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Saudi Rumors of Rafale: Stalled?

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/rumors-of-rafale-more-2006-saudi-shopping-spree-02859/

Rafale: dark horse?(click for cutaway view) In December 2006, The Business online reported that the Saudi government was in talks to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from the French, regardless of how ongoing issues with the Eurofighter Typhoon contract were…

Japan Orders Upgrades for its 4 E-767 AWACS

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/japan-orders-4-e767-awacs-radar-mission-upgrade-kits-for-147m-02215/

In May 2006, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of four sets of Airborne Early Warning (AEW) and Command, Control and Communications (C3) mission equipment/Radar System Improvement

AGM-158 JASSM Family Cruise Missiles: FY 2012 Orders

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/agm-158-jassm-family-cruise-missiles-fy-2012-orders-07450/

The 2,000 pound AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) is intended to be a stealthy, inexpensive GPS/IIR (Global Positioning system/ Imaging InfraRed) guided cruise missile that lets American aircraft attack well-defended targets - without

US MSC Charters Westpac Express Catamaran

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/us-msc-charters-westpac-express-catamaran-for-15-more-years-02269/

The Westpac Express fast ferry ship has been instrumental in changing the way the US Navy approaches sealift in the Western Pacific. It's fast enough to substitute for airlift in many cases, and large enough to move a Marine battalion with its gear.

BAE’s L-ROD Cage Armor

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/baes-lrod-cage-armor-03473

Russian-designed RPG shoulder-fired rockets are a widespread threat in many parts of the world, including the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. At present, the most common threats involve RPG-7 single warhead variants, which are also produced in

$27M for LITENING Targeting & Recon Pods

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/27m-for-litening-targeting-recon-pods-0929/

Northrop Grumman Corp. in Rolling Meadows, IL received a $27 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract modification to provide for LITENING advanced airborne targeting and navigation pods for U.S. Navy, Army, and Marine Corps use. Designed…

Britain’s VC10 Tankers Hit “Through-Life” End of Through-Life Support

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/britains-vc10-tankers-moving-toward-new-support-model-03382/

As of 2002, the RAF had 19 of its 4-engined VC10 aerial tankers in service. These sleek aircraft with the unusual engine arrangement form the backbone of its aerial tanker fleet, and continued to do so for about another decade until the new Airbus A330

Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle, June 2011

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Iraqi-Security-Forces-Order-of-Battle-June-2011-06920/

DJ Elliott is a retired USN Intelligence Specialist (22 years active duty) who has been analyzing and writing on Iraqi Security Forces developments since 2006. His Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle is an open-source compilation that attempts to map and

Sustaining the M1 Abrams: US Army Puts a TIGER in its Tanks

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/sustaining-the-m1-abrams-us-army-puts-a-tiger-in-its-tanks-01790/

Honeywell International Inc. in Morris Township, NJ won a U.S. Army contract to change the way it supports its AGT-1500 turbine engine, used on the M1 Abrams tank and related platforms. Honeywell had forecast that the overall contract under the US

AGS: NATO's Battlefield Eye In The Sky (defense acquisition, defence purchasing, military procurement)

http://wayback.archive.org/web/20070205095309/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2006/10/ags-natos-battlefield-eye-in-the-sky/i

(click to view full) Northrop Grumman's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (J-STARS) uses powerful ground-looking SAR radars mounted on a Boeing 707-300 airframe, in order to give American commanders outstanding battlefield surveillance and…

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