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Embraer, Brazilian Air Force Eye New Light Military Transport Aircraft
2019-12-27 Read More...
Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which enables the study of the potential development of a new light military transport

Turkish Aerospace Opens Office in Pakistan’s Technopark
2019-12-27 Read More...
Turkish Aerospace has opened its first office in Pakistan at the country’s National Science & Technology Park, Sabah Daily

Russia Floats Out First Yasen-M-Class Nuclear Submarine
2019-12-27 Read More...
The Russian military has floated out the nuclear submarine “Novosibirsk” – the first Yasen-M-class vessel launched by the country, Sputnik news agency

Leonardo Tests New, Larger Osprey 50 AESA Radar
2019-12-26 Read More...
Leonardo has announced the first flight trials of its Osprey 50 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, the new, larger-aperture variant of the Company’s successful Osprey surveillance radar. The flight trials were carried

India Test-Fires Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM)
2019-12-26 Read More...
India on Monday successfully test-fired its Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system, likely to be inducted into the armed forces by 2021, from a base off Odisha coast, local media quoted a Defence Ministry

Raytheon Wins Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Navy Contracts
2019-12-25 Read More...
Raytheon Company was awarded the following Standard Missile-3 Block IIA contract as announced by the U.S. Department of Defense on December 20,

Boeing Names David L. Calhoun President and CEO
2019-12-25 Read More...
Boeing announced that its Board of Directors has named current Chairman, David L. Calhoun (photo), as Chief Executive Officer and President, effective January 13,

Russian Troops Receive First Batch of S-350 Air Defense Missile System
2019-12-25 Read More...
Russian troops have received the first set of the advanced S-350 ‘Vityaz’ surface-to-air missile system, the Almaz-Antey defense manufacturer announced on

NGC Names Lesley Kalan Chief Strategy & Development Officer
2019-12-25 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) announced it has appointed Lesley A. Kalan as Vice President of Legislative Affairs, effective October 25. Kalan will report to Sid Ashworth, Corporate Vice President of Government

MBDA to Supply More Meteor Missiles to German Air Force
2019-12-24 Read More...
MBDA has received an order to build further Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missiles for the German Air

Oshkosh Wins JLTV Order for U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy
2019-12-23 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, announced that the U.S. Army Contracting Command – Warren has placed an $803.9 million order for 2,721 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs). Additional orders from the U.S. Army Contracting

Safran to Supply Infrared Binoculars, Night Vision Goggles to Swiss Army
2019-12-23 Read More...
Switzerland’s Federal Office for Defense Procurement, armasuisse, belonging to the Federal Department of Defense, have chosen after an international competition Safran Vectronix AG, the Swiss subsidiary of Safran Electronics &

ASELSAN, SAPURA to Partner in Software Defined Radios
2019-12-23 Read More...
Under the auspices of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad, ASELSAN, the global technology company has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Sapura Secured Technologies

Jussi Järvinen Named President of Patria’s Land Business Unit
2019-12-20 Read More...
Jussi Järvinen, 40, Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration), has been appointed as President of Patria’s Land business unit as of 18th December

Lockheed Martin Hosts Bahrain Ambassador at F-16 Production Line
2019-12-19 Read More...
Lockheed Martin hosted Sheikh Abdullah bin Rashed Al Khalifa, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States, at the company’s F-16 production line, where production is underway on the first F-16 Block 70 - for the Royal Bahraini Air

Naval Group Signs 9 MoUs with Australian Partners
2019-12-18 Read More...
Naval Group has signed nine different Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Australian companies to manufacture itscountermeasure solutions for the Royal Australian Navy in

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