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Curtiss-Wright’s Top Secret Data-at-Rest (DAR) Storage Solution Wins Re-Certification
2021-04-21 Read More...
Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division, a trusted leading supplier of rugged data storage and protection solutions, announced that its DTS1, the embedded industry’s first commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) DAR storage solution

Israel, Greece Sign Biggest Ever Defense Deal
2021-04-20 Read More...
Israel and Greece have signed their biggest ever defense procurement deal, which Israel said on Sunday would strengthen political and economic ties between the countries and the two countries' air forces launched a joint exercise, Reuters

Naval Group Delivers Enhanced FREMM DA Alsace Frigate to French Navy
2021-04-19 Read More...
On 16th April 2021 in Toulon (France), in presence of the French Minister of the Armed forces Florence Parly, Naval Group delivered the FREMM DA Alsace, in accordance with its schedule commitments and expected

HM King Felipe VI to Preside Launch of First S80 Submarine for Spanish Navy
2021-04-19 Read More...
His Majesty King Felipe VI, accompanied by Her Majesty the Queen, Her Royal Highness the Princess of Asturias and Her Royal Highness Infanta Sofia will preside over the launching ceremony of S-81, the first submarine of S-80 class, in Navantia

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Division Opens Certification Center in Montreal
2021-04-19 Read More...
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division announced the opening of a dedicated Hexagon certification center in Montreal, Canada, in cooperation with its strategic partner Amrikart

Bell Hosts Bahrain Delegation to Mark Production of AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters
2021-04-16 Read More...
Bell hosted a delegation from the Kingdom of Bahrain to mark the start of production of AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters built as part of the Foreign Military Sales (FMS)

L3Harris, American Rheinmetall Vehicles to Pursue US Army’s New Fighting Vehicle
2021-04-16 Read More...
L3Harris Technologies and American Rheinmetall Vehicles have signed a teaming agreement to jointly develop the U.S. Army’s new Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV), which will replace the Bradley Infantry Fighting

Boeing Selects Leonardo’s Airborne Software-Defined Radio to Equip NATO’s AWACS Fleet
2021-04-16 Read More...
Leonardo has been contracted by Boeing to provide its new software-defined radio, the ‘SWave® Airborne SDR SRT-800’ for NATO’s fleet of E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. One of the few military assets that is owned and

New Tactical ISR Satellites for Global, Persistent Support of Warfighters
2021-04-15 Read More...
Lockheed Martin is addressing the accelerating demand for space-enabled warfighting capabilities with a new line of rapid, integrated and affordable tactical Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)

Airbus’ VSR700 Achieves First Step in Flight Envelope Opening
2021-04-15 Read More...
A few weeks ago, the VSR700 demonstrator achieved a test flight that pushed its speed limit to 60kts (more than 110km/h), entirely opening its flight envelope at low speed. At the end of the test, the demonstrator had accumulated more than 10 flight

French Defense Minister Tours Naval Group’s Nuclear Attack Submarine Shipyard
2021-04-14 Read More...
Naval Group received the French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly and the French Chief of Navy, Admiral Pierre Vandier, at its Cherbourg site. They toured the shipyard where the nuclear attack submarine (SSN) Perle is currently being

Dassault Aviation Appoints Two New Directors
2021-04-14 Read More...
The Board of Directors of Dassault Aviation met in Saint-Cloud, France Monday. It paid a tribute to Mr. Olivier Dassault, following his death shortly after the Board of Directors held on March 4,

German Ministry of Defence Selects L3Harris’ Tactical Communication Solutions
2021-04-13 Read More...
The German Ministry of Defence, has selected L3Harris Technologies’ Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G manpack radios as part of the country’s overall military modernization

Iveco Defence Vehicles Inaugurates New Plant in Romania
2021-04-13 Read More...
Iveco Defence Vehicles celebrated the opening of the new Romanian plant. After the groundbreaking ceremony held in August 2020 in Petresti (DB), Romania, the new production plant has rapidly been built and the production ramp-up has already started

Airbus, TNO to Develop Aircraft Laser Communication Terminal
2021-04-13 Read More...
Airbus and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) have launched a program to develop a laser communication terminal demonstrator for aircraft, known as

Dassault Aviation Denies Any Violations in Rafale Deal with India
2021-04-12 Read More...
Faced with certain allegations reported in the pressabout the contract signed in 2016 with India for the supply of 36 Rafale combat aircraft, aDassault Aviation spokesperson points out the

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