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Leonardo’s CEO Named President of AeroSpace & Defence Industries Association (ASD) of Europe
2020-10-09 Read More...
Leonardo is proud to announce the appointment of Alessandro Profumo to the Presidency of AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD). The CEO of Leonardo will lead the organisation for the next two years, representing the largest

US Army, USAF to Co-Develop Battlefield Communications Network
2020-10-09 Read More...
The US Army and the US Air Force (USAF) signed an agreement to jointly develop a battlefield communications network, called Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control

Russian Navy Frigate Test-Fires Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile
2020-10-09 Read More...
Russian Northern Fleet’s frigate Admiral Gorshkov successfully test-fired a Tsirkon hypersonic missile from the White Sea against a sea target at a distance of 450 km, Chief of Russia’s General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov reported to

Iranian Air Force, SAIPA Auto Maker to Co-Produce Drone Engines
2020-10-09 Read More...
Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh announced preparedness to share experience with Iranian SAIPA auto-making company, and said that the company’s capabilities in production of drone engines

HENSOLDT’s MILDS - Missile Launch Detection Sensors
2020-10-08 Read More...
The armed forces have recognised the increasing threat to their tactical aircraft from anti-aircraft infrared guided missiles. A high percentage of aircraft losses in current and recent conflicts were from ground based defensive systems using

Oman’s Air Force Commander Receives UK Chief of Air Staff
2020-10-08 Read More...
Air Vice Marshal Mattar bin Ali al-Obaidani, Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) received in his office at Mu’askar Al Murtafa’ Tuesday Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston, Chief of the Air Staff in the friendly United Kingdom (UK), and his

Leonardo, ENAV to Develop Safer Solutions for Civil Helicopters
2020-10-08 Read More...
Leonardo and ENAV signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) in Italy primarily aimed at modernizing and making safer, efficient and sustainable the use of helicopters and air space leveraging the most advanced navigation

UMS SKELDAR Performs First Automatic Flight of V-150 VTOL Platform
2020-10-08 Read More...
Europe’s leading provider of Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms, UMS SKELDAR, has successfully achieved the remote automatic flight of its V-150 Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) platform. A world’s first, this is a major milestone

Egyptian President, Top Commanders Discuss National Security
2020-10-07 Read More...
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, on Monday, chaired a Supreme Council of the Armed Forces meeting to review the military efforts to protect Egypt’s national security on all strategic

Dubai Crown Prince Reviews MBRSC’s 2021-2031 Strategy
2020-10-07 Read More...
H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince, and President of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, MBRSC, said that the UAE continues to strengthen its global standing in the field of space exploration by launching

Saudi Arabia Hosts G20 Space Economy Leaders Meeting
2020-10-07 Read More...
The Saudi Space Commission is organizing 2020’s first meeting of space agency leaders that belong to G20 countries, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA)

Oman’s National Defence College Commences 8th Academic Year
2020-10-07 Read More...
The National Defense College (NDC) of Oman celebrated Sunday the inauguration of the 8th batch, under the patronage of Major General Salim bin Musallam Qattan, NDC Commandant, marking the start of the college’s 8th academic

US-Morocco Sign 10-Year Military Cooperation Agreement
2020-10-06 Read More...
The United States and Morocco on Friday signed an accord that aims to strengthen military cooperation and the North African kingdom’s military readiness over the next decade, The Associated Press (AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Concludes Visits to Five Arab States
2020-10-06 Read More...
US Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper led the Presidential Delegation in Kuwait City to meet with His Highness Amir Nawaf Al-Ahmad al-Sabah Sunday (photo), the U.S. Department of Defense

Boeing to Develop Next-Generation Satellite System for U.S. Space Force
2020-10-06 Read More...
Boeing has received one of three development contracts to build a satellite payload prototype and develop a new secure, resilient satellite communications architecture for the U.S. Space Force’s Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS)

Bittium Launches Tactical Power Pack™ for Uninterrupted Use of Portable Communication Devices
2020-10-06 Read More...
Bittium launched Bittium Tactical Power Pack™ for portable tactical communication devices. The Tactical Power Pack has been designed to be used for example with Bittium Tough SDR Handheld™ radio and Bittium Tough Comnode™

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