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BAE Systems files third protest over FMTV contract
BAE Systems has filed a third protest with the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) over its award of a potential USD3.5 billion contract to rival...
22-Oct-2009
BAE Systems secures major Typhoon support contract
BAE Systems announced on 15 October that it has secured a GBP400 million (USD638 million) contract from the Eurofighter GmbH consortium to provide support ...
15-Oct-2009
France orders further FREMM frigates
France has ordered three more Aquitaine-class Frégates Européennes Multi-Missions (FREMM) frigates with a contract amendment awarded to DCNS. The contract was announced by ...
09-Oct-2009
Selex Sistemi signs agreement with Libya for border security
Finmeccanica subsidiary Selex Sistemi Integrati has secured a EUR300 million (USD441 million) agreement with Libya relating to a border security and control system: a ...
08-Oct-2009
Chemring scoops largest ever US contract
Chemring's shares were trading more than nine per cent up on 5 October after the UK countermeasures specialist announced that one of its US ...
05-Oct-2009
Northrop Grumman wins $3.8bn US DoD logistics support contract
The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 1 October that it has awarded a USD3.8 billion logistics support contract to Northrop Grumman. Northrop...
02-Oct-2009
USAF to reopen $35bn aerial refuelling tanker competition
The US Air Force (USAF) has announced the reopening of its USD35 billion KC-X competition to build 179 new aerial refuelling tankers. Secretary of ...
25-Sep-2009
Rafale poised to clinch Brazil's FX-2 fighter contract
Dassault Aviation's Rafale has won the Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) FX-2 fighter competition, French industry sources have told Jane's ahead of an expected official ...
08-Sep-2009
Russia orders $1.8m worth of air-launched missiles
Russia has placed a RUR6 billion (USD1.8 million) order for an unspecified number of air-launched missiles from the Tactical Missile Corporation (TMC), according to...
21-Aug-2009
US DoD orders additional M777 howitzers
BAE Systems announced that it has received a USD177 million order for an additional 62 M777 howitzers from the US Department of Defense (DoD). ...
21-Jul-2009
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin's Javelin joint venture wins $298.6m US Army contract
The Raytheon and Lockheed Martin owned Javelin joint venture (JV) has been awarded a five-year USD298.6 million contract by the US Army to provide ...
10-Jul-2009
Canada announces $5 billion combat vehicle upgrade and acquisition programme
The Canadian government has announced a CAD5 billion (USD4.3 billion) programme to upgrade and replace the army's fleets of combat vehicles. The Family of ...
09-Jul-2009
Canada signs General Dynamics for LAV III upgrade
Canada has awarded a contract to General Dynamics worth around CAD1 billion (USD859.7 million) to upgrade its fleet of Light Armoured Vehicles (LAV) III. ...
09-Jul-2009
Sweden freezes AWV acquisition as BAE appeals against decision
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has frozen its procurement of Patria's Armoured Modular Vehicle (AMV) 8x8 platform after BAE Systems lodged an appeal ...
06-Jul-2009
Oshkosh lands coveted M-ATV contract
Oshkosh Defense was awarded a contract on 30 June worth over USD1 billion for the US Department of Defense's much sought-after Mine Resistant Ambush Protected...
01-Jul-2009
Northrop Grumman and Cobham joint venture secures $2.4 bn contract from US Army
Northrop Grumman Cobham Intercoms (NGCI) - the joint venture formed by US group Northrop Grumman and the UK's Cobham - has been selected by ...
29-Jun-2009
Patria's AMV wins out in Sweden
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has chosen the Armoured Modular Vehicle (AMV) 8x8 built by Finland's Patria to meet the Swedish Army's armoured ...
26-Jun-2009
IAI to provide six Super Dvora FAC to 'Asian customer'
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is to provide six Super Dvora Mk III-type fast attack craft (FAC) to an Asian customer - almost certainly the ...
23-Jun-2009
Talks to save Airbus A400M extended by one month
Talks to save the delayed Airbus A400M military transport aircraft have been extended by one month following a meeting of European defence ministers in Seville,...
22-Jun-2009
TRS announces air surveillance contracts
ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) - the equally owned joint venture of Raytheon and Thales - announced on 16 June that it has signed a contract with ...
17-Jun-2009
US Air Force awards Lockheed Martin $1.5 bn contract to produce spacecraft for SBIRS
The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a USD1.5 billion contract to produce follow-on spacecraft for its Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS). Lockheed Martin...
03-Jun-2009
US Navy places order for Phalanx CIWS upgrade
Raytheon announced on 19 May that the US Navy has placed a USD259.9 million order covering the overhaul and upgrade of 57 Phalanx close-in ...
19-May-2009
BAE Systems to reset more US Bradley vehicles
BAE Systems has secured a USD601 million contract to reset 606 US Army Bradley Fighting Vehicles: the latest in a series of high-value awards ...
19-May-2009
BEL names its new chief
India's state-owned Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) appointed a new chairman and managing director on 1 May, the company said in a statement. Ashwani Kumar...
01-May-2009
Husky vehicle award means first UK contract for Navistar
US land systems group Navistar has secured its first UK contract with the previously anticipated award of a USD180 million deal to supply 262 ...
06-Apr-2009
UK Wolfhound deal marks first direct export sale for Force Protection
Force Protection has secured its first direct sales outside the United States with the previously anticipated signing on 6 April of a USD122.6 million ...
06-Apr-2009
US Alliant IT project award covers 59 companies
A total of 59 companies were selected by the US General Services Administration on 27 March to carry out work under its Alliant Government-wide ...
06-Apr-2009
UK MoD contract secures support for Devonport Naval Base
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a GBP560 million (USD801 million) contract with Babcock, which extends a support services deal for Devonport ...
31-Mar-2009
Lockheed Martin ousts L-3 in USD5 billion Special Operations contract
The US Special Operations Command has awarded Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services a 10-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract potentially worth USD5 ...
05-Mar-2009
IDEX 2009: UAE transforms airlift capabilities with C-17 and C-130J orders
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) signalled a major enhancement of its airlift capabilities on 24 February with a AED4.3 billion (USD1.17 billion) order for ...
26-Feb-2009
EADS DS forms joint venture with UAE defence contractor
EADS Defence & Security (DS) and C4 Advanced Solutions (C4AS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Emirates Advanced Investments, have created a joint venture (JV) ...
25-Feb-2009
Boeing confirms UAE Globemaster deal
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to purchase the Boeing C-17A Globemaster III strategic transport aircraft, the company confirmed in a statement on 24 ...
24-Feb-2009
Boeing secures GMD support contract
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Boeing a USD250 million, one-year contract to provide Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) maintenance and operations support, ...
05-Feb-2009
UK MoD awards £200 m Starstreak support contract to Thales
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Thales UK a GBP200 million (USD277 million) contract to deliver the Air Defence Availability Project (ADAPT) ...
23-Jan-2009
South Korea sources major submarine components from Germany's HDW
Germany's Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) has been contracted by South Korea's Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA) to design and supply major components for the construction ...
09-Jan-2009
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