bolster self-defense. Picatinny, in conjunction with the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, will support the acquisition of 194 D30, 122mm Howitzers for the Afghan National Army.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 09:18 AM

Iran appears to have worked on designing an atomic bomb and may still be conducting secret research, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a report likely to raise tensions in the Middle East.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 08:41 AM

The United States Marine Corps will soon be using the tactical Smartphone MONAX network developed by Lockheed Martin to support their humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission exercises.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 04:56 PM

Old S-125 Pechora (NATO code SA-3 GOA) missile launcher are always in service in the Vietnamese Armed Forces. Vietnamese Missile Regiment 213, Division 363 are always in combat readiness posture to firmly defend the airspace of Vietnam.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 04:14 PM

British soldiers from 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards have survived a strike by a large improvised explosive device (IED) in Afghanistan while driving in their upgraded Scimitar Mk2 vehicle.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 02:59 PM

Nearly 20 Soldiers participated in a two-week assessment of a prototype light machine gun to demonstrate its potential impact on mission effectiveness and to help engineers develop possible improvements to the weapon and its unique ammunition. The evaluation sought the warfighter's perspective after enduring a series of strenuous combat performance drills with the weapon.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 02:24 PM

General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Force Protection, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRPT) today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which General Dynamics will acquire Force Protection for a price of $5.52 per share of common stock, or approximately $360 million.
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Monday , November 7, 2011, 08:56 PM

The United States Army is sending a Stryker brigade to Afghanistan without their Stryker armored vehicles. Instead of their 19 ton Strykers, that carry 11 troops, they will be using 15 ton M-ATV armored trucks, which carry up to five troops each. The reason for this is that the M-ATV provides more protection from roadside bombs.
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Monday , November 7, 2011, 13:07 PM

United States Army Secretary John McHugh said the service may consider buying German or Israeli vehicles for a ground combat vehicle program potentially valued at $40 billion. McHugh said the Army plans to spend more than $46 million to analyze alternatives, which include Germany’s Puma, made by a joint venture of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH and Rheinmetall AG, and Israel’s Namer, made by General Dynamics Corp. Saturday, November 5, 2011, 09:35 AM

The Russian Army Space Forces test launched a Topol RS-12M intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, the Defense Ministry said. It was launched at 10:45 a.m. Moscow time [06:45 GMT] from the Plesetsk Space Center and hit a designated target on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
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Friday, November 4, 2011, 11:02 AM

The Nigerian government has approved to continue the purchase of Russian military equipment, said Nigerian defense minister. Nigeria's Minister of Defense Bello Mohammed gave the assurance on Thursday when the Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexander Polyakov, paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja..
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Friday, November 4, 2011, 09:47 AM

BAE Systems will provide two vital inputs for the Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme, with the CTA International 40 mm cannon and ammunition.
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Friday, November 4, 2011, 08:28 AM

ATK (NYSE: ATK) has received a $24 million contract modification to provide the U.S. Army with additional ammunition, hardware, test and analysis support further user assessments of the XM25, Individual Semi-Automatic Airburst System (ISAAS).
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Thursday, November 3, 2011, 07:26 PM

ATK (NYSE: ATK) announced today that it has received $10 million in orders to provide non-standard (non-NATO) ammunition for the Afghan Security Forces, under an existing three-year contract with the U.S. Army.
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Thursday, November 3, 2011, 07:03 PM

The online presentation of TATRA, a. s. won the WebTop100 contest in the automotive category. The TATRA website underwent a significant upgrade earlier this year and it outperformed other renowned Czech automotive companies in this competition.
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Thursday, November 3, 2011, 06:44 PM

Ukraine’s state-run arms trading company Ukrspetzexport has signed a contract for the production and export of 49 main battle tanks T-84 Oplot to Thailand’s armed forces.
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Thursday, November 3, 2011, 02:18 PM

British military planners have begun assessing the best places to deploy Royal Navy ships and submarines, as they step up a contingency plan for a potential attack against Iran. At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to rally support in his cabinet for an attack on Iran, according to government sources.
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Thursday, November 3, 2011, 08:35 AM

Brasilia/Munich, November 2nd 2011. Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), Europe’s market leader for armoured wheeled and tracked vehicles, and the Brazilian Army signed a comprehensive Industrial Logistic Support (ILS) contract. For a substantial two-digit million figure [Euro] KMW will provide comprehensive technical support for the main battle tanks LEOPARD 1A5 of the Brazilian Army in the next five years.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 02:59 PM

United States Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Oct. 28 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Finland for 600 STINGER-Reprogrammable Micro-Processor (RMP) Block 1 Anti-Aircraft missiles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $330 million.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 02:42 PM

The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is conducting a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) live-firing exercise, code-named Daring Warrior, from 21 October to 7 November 2011, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 01:35 PM

Force Protection Industries today announced it has received a firm fixed price modification to existing contract W56HZV-08-C-0028 from U.S. Army Contracting Command in Warren, Michigan, with an approximate value of $185.9 million for the purchase of an additional 167 Buffalo A2 Mine Protected Clearance Vehicles and 102 Buffalo A2 Bar Armor Kits. Work is to be performed in Ladson, South Carolina, with deliveries extending to April 2014. a Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 08:21 AM

Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] PAC-3 Missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted an aerodynamic tactical ballistic missile target today in a flight test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 08:35 PM