by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 14, 2004 | ABM, Guns - Artillery & Mortars, Land Equipment, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Trucks & Transport, USA
Defense Review: Full Spectrum Close-In Layered Shield (FCLAS) Anti-RPG/Missile Defense System Archangel Defense Systems is testing its Full Spectrum Active Protection Close-in Shield (FCLAS) with the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research Development and Engineering...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 14, 2004 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Rumours, Surface Ships - Combat
The Weekend Australian: High cost of heavy metal Australian artist’s renderingHandicappers are pegging Adelaide and the government-owned ACS outfit as the probable winners of the upcoming bid – due just prior to Christmas – for Australia’s...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 14, 2004 | Air Reconnaissance, Airbus, BAE, Budgets, Contracts - Intent, European Union (EU), Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, Issues - International, Lobbying, Missiles - Precision Attack
China View: Germany, Italy, Spain and UK to order Eurofighter Four E.U. nations will go ahead with a new set of orders for the Eurofighter, which has been a bit revamped to increase its ground attack ability. Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.K. will spend about $17...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 13, 2004 | Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Naval Equipment, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
AllAfrica.com: Grintek Wraps Up Emirates Defence Contract The United Arab Emirates tapped Grintek to install naval warning systems on four of its corvettes. The R7 million contract will allow the ships to know when they are targeted by laser-guided weapons so that...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 13, 2004 | Boeing, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, R&D - Contracted, Space
Reuters: Pentagon Scrubs Missile-Defense Flight Test Weather again scrubbed what would have been the first missile-defense shield test in two years. Rain over the Kwajalein atoll forced the Missile Defense Agency to call the test off. President Bush said in 2002 that...
