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Cubic’s SPEAR Demos Operational Capabilities at Checkered Flag 21-1 Exercise
2020-12-02 Read More...
Cubic Corporation announced its Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions (CMPS) business division’s Simplified, Planning, Execution, Analysis, Reconstruction (SPEAR) software suite was successfully operational at the Checkered Flag 21-1 exercise on

Egypt, UAE, France, Greece, Cyprus Start MEDUSA 2020 Exercise
2020-12-01 Read More...
The multinational aeronautical training exercise MEDUSA 2020 began on Monday 30 November, running until 06 December 2020, CyprusMail

SCORPION: GRIFFON Command Post is Qualified
2020-11-27 Read More...
On 13 November 2020, the French Delegation for Armaments (DGA) qualified the command postvehicle (EPC) variant of the GRIFFON vehicle. At the same time, the first examples are beingsubmitted for acceptance by the DGA's quality department at the

MBDA Completes Qualification Firing Trials of Sea Venom/ANL Missile
2020-11-27 Read More...
The Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile has completed its qualification firings trials, with a successful final firing at the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) test site at Ile du Levant on 17

Lockheed Martin Completes Acquisition of i3 Hypersonics Portfolio
2020-11-27 Read More...
Lockheed Martin has closed its acquisition of the Hypersonics portfolio of Integration Innovation Inc. (i3), a software and systems engineering company based in Huntsville,

Egyptian, Russian Navies Conclude First Joint Drills in Black Sea
2020-11-26 Read More...
A group of Egyptian warships has left the port of Novorossiysk after completing the Friendship Bridge-2020 joint drills with the Russian Navy, the Black Sea Fleet’s press office reported on

GA-ASI Awarded Smart Sensor Contract
2020-11-26 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been awarded a $93.3 million contract from the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) to enhance the autonomous sensing capabilities of unmanned

L3Harris to Help US DoD Develop Artificial Intelligence Systems
2020-11-26 Read More...
L3Harris Technologies will help the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) develop artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) systems to help reduce the amount of time it takes to decipher usable intelligence from increasing amounts of data

MBDA to Contribute to the Foundation of a European Source of Field Programmable Gate Arrays
2020-11-25 Read More...
Early in November, the European Defence Agency (EDA) announced the implementation of EXCEED, the last of the three defence research projects selected under the 2018 call for proposals for the EU Preparatory Action on Defence Research

Falcon 2000 Albatros for the French Navy
2020-11-23 Read More...
During a visit to the Dassault Aviation plant in Seclin, innorthern France, the French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, announcedthe upcoming notification of the contract for the “Albatros” Maritime Surveillance andIntervention Aircraft

Iranian Navy Receives New Ocean-Going Multifunctional Warship
2020-11-23 Read More...
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRCG) Navy received Thursday a new home-made ocean-going, helicopter and drone carrying warship named Shahid Roudaki, Fars News Agency (FNA)

French Space Command Selects Safran’s WeTrack™ Sensors
2020-11-23 Read More...
The French Space Command is expanding and diversifying its sources of information concerningthe space environment by subscribing to WeTrack™, a global network of radio-frequency (RF)sensors designed, owned and operated by Safran Data

Leonardo, LACROIX to Cooperate in Naval Countermeasures Sector
2020-11-19 Read More...
Leonardo and LACROIX signed a strategic agreement which will see the partners working together to develop and integrate solutions in the naval countermeasures sector. The collaboration, which will look towards new technologies as well as new

Egyptian Warships Arrive in Russia for ‘Friendship Bridge-2020’ Naval Exercise
2020-11-19 Read More...
A group of the Egyptian Navy’s ships called at the port of Novorossiysk for the first time to participate in the Russia-Egypt Friendship Bridge-2020 naval exercise, the press office of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet reported

Russian Navy’s Procurement Plan for 2020 Well on Track
2020-11-18 Read More...
Over the past week, the Russian Navy has been reporting on the successful implementation of the procurement plan of

British Army’s 3rd Division Selects Systematic’s SitaWare Headquarters
2020-11-18 Read More...
The British Army’s 3rd Division (3 DIV) has become the latest component of the UK armed forces toselect Systematic’s SitaWare Command-and-Control (C2)

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