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February 02, 2012
Harris bags Australian order

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a US$235 million (AUD$223 million) order to deliver Falcon tactical radio systems to the Australian Department of Defence in the next phase of its tactical radio modernization program. Read More

 


Saab’s next-gen laser based training systems

Saab has been awarded a multi-year contract for the next generation of laser-based training systems for US Army’s armored combat vehicles. The order value is $ 17.2 million. Read More

 
 
January 31, 2012
Tom Enders to take over as the CEO EADS

EADS has announced that its Board of Directors has designated Tom Enders to take over as the CEO when Louis Gallois steps down at the end of his mandate.
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Lockheed Martin receives $921 million contract for PAC-3 missiles

Lockheed Martin has received contracts totaling $921 million from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for hardware and services associated with the combat-proven Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment programme. Read More

 
 
January 23, 2012
Dean McCumiskey appointed BAE’s India Chief Executive

BAE Systems has announced the appointment of Dean McCumiskey as Managing Director and Chief Executive of its India operations with effect from March 2012.
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January 21, 2012
BAE Systems receives contract for development of PIM

BAE Systems received a $313 million contract modification for additional engineering design, logistics development and test evaluation support to complete the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the U.S. Army’s Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) programme. Read More

 
 
January 11, 2012
Raytheon buoyant about Indian market

Eyeing for a greater pie of the growing Indian defence market, the US defence company Raytheon is in talks with many Indian public and private sector companies for possible partnerships in its various programmes—missiles, network-centric systems, solutions for homeland and cyber security, coastal surveillance, etc. Read More

 
 
January 10, 2012
BAE Systems to supply all-terrain vehicles to Sweden

FMV has decided to procure 48 all-terrain vehicles from BAE Systems Hägglunds in Sweden. The first vehicles will be delivered in the autumn of 2012 to allow them to be ready for international operations in the spring of 2013.
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General Dynamics to upgrade tanks

The US Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems $60 million under an existing contract to continue upgrading M1A1 tanks to the M1A2 Systems Enhancement Package (SEP) V2 configuration. Read More

 

Oshkosh Defense expands operations in Canada

Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation has announced that it will open a new office in Ottawa, Ontario, to support vehicle programs for the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND). Read More


 
 
January 04, 2012
Lockheed Martin to deliver Thaad to UAE

Lockheed Martin received an undefinitized contract totaling $1.96 billion to produce the terminal high altitude area defence (THAAD) weapon system for the Missile Defense Agency and the United Arab Emirates.
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December 28, 2011
Fighting Advanced Threat

In the battlefield, all armoured fighting vehicles are vulnerable to threat from anti-tank weapons including missiles. Light tanks and armoured personnel carriers are most vulnerable to such threats.
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December 23, 2011
Defexpo-2012 from March 29th

The next Defexpo will be held in New Delhi from March 29-April 1, 2012. The 7th Defexpo-2012, billed to be the largest of its kind in Asia, is expected to be attended by official delegations from 90 countries.
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BMT supports Talisman programme in the fight against IEDs

BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has supported the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Talisman programme in the fight against mines and IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices). Read More


 
 
December 21, 2011
Milestones in Indigenous Defence R&D during the Year 2011

The successful test launch of the 3,500 km range Agni-IV Ballistic Missile on Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011 was the highlight of the year. Read More


 
 
December 05, 2011
President Patil on T-90 MBT

President Pratibha Patil has become the first head of the State to ride on a T-90 main battle tank. She had earlier flown in the frontline Sukhoi-30MKI.
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September 14, 2011:
Join hands in safeguarding national security: Antony

Army Aviation and the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) jointly organised a national seminar, “Army Aviation: Arm of the Future”, at New Delhi on September 13
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May 12, 2011:
Exercise Vijayee Bhava

Manouevring columns of Indian Army tanks and hovering helicopters in soaring temperatures in the desert terrain of northern Rajasthan near Suratgarh simulated an intense battlefield scenario in the joint Army-IAF Exercise ‘Vijayee Bhava’
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April 22, 2011:
Network Centric Warfare is a “key enabler”: Seminar

There is a groundswell of support among the higher echelons of power for speedy deployment of Network Centric Warfare (NCW) systems, borne out of a robust homegrown network. Read More


 
 
 
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