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Thales Wins South African Air Force Avionics Contract
2012-05-29 Read More...
Thales has been successfully selected by the South African Department of Defence, South African Air Force and ARMSCOR (Armaments Corporation of South Africa

Raytheon to Demonstrate Virtual Reality Technology
2012-05-25 Read More...
More than 500 public and private law enforcement and border security officials in the Dallas-Fort Worth area will be on hand to see how virtual reality technology from Raytheon and Motion Reality Inc. improves training methods with a variety of

South Korea to Select Military Aircraft Suppliers in October
2012-05-25 Read More...
South Korea will select suppliers of military aircraft worth billions of dollars in October, a spokesman said Friday, despite calls from the main opposition party for further studies to be carried

Russia Tests New Intercontinental Missile
2012-05-24 Read More...
Russia staged Wednesday the first successful test-launch of a new intercontinental missile designed to pierce the defense system now being deployed by NATO despite Moscow's fierce

South Korea to Spend $2 billion on New Missiles
2012-05-23 Read More...
South Korea plans to spend more than $2.0 billion dollars over the next five years on buying hundreds of new missiles to cope with threats from North Korea, reports said

Afghan Police Training to Get 18 Million Euros from Austria
2012-05-21 Read More...
Austria will give 18 million Euros ($23.6 million) for police training in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country, a top official

Honeywell’s SmartView to Equip Pilatus PC-12 NG
2012-05-18 Read More...
Honeywell’s SmartView Synthetic Vision System, an aircraft cockpit display technology, has been chosen by Pilatus for its PC-12 NG aircraft equipped with the Primus Apex integrated flight

Securing Asia 2012
2012-05-11 Read More...
As the first anniversary of Osama Bin Laden’s death witnessed a major Taliban attack in Kabul and heightened security surges in NYC, London and other western capitals gripped by retaliation fears, few people believe the terror threat has been

Kazakhstan to Acquire 20 Multi-Role EC725 Helicopters
2012-05-11 Read More...
Kazakhstan has signed a letter of intent to acquire 20 Eurocopter EC725 helicopters, marking a major new commitment for this medium-lift rotorcraft. These aircraft, which will be assembled in Kazakhstan, will be used by the country’s Ministry of

Austal Holds Keel-Laying Ceremony for US Navy's JHSV 3
2012-05-08 Read More...
On May 3, 2012, Austal held a keel-laying ceremony for the third Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), one of nine Austal-designed 103-metre US Navy Joint High Speed Vessels under contract with the US

Kazakhstan Orders 8 More Eurocopter EC145s
2012-05-07 Read More...
The Kazakhstan government has placed additional orders for 8 EC145 helicopters in terms of a framework agreement covering 45 of these multi-role rotorcrafts, which are to be assembled in-country by the Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering joint

A400M Makes 1st Refueling Contacts with A330 MRTT
2012-05-03 Read More...
An Airbus Military A400M new generation airlifter has successfully performed simulated refueling contacts with an Airbus Military A330 MRTT Multi Role Tanker

Eurocopter at KADEX 2012 Exhibition
2012-05-02 Read More...
Eurocopter’s participation at the KADEX-2012 exhibition will underscore its helicopter product line capabilities to meet Kazakhstan’s military, government and public protection mission requirements, while also spotlighting the company’s commitment

Tangent Partners with the Confederation of Indian Industry
2012-05-01 Read More...
Tangent Link and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) have agreed to join forces to showcase a series of cutting-edge Aerospace, Defense and Security related conferences and workshops in India's capital, New

LM PAC-3 Missile Intercepts Cruise Missile Target
2012-04-30 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 Missile successfully intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile target last Thursday at the Utah Test and Training Range in an unprecedented interoperability demonstration utilizing the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile

Rheinmetall Wins MASS Naval Countermeasures Order
2012-04-30 Read More...
The Navy of the Republic of Korea is procuring Rheinmetall’s MASS, the Düsseldorf-based company’s state-of-the-art decoy system for frigates, corvettes, minesweepers and patrol boats, for installation on its new Landing Ship, Tank vessels

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