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LEMV Airship Sold Back to Manufacturer for a Song, and Future Data

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Rise-of-the-Blimps-The-US-Armys-LEMV-06438/

The rise of modern terrorism, sharply increasing costs to recruit and equip professional soldiers, and issues of energy security, are forcing 2 imperatives on modern armies. Modern militaries need to be able to watch wide areas for very long periods of…

Finland Updating Its Air Defense Systems

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Finland-Updating-Its-Air-Defense-Systems-05398/

Control of the air isn't a cornerstone of Finland's defense, as it is for a country like Australia. Instead, Finland needs to make its airspace dangerous enough to deny enemies full air dominance, while its difficult terrain and mobile land forces bleed…

Turkey & South Korea’s Altay Tank Project

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/turkey-signs-deal-with-s-korea-for-altay-tank-project-05012/

Turkey's tank fleet is currently made up of American M-48s and M-60s, some of which have been modernized with Israeli cooperation into M-60 Sabra tanks, plus a large contingent of German Leopard 1s and Leopard 2s. That is hardy surprising. America

Honeywell Lands FCS Class I UAV Contract (defense acquisition, defence purchasing, military procurement)

http://wayback.archive.org/web/20070610212720/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2006/05/honeywell-lands-fcs-class-i-uav-contra

Class 1 MAV Backpack(click to view full) In

Germany Sells Israel Dolphin-II Subs

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/germany-may-sell-2-more-dolphin-subs-to-israel-for-117b-01528/

In November 2005, reports surfaced that that Germany would sell Israel 2 AIP-equipped Dolphin submarines, to join its existing fleet of 3 conventional diesel-electric Dolphin Class boats. In 2006, the deal for 2 Dolphin AIP boats was finalized at a total

Germany’s F125 Special Forces and Stabilization Frigates

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Germanys-F125-Special-Forces-and-Stabilization-Frigates-05119/

F125 Concept(click to expand) Over the last decade, a belief has taken root in global naval circles that shallow littoral chokepoints for maritime trade, operations in and around failed states like Somalia, and expeditionary stabilization operations,…

AN-70 Aerial Transports Finally To Be Produced

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Antonovs-Odyssey-AN-70-Program-Taking-Flight-05741/

Antonov's AN-70 has had a long and difficult development history from its first studies and concepts in 1979. Roadblocks have included the dissolution of its sponsoring state in 1991, the crash of the initial prototype aircraft in a 1995 collision with its…

Surion: Eurocopter’s Korean KHP/KUH Helicopter Deal

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/korea-approves-eurocopters-khp-helicopter-deal-02325/

South Korea currently owns around 700 helicopters, but more than half are considered outdated, and they need to be replaced. December 2005 marked the endgame for a South Korean competition to produce about 245 utility transport helicopters, which

BCTM/E-IBCT: FCS Spinout Ramps up, Then Breaks Up

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/BCTM-Increment-1-FCS-Successor-Moves-Ahead-with-Low-rate-Production-06212/

Concerns about cost overruns, vehicle design, and contract structure prompted the Pentagon to cancel the US Army's Future Combat System (FCS) program in June

The US Navy’s Mobile Landing Platform Ships (MLP)

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/The-US-Navys-Mobile-Landing-Platform-Ships-06525/

The Montford Point Class Mobile Landing Platform is intended to be a new class and type of auxiliary support ship, as part of the US Navy's Maritime Prepositioning Force of the Future (MPF-F) program. They're intended to serve as a transfer station or…

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