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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 12:45

NATO Starts Taking Control of Libya Operations
30 Mar 2011 DefenseNews AFP BRUSSELS - NATO on March 30 began to take command of Libyan air bombing operations from a U.S.-led coalition, as warplanes and other assets from several allies came under the military organization's control. "NATO aircraft...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 12:45

U.K. Logistics Data Systems Underperforming: Study
30 Mar 2011 By ANDREW CHUTER DefenseNews LONDON - Failure to adequately fund logistics data system improvements is partially responsible for shortcomings in U.K. efforts to improve management of the supply chain, according to a report to be released March...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 12:45

U.K. Seeks Bids for Military Air Traffic Services
30 Mar 2011 By ANDREW CHUTER DefenseNews LONDON - A near freeze in the launch of major program competitions at the British Ministry of Defence thawed a little March 28, with a move to begin bidding for a contract to provide military air traffic services,...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 12:30

Picatinny fields first precision-guided mortars to troops in Afghanistan
March 31, 2011 defpro.com PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. | This month, U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan received 120mm GPS-guided mortar precision capability. The Program Executive Office for Ammunition fielded Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative cartridges,...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 12:30

U.S. DOD Announces Stationing of Two Combat Aviation Brigades
March 31, 2011 defpro.com The U.S. Department of Defense announced yesterday the stationing of two Army combat aviation brigades. The 16th Combat Aviation Brigade will be split-based and established at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., and Fort Wainwright,...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 12:30

Project Crossbow enhances U.S. and UK capabilities
March 31, 2011 AFNS – defpro.com WASHINGTON | A collaborative U.S. Air Force and United Kingdom Royal Air Force program is making it easier for the two services to share information collected via intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems....
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 11:30

Report: What NATO Countries Think About Tactical Nukes
Country positions on US tactical nuclear weapons deployment - 2011. (Illustration: FAS) March 31, 2011 defpro.com Courtesy by Mr Kristensen; first published by FAS at http://goo.gl/S2G2H Two researchers from the Dutch peace group IKV Pax Christi have...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 11:30

UK Atomic Weapons Establishment Accelerates Engineering Efforts with SGI Altix UV
SGI’s Leading Supercomputer to Accelerate Large Memory Engineering for UK Defence Organization March 31, 2011 defpro.com FREMONT, Calif | SGI, a trusted leader in technical computing, today announced that the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in the...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 11:30

European Defence Procurement in Transformation
March 31, 2011 defpro.com Defence procurement is in transformation in Europe. The Member States must transpose the provisions contained in the Defence Procurement Directive (2009/81/EC) into national law by 21 August 2011. Because there is not much time...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 11:30

Lockheed Awarded Production Order for Two THAAD Batteries
March 31, 2011 by Tamir Eshel DEFENSE UPDATE Missile Defense Agency Awards +$700 million to equip two THAAD Missile Interceptor batteries.The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a production contract totaling...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 11:10

SAFRAN : feu vert de Bruxelles pour le rachat de SNPE ME
31/03/11 LCI.fr La Commission européenne a autorisé le projet d'acquisition, par Safran, de l'activité «moteurs-fusées à propergol solide» de l'entreprise publique française SNPE, à savoir sa filiale SNPE Matériaux Energétiques («SME») et sa participation...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 06:00

Les tirs de missiles de croisière se poursuivent contre les forces de Kadhafi
31/03/2011 MER et MARINE Le destroyer USS Barry, positionné au large de la Libye, a de nouveau tiré des missiles de croisière Tomahawk contre des objectifs des forces fidèles au colonel Kadhafi. En fait, l'emploi de ces engins n'a pas cessé depuis le...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 06:00

L'opération en Libye oblige l'Union à relancer la défense européenne
30/03/2011 Par Jean-Marie Colombani (Slate.fr), L’EXPRESS Paris et Londres d'un côté, Rome et Berlin de l'autre... L'Europe semble désunie mais il reste des raisons d'espérer. Au-delà de l'essentiel, à savoir le sort du colonel Kadhafi et celui de la...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 06:00

ABM: Washington ne renonce pas mais coopérera avec la Russie
WASHINGTON, 30 mars - RIA Novosti Les Etats-Unis poursuivront la création du système de bouclier antimissile (ABM) global mais discuteront avec la Russie des voies de coopération dans le domaine de la défense antimissile, a déclaré mardi le conseiller...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 06:00

Saab Receives System Maintenance Order for Swedish Gripen
March 30, 2011 DEFPRO.COM Defence and security company Saab has received an order worth SEK 200 million [$31.55 million; €22.38 million - Ed.] from FMV (the Swedish Defence Material Administration) for system maintenance of Gripen. The contract represents...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 06:00

An Easy Way to Save Billions of Dollars on Military Satellites
March 30, 2011 by Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D. / Early Warning Blog, Lexington Institute–DEFPRO.COM Deficit reduction doesn't always mean hard choices. Sometimes it's easy, if politicians are willing to rethink how the government goes about pursuing its goals....
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 06:00

Chinese chief of general staff stresses requirement of deepening military training reform
March 30, 2011 by Liu Fengan, Hu Junhua / PLA Daily - DEFPRO.COM Chen Bingde, member of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and chief of general staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), stressed that it is imperative to deepen military training...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 06:00

Navistar Defense to Deliver Additional Vehicles and MRAP RPG Nets for Afghanistan
March 30, 2011 DEFPRO.COM WARRENVILLE, Ill. | Navistar Defense, LLC today announced that it has received $97 million in delivery orders from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command. The delivery orders include 265 general troop transport vehicles,...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 06:00

Pratt & Whitney PW4062 Will Power USAF KC-46A
Source www.topspeed.com March 30, 2011 DEFPRO.COM NEWTOWN, Conn. | Pratt & Whitney's PW4000 series is available on widebody twins from Boeing and Airbus. The legacy 767 is being replaced by the 787, but still remains in production at low rates. GE's CF6-80C2...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 06:00

U.S., Italy battle for Turkish helo deal
ANKARA, Turkey, March 30 (UPI) Italian and U.S. companies are battling for a multibillion-dollar contract to outfit Turkey with next-generation military helicopters. America's Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and AgustaWestland, owned by Italy's Finmeccanica,...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 06:00

Multiprocessor for ISR unveiled
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 30 (UPI) A new high-performance multiprocessor designed for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance needs has been launched by a U.S. company. GE Intelligent Platforms, which has headquarters in Virginia, says its DSP280...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 06:00

Esterline Engineered Materials Selected for U.S. Military's F-35 Strike Aircraft Program
Source: Esterline Technologies; issued March 29, 2011 BELLEVUE, WA --- Esterline Corporation, a leading specialty manufacturer serving aerospace/defense markets, today announced that its Los Angeles-based Engineered Materials operation has been selected...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 06:00

Ðuro Ðaković Holding d.d. and Patria Signed a Memorandum of Understanding
Source: Patria; issued March 29, 2011 Ðuro Ðaković Holding d.d. (DDH) and Patria have on 29 March 2011 signed a Memorandum of Understanding confirming their intention to agree upon common efforts in sales of Patria AMV vehicles to case-by-case selected...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 06:00

Results from the Congressionally Mandated Study of U.S. Combat and Tactical Wheeled Vehicles
Source: Rand Corp.; issued March 18, 2011 The process of research, development, and acquisition to procure military vehicles has historically been challenging for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, the difficulty lies in translating the threat (such as...
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31 mars 2011 4 31 /03 /mars /2011 06:00

Bluefin awarded contract to develop mine and IED neutralization variant of HAUV
March 30, 2011 SHEPARD GROUP Bluefin Robotics, a leader in the design and manufacturing of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), was awarded a contract to develop a robotic ship hull mine and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) identification and neutralization...
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