The Merkava considered to be one of the best tanks in the world is celebrating 33 years in Service with the Israeli Defense Force. The IDF in 1960 began planning for the Merkava but had to abandon it due to political reasons in the country
Oshkosh Defense has been chosen by the U.S
In an unusually frank and immensely informative presentation on the future of fighter aircraft, a senior Boeing executive revealed that the cost of fighter aircraft development would exceed funds allocated by military budgets in future. Richard McCrary, International Business Development, Boeing Military Aircraft said during a presentation at the Singapore Air Show 2012, “the ‘technology at any cost’ chase bankrupted the Soviet Union, continuing the ‘big bang’ development approach is crippling the U
Led by the Thai Aviation Industries (TAI), Rockwell Collins has completed the Thailand C-130 Avionics Upgrade Programme that has improved the cockpit and avionics on 12 Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft over the last five years. Officials said the upgrade includes new primary flight displays, Flight Management System, autopilot, communication radios, navigation sensors and surveillance systems including weather radar
The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a sole-source indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to Lockheed Martin Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif
BAE Systems has received three delivery orders from the U.S
Navistar Defense, LLC received a $110 million delivery order today to provide 650 independent suspension kits for International MaxxPro Plus Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. The U
CAE today announced that it was awarded a series of military contracts valued at more than C$100 million. They include contracts from Canada's Department of National Defence to perform major upgrades to CC-130H and CH-146 simulators, a contract from Professional Way in Malaysia to provide long-term support services for an AW139 full-flight simulator, a contract to develop two Tornado maintenance trainers for the German Air Force and Royal Air Force, and two contracts from undisclosed customers to provide a CAE 3000 Series helicopter simulator and related training services
Raytheon Company has been awarded a $51.3 million contract to upgrade Patriot Advanced Capability-2 missiles to the Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical (GEM-T) configuration
Raytheon Company delivered the final Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS MK 2) hardware ship set of its 2010 production contract, completing all system deliveries ahead of schedule. The system is slated for installation and integration onboard the John P