Following the announcements made by BAE Systems and EADS in relation to a possible combination of their businesses through a dual listed company structure, BAE Systems and EADS announce that they have decided to terminate their discussions.

Northrop Grumman has announced that it has recently completed a series of flight demonstrations with DARPA and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, marking an important milestone in DARPA's AHR program.

Time Magazine's John Sayen says the US Navy's newest ship, the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), is woefully inferior to comparable ships.

With the solid-state high-energy lasers already being tested on the sea and in the air, Boeing is continuing development of a truck-mounted system.

The US Navy is purchasing 10 semi-autonomous SeaFox mine identification and neutralization systems as part of an urgent operational need from 5th Fleet.

Rolls-Royce has been awarded a US$103.3 million MissionCare contract by the US Department of Defense to provide support for the F405 (Adour) engines that power the US Navy's T-45 training aircraft.

PARS 3 LR, the main armament for the German Army's Tiger helicopter has passed into full scale production.

Breeze-Eastern Corporation has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft to supply cargo hooks, electric rescue hoists and RAST probes for US UH/HH-60M Black Hawk, MH-60S and MH-60R helicopters.

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For counter-fire operations against insurgents in Afghanistan, 80mm airburst mortar rounds may be called in by Australian Joint Fires Observers, usually operating in teams of two to 'keep heads down' and only used away from housing or villages.

Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare announced recently that two new Counter Rocket Artillery and Mortar Giraffe radars had been delivered and were currently in operation in Afghanistan.

Logos Technologies has been awarded $111.8 million by Naval Air Systems Command to develop an additional 22 Kestrel wide-area persistent surveillance systems to support US forces in the field.

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UK-based science and technology group QinetiQ has been awarded a contract by the UK MoD's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory to manage a four-year ISTAR ICS program.

The Pentagon's acquisition chief recently approved the Army's Warfighter Information Network Tactical Increment 2 battlefield communications system for a third lot of low-rate initial production, but only under the condition that contractor General Dynamics C4 Systems correct certain "deficiencies" in its performance.

According to Inside Defense, the Pentagon next month will begin publicly exploring ways to open up select portions of the Joint Strike Fighter program to competition.