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Thales, WB Electronics Unveil Unmanned Aircraft System
2015-09-04 Read More...
WB Electronics and Thales unveiled at MSPO exhibition (Kielce, Poland; 1-4 September) their exclusive tactical unmanned aircraft system for the Polish Gryf requirement.

Russia Seeks Iranian Drone Technology
2015-09-03 Read More...
Managing-Director of the Iranian Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) Manouchehr Manteqi said Russia has asked for import of Iranian drone technology, Fars News Agency (FNA) reported.

Insitu Conducts Fire Monitoring with Unmanned Aircraft
2015-09-03 Read More...
While more than 625,000 acres of wildfires burned throughout the Pacific Northwest, crew members of the Insitu Rapid Response team launched a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft into the hazy skies above the Paradise Fire in Washington's Olympic National

MAKS-2015 Concludes With Over $5.3 Billion Contracts
2015-09-02 Read More...
About 760 companies from 35 countries took part in the annual show, officially called the International Aviation and Space Salon. The show took place in the city of Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, on August 25-30. Over 404,000 visitors attended the salon.

Boeing Wins $1.49 Bn Order for 13 P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
2015-09-01 Read More...
Boeing will provide the first P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft for Australia and additional P-8As for the U.S. Navy following a $1.49 billion contract award from the Navy for 13 aircraft.

UK to Revamp Nuclear Submarine Base
2015-09-01 Read More...
Britain will spend more than 500 million pounds ($769.5 million) refurbishing its nuclear submarine base in Scotland over the next 10 years, Finance Minister George Osborne said on Monday.

U.S. Air Force Receives Additional MC-130J Commando II
2015-09-01 Read More...
A crew from the U.S. Air Force ferried a new MC-130J Commando II aircraft assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command to Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, from the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia.

Raytheon, US Navy to Optimize Minehunting Sonar
2015-08-31 Read More...
Raytheon Company is working closely with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) – Division Newport to enhance the features of the company's AN/AQS-20A minehunting sonar.

Boeing to Showcase AH-64 Apache at Poland’s MSPO Show
2015-08-31 Read More...
The Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter will be making its first appearance at the largest defense show in Poland – the MSPO International Defense Industry Exhibition – in Kielce, September

Airbus Helicopters Presents TIGER HAD Helicopter at MSPO
2015-08-31 Read More...
Airbus Helicopters has announced that the Tiger will give its first dynamic presentation in Poland, before being displayed for the second time at the 23rd edition of MSPO in Kielce (1-4 September

UAE, Egypt, Jordan Leaders Attend MAKS Show in Russia
2015-08-28 Read More...
Leaders from Arab allies the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Jordan traveled this week to the Russian capital Moscow, after receiving an invitation from President Vladimir Putin.

ICRC Sounds Alarm on Arms Trade
2015-08-28 Read More...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has voiced concern that many countries are still involved in illegal arms transfers despite having committed themselves to an international treaty to regulate the flow of such weapons. The

Raytheon, US Army Test Fire AIM-9X Block II Missile
2015-08-28 Read More...
The U.S. Army and Raytheon Company successfully test fired an AIM-9X Block II missile from the Army's ground-based Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-I (IFPC 2-I) Block 1 Multi-Mission Launcher (MML).

NGC, US Navy Demo Endurance on the MQ-8C Fire Scout
2015-08-27 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) and the U.S. Navy successfully demonstrated endurance capabilities with the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. On a planned 10+ hour flight and range out to 150 nautical miles flight from Naval Base Ventura

U.S. to Deploy F-22 fighter Jets to Europe Soon
2015-08-27 Read More...
The United States will deploy F-22 fighter jets to Europe very soon as part of a broader effort to support eastern European members of the NATO alliance unnerved by Russia's intervention in Ukraine, Air Force Secretary Deborah James said on

Oshkosh Wins $6.7 Bn JLTV Contract From US Army
2015-08-26 Read More...
The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) has awarded Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, a $6.7 billion firm fixed price production contract to manufacture the Joint Light

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