http://www.janes.comA special collection of articles covering Contract Awards.en-gbCopyright: (C) Jane's Information Group. All rights reserved.http://www8.janes.com/public/images/janes_rss.gifhttp://www.janes.comVisit http://www.janes.comhttp://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdw/history/jdw2009/jdw41506.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDWIsrael is to accelerate its production of Arrow-2 anti-ballistic missile interceptors in case of a potential conflict with Iran, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on 17 November. The Arrow Weapon System (AWS) is currently designed to launch two Arrow-2 interceptors against any incoming missile. The final price of the system will eventually be "significantly lower" than existing US systems such as the Terminal High-Altitude Air Defense system or the Standard Missile-3, Colonel Guy Aviram of the... - 2009/11/20 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80144.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINThe Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) revealed details of the contest re-run on 20 November, after it decided against appealing a ruling from a Swedish court that said the process behind the original contest was unlawful. A Swedish county court, Länsrätten, ruled on 29 October that the procedure behind FMV's contract award to Patria was unlawful, resulting in a re-run of the contest. The FMV spokesman also told Jane's that, even though it had decided against appealing Länsrätten's... - 2009/11/20 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdw/history/jdw2009/jdw41514.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDWUK military chiefs now aim to use a portion of this money to buy "up to 30" more Boeing CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters by the middle of the next decade, to bring the UK Chinook fleet to "around 70" airframes. Under 'Vision 2020' a major shake-up in the basing of all the UK's military helicopters will occur and the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) AgustaWestland Merlin HC.3/3A transport helicopters would be transferred to the Royal Navy. Under 'Vision 2020' the basing of all UK helicopters ... - 2009/11/20 00:00:00