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Lori Robinson First Woman to Head US Military Command
2016-05-16 Read More...
Air Force General Lori Robinson took charge of the US military’s Northern Command on Friday, becoming the first woman to head a US combatant

Bell Helicopter Opens New Paint Facility & Delivery Center in Prague
2016-05-16 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company announced that its Prague location officially opened a new paint facility and delivery center –providing full aircraft completion and delivery capabilities to its European

Airbus Helicopters to Retrofit 35 EC145 for Sécurité Civile in France
2016-05-13 Read More...
Airbus Helicopters has been awarded a contract by the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) to retrofit the avionics suite of the 35 EC145 helicopters operated by the Sécurité Civile, an agency of the French Ministry of Interior that performs

NATO Exercise BRILLIANT JUMP 2016 to Start Next Week
2016-05-13 Read More...
Exercise BRILLIANT JUMP 2016 phase II (Deployex – deployment exercise) will take place in the period 17-27 May 2016 in several locations in Poland, with the aim of training the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) to quickly deploy to an

Textron Systems Expands Unmanned Systems Service & Support Center
2016-05-12 Read More...
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, a Textron Inc. business, announced the construction completion and grand opening of the company’s new unmanned aircraft system (UAS) training and maintenance facility, the Unmanned Systems Service & Support Center,

NAVANTIA to Supply Two AORs Ships to Australia
2016-05-11 Read More...
The Commonwealth of Australia and Navantia have signed a contract to supply two AORs (auxiliary oiler replenishment). These two ships are based on the Spanish Navy ship “Cantabria” which will be tailored to fulfill specific Australian standards and

Harris Wins Foreign Military Sales IDIQ Contract for Tactical Radios
2016-05-11 Read More...
Harris Corporation has received a five-year, $405 million ceiling, single-award follow-on IDIQ contract from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics

Thales to Supply Scorpion® Helmet Display for Air Force EF-18 Fighter Jets
2016-05-11 Read More...
The Spanish Ministry of Defense will equip the EF-18 with 80 Thales Scorpion® Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (HMCS). These HMCS will be installed in the aircraft during the course of 2016 and 2017, once the operational qualification phase and

Oshkosh Offers 5 M-ATV Variants to Meet Armed Forces Mission Requirements
2016-05-09 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, is offering five Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) variants to meet a full range of mission requirements for armed forces around the

Bell Helicopter Completes V-280 Valor Wing and Fuselage Mate
2016-05-09 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, has successfully joined the V-280 Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) wing and nacelles to the aircraft fuselage. The milestone occurred last week at the company’s aircraft assembly center in

Stemme to Present Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) at ILA Berlin
2016-05-09 Read More...
Stemme will present its innovative Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) at ILA Berlin Air Show (01 to 04 June 2016; Berlin ExpoCenter

Sikorsky Conducts Combat Rescue Helicopter Air Vehicle Preliminary Design Review
2016-05-09 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced the successful execution of the Combat Rescue Helicopter Program (CRH) Air Vehicle Preliminary Design Review

US Tests “Sea Hunter,” World’s Largest Unmanned Ship
2016-05-06 Read More...
The US military has begun tests on the world’s largest unmanned ship, a self-driving 130ft vessel which can hunt down enemy submarines without a single sailor at the

DSEI Wins Two Awards at the Exhibition News Awards
2016-05-06 Read More...
Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) won two awards at the Exhibition News Awards (ENA) for Best Operations Team, EventShaper, and Best Feature Area for the Medical Innovation Demonstration delivered in partnership with MOD Defence

France to Receive Hellfire Missiles from US Army Stock
2016-05-06 Read More...
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to France for Hellfire Missiles and associated equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $30

Thales Releases Q1 2016 Order Intake and Sales
2016-05-05 Read More...
Thales released Wednesday its order intake and sales for Q1 2016. Patrice Caine (photo), Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, commented: “Business over the first few months of 2016 confirmed the acceleration of Thales’s sales momentum, which was

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