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Boeing Wins 7-Year USAF Order for C-32 and C-40 Support
2016-05-19 Read More...
Boeing will continue maintaining and supporting the U.S. Air Force’s C-32A and C-40BC executive aircraft through a new seven-year, $319 million contract awarded in

Airbus Helicopters Participates at HeliRussia 2016
2016-05-19 Read More...
Airbus Helicopters is showcasing H135 in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) configuration and H160 mock-up at the international helicopter industry exhibition HeliRussia 2016 held in Moscow on May

CybAero Names New Chief Executive Officer
2016-05-18 Read More...
CybAero´s Board of Directors appoints Rolf Schytt Chief Executive Officer effective May 16. He will succeed Mikael Hult, who has been CEO since 2004. From 2010-2013 Mikael Hult was Chairman of the

Rosoboronexport Plans to Export Anti-Mine Robot Uran-6
2016-05-17 Read More...
Rosoboronexport (Russian state arms exporter) intends to export anti-mine robot Uran-6 due to its high effectiveness during the Palmyra operations, an official from the corporation

Boeing Opens Equipped P-8A Maintenance Training Center
2016-05-17 Read More...
Boeing has equipped the U.S. Navy’s new P-8 Maintenance Training Facility with a suite of realistic, interactive training systems, another key step in the service's efforts to fully integrate the aircraft into the

DSEI 2017 Sees Early Increase in Middle Eastern Participation
2016-05-16 Read More...
DSEI, the world's leading integrated defence and security exhibition, is set to be the key date in the diary for Middle Eastern defence

Damen Signs 7-Year Maintenance Contract with Dutch & Swedish Navies
2016-05-16 Read More...
The Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with the Dutch and Swedish Ministries of Defense for a seven-year, in-service maintenance contract covering a total of five vessels. All of these are tugs purchased from

U.S. Navy Certifies First Aegis Ashore Site in Europe
2016-05-16 Read More...
The first Aegis Ashore site in Europe, based on proven Lockheed Martin technology, is now actively monitoring the skies of southern Europe for ballistic missile

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

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