The contract includes providing ground support, supplying spare parts and provide Patriot missiles for a host of countries. The Pentagon has disclosed that Lockheed Martin Corp has won its contract worth $1.45 billion to manufacture Patriot missiles, for spare parts… Read More ›
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Microsoft win $927 contract from Pentagon
Microsoft will provide technical support to the Defence Information Systems Agency. The Pentagon has stated that it has awarded a contract worth $927 million too Microsoft for it to provide technical support to the Defense Information Systems Agency.
France’s DCNS wins Australian contract to build a fleet of submarines
DCNS bagged the contract having beaten competition from Germany’s ThyssenKrupp AG and Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. In a significant development, France and Australia have signed a deal worth $36.3 billion in which French naval contractor will… Read More ›
U.S. Defence industry could face federal cuts under Donald Trump
Federal cuts in the expansive U.S. defence industry is likely to affect many U.S. factory jobs. The U.S. Defence industry has come, yet again, under intense attack with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump coming down hard on Lockheed Martin Corp for… Read More ›
Europe to boost defence spending
Facing threats from several fronts, military commanders from NATO and EU have decided to boost military spending. Top European military & NATO officials gathered in Berlin to discuss ways to deal with threats facing Europe and address concerns raised by… Read More ›
Britain on a charm offensive before it invokes Article 50 of the EU Lisbon Treaty
Theresa May sees a friend in Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo since Poland too has called for reforms within the EU; Poland has ~830,000 citizens living in in Britain who have been harassed following Britain’s historic vote. British Prime Minister… Read More ›