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Fincantieri, University of Calabria Sign Training Agreement
2019-05-24 Read More...
The CEO of Fincantieri Giuseppe Bono and the Rector of the University of Calabria Gino Mirocle Crisci signed an agreement aimed at establishing new cooperation relationships in the field of civil, industrial and information

Jerry Carges Named Director of Ground Surveillance Systems at SRC
2019-05-24 Read More...
SRC, Inc. announced that Jerry Carges has been named Director, Ground Surveillance

Airbus, Hellenic Space Agency Sign MoU for Future Space Cooperation
2019-05-24 Read More...
Airbus and the Hellenic Space Agency (HAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering future space cooperation. The MoU will focus on Earth observation, space exploration and future growth opportunities including software research and

Rolls-Royce, ZF Developing Electronic Monitoring System for Ships
2019-05-24 Read More...
Rolls-Royce is developing a new electronic monitoring system together with ZF to achieve maximum availability for ships, while keeping fuel consumption and CO2 emissions to a

Pakistan’s Chief of Air Staff Receives Saudi Ambassador
2019-05-23 Read More...
The Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force Mujahid Anwar Khan (photo) met in Islamabad Tuesday with Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Said

Raytheon Completes US Army’s LTAMDS Sense-Off
2019-05-23 Read More...
Raytheon Company completed technical testing during the U.S. Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor sense-off at White Sands Missile Range in New

India Launches Radar Imaging Satellite RISAT-2B
2019-05-23 Read More...
In a pre-dawn launch on May 22, RISAT-2B, India’s newest microwave Earth observation satellite, rode to its orbit 557 km above the ground, The Hindu

Éric Béranger Appointed CEO of MBDA
2019-05-22 Read More...
Éric Béranger is to be MBDA’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), with effect from 1 June 2019, replacing Antoine Bouvier. Over the past 20 years Éric has worked in a number of senior positions in Airbus Defence and Space, and most lately led Global

Rolls-Royce MTU-Brand Engines Drive Energy Turnaround in Shipping
2019-05-22 Read More...
Paradoxically, the best of marine engineering in Germany is to be found in regions that are landlocked. Around three-quarters of the value-added on a German-built ship is generated by manufacturers based inland, far away from the sea

Dassault Aviation’s Civil, Defense Know-How at EBACE 2019
2019-05-22 Read More...
The Dassault Aviation group is presenting its dual civil and defense know-how at the 2019 edition of EBACE, Europe’s primary business aviation event, currently taking place in Geneva, Switzerland from 21 to 23

Airbus Honors Best in Class Defence and Space Suppliers
2019-05-22 Read More...
Airbus Defence and Space revealed the winners of its best in class awards with an official ceremony at its 5th Supplier Conference. The four winners Mercury Systems, Airgrup S.L., All System and Kappa Optronics were selected from among the

Russia, Turkey to Co-Produce S-500 Missile Defense System
2019-05-21 Read More...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan stated that Turkey will produce S-500 anti-aircraft missile systems in cooperation with Russia, Reuters

Dassault Aviation Renews Chairmanship of Eric Trappier
2019-05-21 Read More...
The Annual General Meeting of the Dassault Aviation’s Shareholders held Friday has renewed for 4 years Mrs. Lucia SINAPI-THOMAS and Messrs. Charles EDELSTENNE, Olivier DASSAULT and Éric TRAPPIER as

U.S.-Lebanon Joint Military Commission Meets in Washington
2019-05-20 Read More...
Senior delegations from the United States and Lebanon met May 16-17 in Washington, D.C. for the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Lebanon Joint Military Commission (JMC), the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said in a

Boeing Wins 2nd U.S. Navy Contract for F/A-18 Service Life Modification
2019-05-20 Read More...
Boeing has received a one-year contract, which also includes a one-year option for 2020, to continue modernizing the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 fleet under the Service Life Modification (SLM)

UAE Defense Delegation Visits ‘MILEX-2019’ in Belarus
2019-05-20 Read More...
A senior delegation from the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces, led by Major General Pilot Isaac Saleh Mohammed Al Baloushi, Head of the Executive Administration of Industries and Defense Capacities Development at the Ministry of

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