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NGC Starts Production of 1st NATO Global Hawk
2013-12-06 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC) Moss Point, Mississippi, Unmanned Systems Center started production of the first NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Block 40 Global Hawk aircraft, enhanced to meet NATO operational

French Army Deploys Thales Commander Training System
2013-12-05 Read More...
At an inauguration ceremony, Thales has announced the entry into service of a new-generation Commander Training System for the French

US Navy Deploys SM-6 Standard Missile for First Time
2013-12-05 Read More...
The U.S. Navy is deploying Raytheon’s Standard Missile-6 for the first time, marking the initial operational capability milestone for the U.S. Navy's newest, most advanced extended range area defense

PIRIOU Buys “La Tapageuse” from French Navy
2013-12-05 Read More...
PIRIOU Naval Services (PNS), PIRIOU's repair arm in Concarneau, has purchased the P400 Patrol Boat “La Tapageuse” from the French

Putin, Saudi Intelligence Chief Meet in Moscow
2013-12-04 Read More...
Russian President Vladimir Putin received Saudi Intelligence Chief Prince Bandar Bin Sultan in Moscow on

Thales’ First A400M Flat Panel Flight Training Device
2013-12-04 Read More...
The first A400M Flat Panel Flight Training Device designed and built by Thales for Airbus Military has been contributing to the training of air crews at the Airbus Military International Training Centre in Seville since

Lockheed Martin at I/ITSEC 2013
2013-12-04 Read More...
Lockheed Martin is demonstrating the latest advancements in simulation and training for the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida (02-05

Eurocopter Demos its EC175 & EC145 T2 in Asia
2013-12-03 Read More...
Two of Eurocopter’s newest members in its twin-engine helicopter family - the next-generation EC175 and evolved EC145 T2 – are coming to Asia for a three-week demonstration tour with operators in the oil and gas, VIP, corporate, charter, military

Thales at I/ITSEC 2013
2013-12-03 Read More...
From training equipment to turnkey training services, Thales leads the way in training applications. The group is participating at I/ITSEC 2013, the world’s largest modeling, simulation and training conference (2-5 December 2013; Orlando,

Typhoon Completes 1st Test with Storm Shadow Missile
2013-12-03 Read More...
BAE Systems announced that working with its Eurofighter partners, the first in a series of flight tests to integrate the Storm Shadow missile onto Typhoon is now

Boeing, Kongsberg Check JSM on F/A-18 Super Hornet
2013-12-02 Read More...
Kongsberg Defence Systems (KONGSBERG) and Boeing recently completed a successful fit-check of the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) on an F/A-18F Super Hornet at the Boeing St. Louis facility to ensure the weapons fit on the aircraft’s external pylons. The

First Airbus Military A400M Makes Final Flight
2013-11-29 Read More...
Nearly four years after its maiden flight, the first Airbus Military A400M new generation airlifter has been retired and is to be placed on public

French Security Industry Ready to Tackle Export Markets
2013-11-28 Read More...
While new security challenges - especially maritime security - are still front page news, the French Prime Minister Jean- Marc Ayrault, together with a number of concerned Cabinet members, officially launched the COFIS, Comité de la Filière

Airbus Military, Cassidian Demo CN235 with FITS, UAS
2013-11-28 Read More...
Systems developed by EADS sister companies Airbus Military and Cassidian have played key roles in the first large-scale demonstration of technologies to address the growing crisis of economic migration and smuggling on Europe’s maritime

Piaggio Aero’s P.1HH HammerHead UAS Achieves 1st Flight
2013-11-26 Read More...
Piaggio Aero, together with Selex ES, announced at last week’s Dubai Airshow that the P.1HH HammerHead Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has achieved the demonstration and validation phase of the program with the maiden flight of the P.1HH DEMO,

ATK, Alenia Aermacchi Win Italian Air Force Contract
2013-11-26 Read More...
ATK announced that the Alenia/ATK team has been notified by the Italian Air Force they have been selected for the integration of the Roll-On/Roll-Off (RORO), palletized Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C2-ISR) and

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