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MBDA’s Meteor Firings Conclude with Lethal Display
2012-07-17 Read More...
MBDA’s Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile (BVRAAM) has concluded its guided firing programme with three direct hits from three firings during Government sponsored Electronic Protection Measure (EPM) trials against targets deploying

NGC's Guardrail System Completes 1,000th Mission
2012-07-13 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC) RC-12X Guardrail system recently completed its 1,000th mission since going into theater in

C295 Carries Marte MK2/S Anti-Ship Missile for 1st Time
2012-07-13 Read More...
Airbus Military and MBDA have successfully completed the first flight of the C295 maritime patrol aircraft with an instrumented Marte MK2/S anti-ship inert missile installed under the

Thales Simulators Increase Rafale Training Capacity
2012-07-12 Read More...
Thales announced the acceptance by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) of the upgrade to the F3.2 standard of the first 2 Rafale simulator cabins at the simulation centre in Saint-Dizier,

MBDA Unveils SPEAR at Farnborough Air Show
2012-07-12 Read More...
MBDA, Europe’s leading missile systems company, unveiled SPEAR, a new, high precision surface attack weapon for fast combat aircraft at the ongoing Farnborough International Air Show (UK, 11-17 July

Gowind OPV L’Adroit Starts First Operations
2012-07-12 Read More...
Gowind® offshore patrol vessel L’Adroit returned to her homeport of Toulon (France) on 29 June 2012 after a two-month mission in the Mediterranean. DCNS has made the ship available to the French Navy for three

ATK's GAU-23 Type Classifies for AC-130W Gunships
2012-07-12 Read More...
ATK announced that a modified variant of its Mk44 Bushmaster® Automatic Cannon was recently type classified as the GAU-23 by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) for integration on AC-130W gunships. A rapid prototyping effort quickly provided the USAF with

Bombardier at Farnborough Airshow 2012
2012-07-12 Read More...
Bombardier Aerospace is returning to the Farnborough International Airshow (9-15 July 2012) with a display of its diversified portfolio of business and commercial

Raytheon Celebrates 90th Anniversary
2012-07-10 Read More...
This month, Raytheon Company celebrates its 90th anniversary as a technology and innovation leader.

MBDA’s Vision of Future UAV Weapon Systems
2012-07-10 Read More...
At the ongoing 2012 Farnborough International Airshow, MBDA is unveiling an innovative concept weapon system for 2030, CVS301

Indra’s New Maritime Air Surveillance System at Farnborough
2012-07-10 Read More...
The Maritime Light Surveillance System, based on the P2006T MRI aircraft, is presented at the ongoing edition of the Farnborough Aeronautical Fair (9-15 July 2012).

A400M MSN6 on Static Display at Farnborough Air Show
2012-07-09 Read More...
Based on the current flight test schedule and planning for the coming days, Airbus Military has decided to bring the first production representative example of the A400M - the MSN6 - to the Farnborough Air

ITT at Farnborough Air Show
2012-07-09 Read More...
ITT Exelis is showcasing its industry-leading defense technologies at the 2012 Farnborough Air Show (Farnborough, Hampshire, U.K., 9-15

Eurocopter at Farnborough Airshow
2012-07-09 Read More...
Eurocopter’s participation at the 2012 Farnborough Airshow (within the EADS Pavilion) will highlight the capabilities of the company’s growing rotorcraft family, including the new EC175, a new seven metric ton-category

GKN at Farnborough 2012
2012-07-09 Read More...
At the ongoing Farnborough Air Show (Farnborough, Hampshire, U.K., 9-15 July), GKN Aerospace is demonstrating the growing technological contribution the company is making to increasing aircraft performance and

Firing Test for Sagem's Hammer with Laser Terminal Guidance
2012-07-06 Read More...
French defense procurement agency DGA has successfully carried out the first qualification firing test of the laser terminal guidance version of the AASM Hammer modular air-to-ground weapon built by Sagem (Safran

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