Defence Industry

Pakistan, India discuss peace process

Pakistan and India renewed their commitment to carry forward a peace dialogue during talks between their foreign ministers, but no breakthrough emerged on major issues.


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German army receives new command and control information system

Representatives of the Federal Office for Information Management and Information Technology of the Federal Armed Forces (IT-AmtBw) and the joint-venture FuInfoSys Heer (Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall Landsysteme) signed the amended contract for the serial procurement of the Army’s command and control information system.


15.01.2007 Visits - 13631 Posts - 0
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Patriot Antenna Systems wins Deployable Trailer Mount Antenna Development Contracts

Patriot Antenna Systems is pleased to offer the new 3.8m and 4.8m Deployable Trailer Mount Antennas. These high performance antennas provide combined convenience and quality.


11.01.2007 Visits - 8334 Posts - 0
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Swiss Army orders new Armoured Engineer Vehicle from Rheinmetall

Rheinmetall AG of Dusseldorf has won an order from the Swiss Army for a new generation of armoured engineer vehicles. Under the order, Rheinmetall will supply the Swiss Army with twelve Kodiak armoured engineer vehicles, known in Swiss military parlance as the "Geniepanzer".


09.01.2007 Visits - 18133 Posts - 0
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BAE Systems Receives Contract for M113 Upgrade Kits for Norwegian Army

BAE Systems has received a $29.7 million contract from the Norwegian Defence Procurement Division for the development and delivery of M113 upgrade kits.


03.01.2007 Visits - 6194 Posts - 0
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HAPPY NEW YEAR !

THE WEB SITE ADMINISTRATION WISHES YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!


29.12.2006 Visits - 3288 Posts - 0
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Rheinmetall to supply German Bundeswehr with new command and control system

German government has contracted with Rheinmetall Defence AG of Dusseldorf to supply major units of the Bundeswehr with a new state-of-the-art command control and information system.


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DRS Awarded $145m Contract to Produce Driver Vision Enhancer A-kits for U.S. Army Vehicles

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a new multi-year contract valued at approximately $145 million, including options, to produce Driver Vision Enhancer (DVE) A-Kits for installation on a wide range of frontline U.S. Army tactical wheeled and combat vehicles.


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Trials of the Garant System Installed in the T-55AGM Battle Tank

The State-owned Enterprise Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (Ukraine) carried out successful trials of the countermeasure system intended for suppressing radio-controlled explosive devices. The system had been developed by the Microtech Base Center for Critical Technologies (Ukraine) and is called Garant. When installed in a battle tank, it enables the vehicle crew to neutralize the radio-based control system of mines and other explosive devices by means of setting radio interference.


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UK Armed Forces get new live-firing target service

The MoD has signed a contract with Qinetiq to supply high tech military target system for the next 20-years.


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UK Defence Industrial Strategy - One Year on

Defence Minister, Lord Drayson, marked the successful first year of the Defence Industrial Strategy with key UK industrialists at an event in the City of London.


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Rheinmetall to supply Bundeswehr with Wiesel 2 armoured field ambulances

Germany's Federal Agency for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) in Koblenz has contracted with Rheinmetall to supply the Bundeswehr with a second lot of Wiesel 13 tracked armoured vehicles configured as field ambulances.


18.12.2006 Visits - 16568 Posts - 0
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Norwegian Armed Forces exercise contract option for Smiths Detection chemical agent detectors

Watford, UK -- Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, has been awarded a pound2.2 million contract to supply Lightweight Chemical Detectors (LCD) to the Norwegian Armed Forces.


15.12.2006 Visits - 7955 Posts - 0
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Patria Weapon Systems Oy’s component manufacturing transfers to Komas Oy

Patria Weapon Systems Oy and Komas Oy have signed a contract concerning transfer of Patria Weapon Systems Oy’s component manufacturing in Vammala, Finland to Komas Oy as of 16 December, 2006.


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SAF to Get Refurbished Leopard Tanks

Singapore’s refurbished Leopard 2s will replace the AMX-13 SM-1 light tanks currently in service. The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will acquire 66 refurbished Leopard 2A4 tanks from the German Federal Ministry of Defence.


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