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LockMart Awarded Contract To Provide Sniper And Nav Pods To Turkish Air ForceLockheed Martin has signed a foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) and LANTIRN Enhanced Resolution (ER) navigation pods to the Turkish Air Force. Valued at $118 million, the contract will provide Sniper ATP and LANTIRN ER navigation pods to equip Turkish Air Force F-16 Block 40 and Block 50 Peace Onyx aircraft. |
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Canberra, Australia (UPI) Dec 31, 2009 BAE Systems has won a three-year contract to support the Australian army's Black Hawk helicopters for the remainder of their active service. The contract, worth around $31 million, ensures the continued employment of nearly 100 local maintenance technicians and support personnel in Townsville, said Greg Combet, minister for defense personnel, materiel and science. The contract ... more  
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Dec 30, 2009 A Chinese admiral's proposal to build a naval base in the Gulf of Aden, ostensibly to supports Beijing's anti-piracy flotilla off Somalia, has alarm bells ringing in the region. China's growing naval encroachment in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean to protect its Middle Eastern oil supplies threatens eventual conflict with India, its longtime rival and Asia's other economic titan that i ... more  
Jakarta (UPI) Dec 17, 2009 The Defense Ministry has placed an order worth around $80 million for three twin-turbo-prop maritime patrol CN-235-220 aircraft from state-owned Dirgantara Indonesian Aerospace. The planes, destined for the navy, will share duties with three others that are planned as part of six units called for in the government's 2010-2014 Strategic Planning Review. The aircraft will be part of the r ... more |
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San Diego CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2009Northrop Grumman has successfully completed maritime sensor demonstrations using a company-owned MQ-8B Fire Scout tactical Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS). Fire Scout was equipped with the Telephonics' radar and FLIR Electro Optical Infrared system, and highlighted the versatility of the unmanned helicopter's modular payload architecture and its flexibility in integrating off-the ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 22, 2009There are more and more signs that lakes exist on Saturn's moon Titan, filled with liquid hydrocarbons. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center have made another important discovery. With a spectrometer onboard the planetary space probe Cassini, they found glints that have their origin in reflections of the Sun's radiation from the surface of a large lake near Titan's North Pole. "We are confident that these reflections come from a standing body of liquid," Dr Katrin Stephan and Prof Ralf Jaumann from DLR's Institute of Planetary Exploration jointly explain. ... more  
Bethesda MD (SPX) Dec 22, 2009Lockheed Martin missile defense systems achieved several key milestones in 2009, including five successful intercepts and numerous other major accomplishments, further solidifying Lockheed Martin as a world leader in air and missile defense. With 20 successful Aegis BMD intercepts, six successful Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) intercepts and 26 successful Patriot Advanced ... more |
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