Anglo-American Effort Improves British Logistics Vehicle Protection

Raytheon to Reopen Maverick Production

Boeing Introduces a Stealth F-15 Designed for South Korea

British Army Prepares the RidgeBack for Missions in Afghanistan

Korean Company to Offer Wing Assembly for 2,000-Pound JDAM ER

HIMARS Rocket Launcher Evaluated for Forward Air Defense Role

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Defense Update Newscast - April 2009

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• Airborne Laser Missile defense System Begins Flight Testing
• First Japanese Helicopter Carrier Commissioned at Tokyo Bay
• Raytheon, L-3 COM Report Strong Performance for Q1-2009
• News Analysis: Pakistan's Nukes - Al-Qaeda's Next Strategic Surprise?
• SAAB Group: Defense Programs Compensate for a Grim Outlook
• Northrop Grumman: 'Swap of DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Supports the company'
• Boeing Releases Quarterly Report - Looking for Export Markets to Grow Military Sales
• British Forces in Afghanistan to get new Jackal 2, Coyotes by Automn this year
• Aurora Explores Grouping Small Satellites into Powerful Optical Arrays
• Israel Considers Enhancement of Multi-Level C-RAM Defense
• Indian Sources Indicate Rafale is Out of the MMRCA Game
• Spanish GTD Teams with Nexter to Offer VBCI to Spain
• Avenger - A Stealthy Combat UAV from General Atomics
• Defense Update Toolbars Just Got Better
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• Gates takes aim at EFV - the Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
• FCS' Combined Controller Passes Preliminary Design Review
• Metal Storm Completes 3GL Endurance Test
• U.S. Army Develops New Electronic Gear for Infantry Commanders
• Boeing Launches Free Electron Laser (FEL) Weapon Demonstrator to Protect Future All-Electric Vessels
• Airbus Military Absorbed into a Business Unit of Airbus Industries
• Brazil Launches KC-390 Medium Transport Aircraft Program
• Embraer to Upgrade Brazil's Naval Skyhawks
• Defense Update Announces Airshow-News at LAAD 2009
• Could Brazil's F-X2 Fighter Modernization Program Grow into Mega-Deal?
• Brazilian Defense Forces, Iveco to Unveil New APC at LAAD
• Israeli Tomcar All-Terrain Vehicles to Support British Forces in Afghanistan
• UAV Sale Marks a New Milestone in Russian-Israeli Defense Relations
• Analysis: The Inevitable Fate of Post US Iraq
• FPI Upgrades Cougar MRAP with Oshkosh Independent Suspension
• Boeing Could Suffer the Hardest Blow from Secretary Gates' Proposed Cuts
• Decisive Cuts Define Pentagon's Way Forward
• Anglo-American Effort Improves British Logistics Vehicle Protection
• North Korean Satellite Fails, but its Launcher Reaches the Pacific
• Analysis: Tehran Setting Up Strategic Presence In Red Sea
• Raytheon to Reopen Maverick Production
• Asian Navies Maintain Course Despite Economic Slowdown
• Raven Demonstrates Persistent Surveillance on a 30 Hour Mission
• Korean Company to Offer Wing Assembly for 2,000-Pound JDAM ER
• Mystery Shrouds Air Strike in Sudan

Defense Update Newscast: March 2009

• Analysis: Pentagon's Report Assesses China's Military Might
• US Air Force F-22 Crash on a Test Mission from Edwards AFB
• HIMARS Rocket Launcher Evaluated for Forward Air Defense Role
• Ecuadoran Pilot and Rescuer Killed on Rescue Mission
• Boeing fires High Power Laser at an Open Test Range in New Mexico
• Firestrike High Power Solid State Laser Fires 105kW Beam
• Britain Commits to Finance Three Test F-35B Joint Strike Fighters
• Wirkmittel 90 - a New Multi-Purpose Shoulder Launched Weapon from Dynamit Nobel Defence
• Boeing Introduces a Stealth Designed F-15 for Korea
• British Army Prepares the RidgeBack for Missions in Afghanistan
• Analysis: The Afghan War is Becoming a Logistical Nightmare
• Australian ASRAAM Demonstrate Full Sphere Capability
• MRAP - Gearing up for Rough Rides - M-ATV
• Austria's new LMV to mount new Weapon Stations
• Herons, Eagles and Reapers Soar over Afghanistan
• Analysis: Putin's Muscle Flexing in Central Asia: Challenges Obama
• Iran Accelerates Thrust for Nuclear Material
• BAE Eying Increasing Business Oportunities in India
• Israel Unveils Loitering Anti-Missile Drone