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100,000 Flying Hours for Eurofighter Typhoon
2011-01-27 Read More...
Eurofighter Typhoon celebrated, on Wednesday, its 100,000 flying hours during an event held at its Munich (Germany)

France Inks Mistral Warship Deal with Russia
2011-01-26 Read More...
France on Tuesday inked a lucrative agreement to sell 4 Mistral warships to Moscow, with 2 to be built in Russia, in a move bitterly opposed by ex-Soviet states in the

Major Fatigue Testing of A400M Begins
2011-01-21 Read More...
Major fatigue testing of the Airbus Military A400M has begun on schedule in Dresden (Germany) this

FN Herstal: 10,000 Machine Guns to DGA
2011-01-20 Read More...
The French DGA (Direction Générale de l'Armement) has selected the MAG machine gun manufactured by Belgium-based FN Herstal to replace its existing AN F1 machine

Sagem Wins Contract for 1,175 IR Binoculars
2011-01-20 Read More...
French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) announced that, following international competitive bidding, it had awarded a contract to Sagem (Safran group) for 1,175 JIM LR 2 new-generation long-range multifunction infrared binoculars, intended for the

DCNS Wins 5-Year Services Contract
2011-01-18 Read More...
DCNS has been awarded a major contract to provide through-life support (TLS) services for the French Navy’s La Fayette-class

Cassidian & Atlas Elektronik Launch SIGNALIS
2011-01-13 Read More...
Cassidian and Atlas Elektronik announced the completion of the merger of their subsidiaries Sofrelog and Atlas Maritime

Iveco & Soframe Win DGA Contract
2011-01-13 Read More...
Iveco Defence Vehicles, and French Soframe, have been awarded a contract to supply multi-purpose military vehicles to the French armed forces. The tender invitation was issued in 2007 by the Division of General Armaments (DGA), a part of the French

BAE: New Helmet for Eurofighter Pilots
2011-01-10 Read More...
BAE Systems launched a highly sophisticated helmet and support system for fighter pilots to help them ‘see’ through the aircraft body giving them vital advantage when it comes to split-second

Kaman: Contract with LaBarge
2011-01-05 Read More...
LaBarge, Inc., a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS), has been awarded a contract valued at $1.6 million from Kaman Aerospace Corporation to provide cockpit wiring harnesses for the MH-60S SEAHAWK

Saab Wins Arthur Deal
2011-01-04 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab received an order for weapon locating system Arthur. The order amount is 200 million SEK (over 29 million

France to Build 2 Naval Command Ships with Russia
2010-12-27 Read More...
France said that Russia will buy 2 Mistral-class command and amphibious assault warships from a French-led consortium, with the possibility of 2

Delivery of Tornado IS 86 to Italian Air Force
2010-12-22 Read More...
Earlier this week, Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, delivered to the Italian Air Force the Tornado IS86 (MM 7087), the series-lead of 15 aircraft envisaged by Italian Air Force’s IT Basic Full MLU (RET 7) retrofit

F-35 Program Reaches Flight Target
2010-12-17 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II program team reached, this past week, its 2010 goal of 394 test flights jointly established by the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office and Lockheed

DCNS’s New-Generation Support Vessels
2010-12-16 Read More...
DCNS recently gave a presentation on its new-generation BRAVE (Bâtiment RAVitailleur d'Escadre) underway replenishment tanker and support vessel under development for both the French Navy and international

Rohde & Schwarz’s Radios for Eurofighter Typhoon
2010-12-13 Read More...
Rohde & Schwarz has received an additional order for VHF/VHF radios to equip the Eurofighter Typhoon series aircraft. The company's close involvement with the project, which began when the series went into production in 1999, has now been extended

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