RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- British defense giant BAE Systems, locked in a legal battle with Britain's Serious Fraud Office over arms sales to Africa, has won a contract with Saudi Arabia to service 72 Typhoon strike jets it is buying from Eurofighter.
TEWKSBURY, Mass., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. military chose a coverall for combat vehicle crewman that protects personnel from chemical and biological warfare agents for up to 16 hours.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A weapons team with defense contractor Boeing announced the successful test of its GBU-4 small diameter bomb, which it says will transform the battlefield.
NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- French defense company Thales Group announced its Coastwatcher 10 radar system was selected as an advanced sensor for terminals at the Port of Marseille.
OSHKOSH, Wis., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Oshkosh Defense and its partners proposed its M-ATV and SandCat combat vehicles as part of procurement program for the Australian Defense Department.
WILMINGTON, Mass., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Textron Defense Systems announced the completion of test series to examine the capability of the XM1100 Scorpion sensor and munitions in an urban environment.
BENNINGTON, Vt., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Oshkosh Defense subcontractor Plasan announced a contract to supply the U.S. Army with 923 armor kits for its all-terrain combat vehicle.
WARRENDALE, Pa., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- SAE International said it completed a design standard meant to deter the risks of receiving and installing counterfeits in the aerospace electronics industry.
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The 11 Light Brigade assumed responsibility over Task Force Helmand in order to sustain British operations in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense said.
RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- General Dynamics Land Systems contracted Optex Systems Holdings Inc. for periscopes for the weapons station on the M1A2 Abrams Tank.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Roughly 100 Iraqi pilots have completed the training necessary to graduate to solo flights on the Cessna 172 in the past two years, the U.S. military said.
BOGOTA, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The merger of Colombia's Avianca airline and TACA of El Salvador has in one stroke heated up the aviation industry in Latin America, with major operators in Chile, Brazil and other countries most likely to be challenged for a share of the market.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Israeli defense officials say the Jewish state is reviewing the sale of advanced weapons systems to longtime ally Turkey after Ankara's Islamic government, its eyes on the Muslim world, canceled joint military exercises scheduled for later this month.
EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Sensors and information technology company Sensis Corp. said it completed a critical design review for the Canadian National Defense Department's radar system.
