Australia's Department of Defence has finalized the acquisition of a new anti-tank artillery round, the SMArt 155 developed by German firm Gesellschaft fur Intelligente Wirksysteme mbH (GIWS). The new artillery round is to ensure that Australian Defence Force (ADF) troops can be protected against ...

Saudi Arabia gave two contracts to Raytheon [RTN] totaling more than $100 million for air defense missile systems and other work. One pact involves a multi-year deal for Raytheon to continue providing technical, training and logistics support from this year through 2009 for Saudi Patriot and Hawk ...

Greece awarded L-3 Communications [LLL] an $18.8 million contract to build an F-16C Block 52+ Aircrew Training Device (ATD) for the Hellenic Air Force (HAF). The pact was awarded through the U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center. As currently planned, L-3 will deliver the F-16C Block 52+ ATD ...

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Oct. 2 it has delivered an AN/TPS-59(V)3B ballistic missile defense radar system to Bahrain. The radar is in use by the Bahrain Defence Force for air surveillance after a successful site acceptance test in August. In May 2004, the U.S. Marine Corps awarded Lockheed ...

Marco Pistoni has been named Business Management Director for MEADS International (MI) and the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program. The multinational joint venture MI made the announcement Oct. 4. MI consists of MBDA Italia S.p.A., Lenkflugkorpersysteme (LFK) in Germany and Lockheed ...

The governments of Greece and the United States have signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the sale of additional Lockheed Martin [LMT] precision-strike laser-guided Hellfire II missiles to Greece. The agreement, announced by Lockheed Martin Oct. 2, authorizes the sale of multiple warhead ...

Israel's RAFAEL Armament Development Authority recently unveiled SpotLite-M a new and mobile member of its SpotLite family of electro-optic (EO) enemy fire detection systems. "The SpotLite-M provides the best solution for one of the most serious problems for mobile platforms on any battlefield and ...

Moves in Congress to cut $85 million in funding won't greatly delay a planned Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) program that would be installed in Europe, Lt. Gen. Trey Obering, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director, said last week. In a Pentagon news briefing, Obering said the cut ...

By Jen DiMascio Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) yesterday gave every indication that it would support the nomination of John Young to be the Pentagon's next top weapons buyer. If his nomination is approved, Young will take the helm of the Pentagon's weapons shop, which is ...

By Michael Sirak The Air Force is committed to ensuring that none of the three of the industry teams vying to supply its next-generation rescue helicopter will view itself at a competitive disadvantage as the contest moves ahead, the service's top acquisition official said yesterday. "We want ...