TEL AVIV, Israel, May 17 (UPI) -- mid growing concerns about security threats from Syria and Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has greatly reduced planned defense budget cuts.
WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system, using a Standard 2 Block IB missile, has destroyed a separating ballistic missile over the Pacific.
CONCARNEU, France, May 17 (UPI) -- French naval shipbuilders Piriou and DCNS have started a joint venture to build government agency ships to civil standards.
SAN DIEGO, May 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has taken delivery of its first Mobile Landing Platform vessel for large-scale sea-to-shore logistics movement.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 17 (UPI) -- Babcock and Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group Inc. received a $366 million contract to procure nuclear reactor component materials for use in U.S. Navy vessels.
CANBERRA, Australia, May 17 (UPI) -- Australia's CEA Technologies has received a Request for Tender for development of a High Power Phased Array Radar concept demonstrator.
BANGALORE, India, May 17 (UPI) -- India has commissioned the navy's first squadron of 16 MiG-29K fighters to be operated from a forthcoming aircraft carrier.
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- Two U.S. allies in the Middle East are seeking to purchase Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures Systems in deals worth $210 million.
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., May 16 (UPI) -- Successful end-to-end ground testing of a satellite communications system for U.S. B-2 bombers has been completed by Northrop Grumman.
MCLEAN, Va., May 16 (UPI) -- Science Applications International Corp. is joining the roster of companies involved in a program to protect U.S. infrastructure against cyber threats.
BALTIMORE, May 16 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman is bannering the all-environment precision targeting capability that its Scalable Agile Beam Radar brings to F-16 fighters.
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy's launch of a carrier-based unmanned aircraft opens new markets for defense industries as the catapult-driven flight is celebrated across the sector as a milestone event.
SAN DIEGO, May 16 (UPI) -- Robotics software company 5D Robotics Inc. has expanded its operations in California with new office and robotic research and development bay.
SEATTLE, May 16 (UPI) -- India has received the first of eight P-8I Poseidon long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft from Boeing of the United States.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei, May 16 (UPI) -- Communications equipment manufacturer Harris Corp. received a $40 million order for Falcon tactical radios from the Brunei armed forces.
CHANTILLY, Va., May 15 (UPI) -- Applied Communication Sciences, a provider of technical consulting and technology solutions to U.S. government agencies, is now part of the SI Organization.
CLEVELAND, May 15 (UPI) -- Arkwin Industries Inc., a U.S. company manufacturing aerospace hydraulic and fuel system components, is being bought by TransDigm Group Inc.
LINKOPING, Sweden, May 15 (UPI) -- Swedish defense company Saab is strengthening its support and services business portfolio by acquiring technical documentation firm TIKAB.
PARIS, May 15 (UPI) -- European and U.S. defense companies are exploring integration of missile products and resultant international marketing opportunities.
LINKOPING, Sweden, May 15 (UPI) -- The Skeldar V-200 vertical-lift unmanned aerial system by Saab of Sweden has verified key capabilities in flight testing in Sweden and the United States.
WALTHAM, Mass., May 15 (UPI) -- An Evolved SeaSparrow Missile by Raytheon demonstrated enhanced capabilities during a firing from a U.S. Navy Self-Defense Test Ship.
Greek national flags fly over Tiananmen Square during Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras state visit to Beijing on May 16, 2013. Samaras is in China seeking investment and trade deals to help revive his country's recession-battered economy. UPI/Stephen Shaver
