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M-346 makes its 1,000th flight
2009-11-04 Read More...
The new M-346 Master advanced trainer designed by Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, has reached the symbolic 1,000-flight

NGC Begins Producing 1st Int'l F-35 JSF
2009-10-30 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has begun producing the center fuselage for the first international F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, an F-35B short take off, vertical landing (STOVL) variant for the United Kingdom designated BK-1. The center fuselage

BAE Acquires VT's Stake in BVT
2009-10-30 Read More...
BAE Systems announced that it has acquired VT Group's 45% shareholding in BVT Surface Fleet Limited

Brazil Receives First Leopard 1A5 MBT
2009-10-29 Read More...
- A total of 220 systems to be supplied to Brazil from German army stocks by 2012.- KMW overhauls the vehicles in Germany and provides local

2 New Export Contracts for Nexter
2009-10-28 Read More...
After last September’s order by the French Army for 15 helicopter SH 20 type retractable door mountings, the wide range of Nexter Systems weapons systems designed around the 20 M 621 cannon is once again successful thanks to 2 export

First A330MRTT wet contact through in house designed boom
2009-10-22 Read More...
An Airbus Military A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) fitted with the Air Refuelling Boom System (ARBS) successfully performed the first in-flight refuelling with two F16s from the Portuguese Air Force on 21st October.

Vectronix wins the 2009 award for French development in Switzerland
2009-10-22 Read More...
Already for the twenty-first time Swiss and French companies received this prestigious award from the Swiss-French chamber of commerce and industry (CFSCI). On October 16, Vectronix was among the winners in

Rotating E-Scan Radar May Push Eurofighter Exports
2009-10-20 Read More...
The new "repositionable" electronically scanned radar being proposed for the Eurofighter could make the difference for the fighter in export markets, its designers claim.

NATO Agency and Turkey Delegation paved the way for further collaboration
2009-10-19 Read More...
On Thursday 15th of October, NC3A hosted a Turkish Delegation that was in Brussels as part of a two days Defence Industry Conference in NATO HQ. The Delegation was led by Turkey’s Under Secretary for Defence and included thirty Turkish Senior/Middle

Abu Dhabi MAR & ThyssenKrupp ink Naval Deal
2009-10-15 Read More...
German industrial firm ThyssenKrupp and Abu Dhabi MAR Group agreed a long-term strategic partnership for building naval ships and megayachts, ThyssenKrupp said

SELEX Galileo's Defensive Aids Suite selected by the RAF
2009-10-13 Read More...
SELEX Galileo, of Finmeccanica, will provide the Defensive Aids Suite (DAS) as part of the £300 million upgrade programme for 28 of the Royal Air Force’s fleet of Puma Mk1 helicopters.

Euro Hawk Roll Out
2009-10-08 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation and EADS Defence & Security (DS) introduced the first Euro Hawk® unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in an unveiling ceremony today at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, Calif., facility. The Euro Hawk® marks the first

DGA selects Thales for VENUS
2009-10-08 Read More...
The French Defence Procurement Agency has awarded Thales the contractorship for the Urgent Operational Requirement VENUS (nomadic command vehicles communicating via satellite) in order to equip armored vehicles with mobile satellite communication

ThalesRaytheonSystems: Improved Sentinel Radar
2009-10-06 Read More...
A ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) AN/MPQ-64 Improved Sentinel Multi-Mode radar has performed successfully during recent demonstrations held with the U.S.

Sagem: DGA orders 500 new SITEL
2009-10-06 Read More...
French defense procurement agency DGA has ordered an additional 500 SITEL (Système d’Information Terminal Elémentaire) vehicle-mounted tactical information systems from Sagem (group) for the French army. The contract also includes crew training,

MBDA: Successful Demonstration of the Semi-Active Laser Guided Zuni Rocket
2009-10-06 Read More...
MBDA Inc. today announced the successful demonstration of a Semi-Active Laser Guided Zuni rocket against a moving target at the Navy’s test facilities at China Lake, CA. This firing comes after a successful shot against a static target in May of

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