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Pilatus Delivers 1400th PC-12
2016-07-08 Read More...
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd has delivered its 1,400th PC-12 and achieved a significant flight time milestone for the NG fleet. Just over a year since celebrating the delivery of its 1,300th PC-12, Pilatus marked the delivery of the 1,400th

Boeing to Celebrate 100th Anniversary at Farnborough Airshow
2016-07-05 Read More...
Boeing will celebrate its 100th anniversary at the Farnborough International Airshow (11-17 July 2016), displaying advanced commercial and defense platforms, and presenting a unique exhibit to commemorate its first century and look ahead to the

DCI Offering New Diversified Range of Training Courses
2016-07-05 Read More...
DCI is offering a new diversified range of innovative training courses adapted to the needs of countries friendly with

Raytheon, Thales Modify ThalesRaytheonSystems JV Structure
2016-07-05 Read More...
Raytheon Company and Thales have reached an agreement and concluded the transaction to transition the stakeholder positions they each hold in the ThalesRaytheonSystems Joint Venture (JV) structure – TRS LLC US Operations and TRS SAS French

Eurosatory 2016 Confirms its Leading Position
2016-07-04 Read More...
Eurosatory recently closed its doors in Paris (13-17 June) and proved, once again, to be a success: 1,572 exhibitors from 56 countries and 57,018 visitors from 151 countries came to the show as well as 1,241 journalists received accreditation to

Boeing Opens Collaborative Autonomous Systems Laboratory in Missouri
2016-07-04 Read More...
Boeing opened a new research laboratory to test hardware and software that will make a new generation of autonomous air, sea and land vehicles work together more effectively as a team or

Cubic Increases Joint Training Effectiveness
2016-07-01 Read More...
Cubic Global Defense (CGD), a business unit of Cubic Corporation, announced the successful integration of its Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) system onboard the Canadian Air Force F-18 aircraft, to the Cubic Canadian Weapon Effect

North Korea Vows to Bolster Nuclear Deterrence
2016-07-01 Read More...
North Korea on Thursday reiterated its pledge to bolster its nuclear deterrence both in quality and quantity against what it called US hostile acts, the country's state-run media

FLIR Acquires Armasight, Inc. for $41 Million
2016-07-01 Read More...
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that it has acquired Armasight, Inc., a leading developer of precision sporting, hunting, and military optics products, for approximately $41 million in

FNSS, Undersecretariat for Defense Industries Sign Anti-Tank Vehicle Project
2016-06-30 Read More...
The contract negotiations held with FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.Ş. in relation to the Anti-Tank Vehicle Project, which were initiated by the Defense Industry Executive Committee’s decision taken on March 9, 2016, have recently been concluded, and the

Lockheed Martin’s Q-53 Radar Demos Counter-UAS Capability
2016-06-29 Read More...
The Lockheed Martin AN/TPQ-53 counter-fire radar recently demonstrated its ability to identify and track unmanned aerial systems and pass that information to a command and control node, a key capability as the battlespace rapidly becomes more

Orbital ATK Completes Expansion of Northridge Facility
2016-06-29 Read More...
Orbital ATK, Inc., a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced the completion of the expansion of its Northridge, California, facility, integrating engineering and production of the AAR-47 Missile Warning System and Common

MBDA, DCI Team Up in Capacity-Based Training
2016-06-28 Read More...
Défense Conseil International (DCI) and MBDA France have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly promote capacity-based training for the benefit of countries friendly with

Russian Navy to Hold Over 40 Tactical Exercises by Year-End
2016-06-27 Read More...
The Russian fleet will take part in over 40 tactical military drills by the end of this year, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Vladimir Korolyov said

Harris Wins $1.7 Billion Tactical Communication Contract
2016-06-27 Read More...
Harris Corporation has received a five-year, $1.7 billion ceiling, single-award follow-on IDIQ contract from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) to supply secure tactical communication solutions.

CYBER WEST CHALLENGE Contest Launched in France
2016-06-27 Read More...
The Cyber Pole of Excellence was created in Brittany (France) in 2013, giving this region a strong position in the cyber defense

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