* Big Enough Umbrella: US Secretary of State Clinton and NATO Secretary General Rasmussen call for cooperation between the Western alliance and Russia on a missile defense shield. * 'Intersleek' Paint Job: BAE Systems completes GBP 17.5 million overhaul of the Type 42...
Fuchs 1A8(click to view full) Rheinmetall recently announced a EUR 33 million contract to modernize 65 of the German Bundeswehr's Fuchs/Fox 6x6 wheeled armored vehicles. The Fuchs is currently the Bundeswehr's best-protected vehicle in Afghanistan. Under this...
* Sweden signs a contract to begin production of MBDA's Meteor air-to-air missile, with a significantly longer reach than available Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAMs. The UK MoD manages the Meteor project, on behalf of 6 nations. * Iron Dome Plans: Israel could deploy IAI's...
US M1114s, Kir Kush(click to view full) Mechanic training. (Sept 20/10) "RESET of the US Army's Vehicle Fleet Continues" covers the USA's HMMWV RECAP program, while noting that the extra weight of the add-on armor was wearing out Humvees to the point where even...
* US GAO looks at "hybrid warfare," and its implications for Pentagon planning. * Across the Pond: French, British defense firms divvy up US biometrics and intelligence services firm L-1 Identity Solutions for a combined $1.6 billion. * US Army sends PEO Soldier...
EC725 Cougar(click to view full) In March 2009, Mexico became the EC725 Cougar's 2nd export customer, thanks to a Mexican Ministry of Defense order for 6 helicopters. Mexico followed Brazil, who became the EC725's first export customer with a $1.1 billion order for 50...
* Give Peace a Chance? Despite increasing belligerence coming from the north, including deployment of an additional 200 250mm MLRS rocket launchers along the border, South Korea is proposing holding inter-Korean military talks. * A Scoop NZ story on the Indian arms...
* EADS Astrium will market SpaceX's Falcon 1e rockets as a lower-cost launch option for European customer to put small payloads into Low Earth Orbit. Agreement runs through to 2015. * The German Air Force is grounding all 55 of its Eurofighters, made by EADS, out of...
Initial Boeing concept(click to view full) Phase 2 contract for Boeing/ QinetiQ's SolarEagle. (Sept 15/10) In April 2008, 3 teams received Phase 1 contracts to begin developing develop a radical new aircraft, under a US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency...