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Thales to Upgrade French Army’s Combat Training Centers
2017-01-23 Read More...
Thales has won the CERBERE contract to upgrade the instrumentationfor the French Army’s live combat training centers. The new system willbe installed at the Sissonne army base for urban combat training and atMailly-le-Camp for training in open

SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite Responding to Commands
2017-01-23 Read More...
After a successful Friday evening launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the third U.S. Air Force Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO satellite is now responding to commands as planned, approximately 37 minutes after

Fincantieri Hosts Flinders University Internships in Italy
2017-01-23 Read More...
Flinders Business School students headed to Italy for internships sealing a new partnership backed by a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, and Flinders University, based in

CAE Wins New Defense Contracts on Key Platforms
2017-01-20 Read More...
CAE announced that it has won defense contracts on a range of customer platforms valued at more than C$175 million to provide new simulation products, simulator upgrades and training support services for global military

Russia Builds Stealth Recognition System for PAK FA Jets
2017-01-20 Read More...
Russia’s United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) said it has developed a ‘friend-or-foe’ stealth identification system for its cutting-edge fighter

Rolls-Royce to Supply MTU Engines to Six Turkish Vessels
2017-01-20 Read More...
Rolls-Royce will supply MTU diesel engines for six new search and rescue vessels to be built by Damen Shipyards and operated by the Turkish

DCNS Inks MoU with Australian, French Engineering Schools
2017-01-19 Read More...
Flinders University (Australia) and four of France’s leading Graduate Schools of Engineering will today enter into an academic and research cooperation agreement relating to Australia’s Future Submarine

Raytheon Completes New Test of Next-Generation GPS
2017-01-19 Read More...
Raytheon reached another milestone in developing the U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System, known as GPS OCX, with the completion of the Factory Qualification Test of the Launch and Checkout System

Airbus C295W Demos Refueling Contacts with Helicopter
2017-01-18 Read More...
Airbus Defence and Space has followed its recent successful demonstration of air-to-air refueling between two C295W medium transports with a demonstration of refueling contacts with a H225M Caracal

Russia Conducts Test Launch of Topol-M Ballistic Missile
2017-01-18 Read More...
Russia conducted on Monday a successful test launch of a silo-based Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from the Plesetsk launch site, the Russian Defense Ministry

Leonardo, Italy Sign Agreement for M-345 Trainer Aircraft
2017-01-18 Read More...
Leonardo has signed, with the Italian National Armaments Directorate of the Italian Defence Ministry, two contracts for an initial batch of five Aermacchi M-345 trainer aircraft and for the first phase of development and delivery programme of the

Thales at the Heart of Royal Navy Fleet Protection
2017-01-18 Read More...
Thales and Lockheed Martin announced the contract award to deliver the Royal Navy’s new airborne surveillance and control system, under the ‘CROWSNEST’

Rohde & Schwarz Guards AirPower Show from Drone Threats
2017-01-18 Read More...
Rohde & Schwarz safeguarded Austria’s AirPower 2016 air show against the security risk of commercial drones encroaching on the show’s

Fincantieri to Upgrade P61 OPV for Malta’s Armed Forces
2017-01-18 Read More...
Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups and number one by diversification and innovation, was awarded the contract by the Armed Forces of Malta for the upgrading of P61, an Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), built by Fincantieri over

Pakistan Naval Forces Receive Two Chinese Ships
2017-01-17 Read More...
Pakistani Naval Forces received two ships built in China to secure the safety of Pakistan’s Gwadar port, and to operate within the joint security plan of Pakistan-China to protect the economic corridor, linking the Pakistani seaport with Western

Oshkosh to Supply Additional JLTVs to U.S. Army
2017-01-17 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company, announced earlier this month that the U.S. Army has placed another order for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program including 409 vehicles, 1,984 installed kits, 82 packaged

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