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Gripen First Combat Fighter to Fire Meteor Missile
2013-07-02 Read More...
In cooperation with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), defence and security company Saab has successfully conducted the first test firing of the version of the Meteor radar-controlled air-to-air missile, developed for mass

DCI & Chalair Aviation Acquire Stakes in Vigie Aviation
2013-07-02 Read More...
DCI, a service provider with activities on the entire spectrum of defense and domestic security, and Chalair Aviation, a French airline company, continue their development by announcing an investment in Vigie

DCI's Expertise in Training Fighter and Helicopter Pilots
2013-06-28 Read More...
DCI, a service provider with activities on the entire spectrum of defense and domestic security, possesses unrivaled expertise in training fighter and helicopter

Royal Navy of Oman Accepts First of Class Warship
2013-06-27 Read More...
The first warship built by BAE Systems for the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) as part of Project Khareef for the design, build and delivery of three corvettes, has been formally handed over in a ceremony at HM Naval Base Portsmouth

Iveco-Soframe Deliver 1st Military Truck to French Army
2013-06-27 Read More...
Iveco Defence Vehicles and its French Soframe have handed over the first of 200 multi-purpose military vehicles of the Porteur Polyvalent Terrestre (PPT) Programme to the French Armed Forces.

Eurocopter’s New Paris-Le Bourget Industrial Site
2013-06-26 Read More...
The green light for the start of construction on Eurocopter’s new industrial site, known as “Paris-Le Bourget”, was given this past week by Guillaume Faury, President and CEO of Eurocopter, in the presence of Claude Bartolone, President of the

TRS’ Air Defense Management Center Proven in Mali
2013-06-26 Read More...
The ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) CMD3D1 (Centre de Management de la Défense dans la 3ème Dimension) air defense management center deployed with the French Army's 54th Artillery Regiment on Operation Serval in Mali since January 2013 has proven its

1st Thales A400M Full Flight Simulator Ready for Training
2013-06-25 Read More...
The first A400M Full Flight Simulator (FFS) designed and built by Thales for Airbus Military received European Aviation Safety Agency’s qualification for training on the 7 June at Airbus Military International Training Centre in

HAL & Dassault Aviation Review Ongoing Projects
2013-06-25 Read More...
On the occasion of last week’s Paris Air show (Le Bourget, 17-23 June 2013), HAL Chairman, Dr. RK Tyagi and Dassault Aviation Chairman, Eric Trappier and their respective Senior Executives met to review the progress in ongoing

TRS-NATO Sign Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Contract
2013-06-24 Read More...
ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) announced the signature on 20th June of a €136 million contract with NATO to produce and deploy a Theater Ballistic Missile Defense capability to be integrated with the NATO Air Command and Control System

BAE Systems Celebrates 1960s “Thunderbirds” Projects
2013-06-24 Read More...
A hypersonic space-plane capable of travelling at five times the speed of sound, a jeep that leapt over enemy blockades, and a commercial aircraft able to take off and land vertically in densely populated cities, are just some of the 1960s

MBDA Unveils New Solution to Reshape Surface Combat
2013-06-24 Read More...
At last week’s Paris Air Show 2013 (Le Bourget, 17-23 June), MBDA unveiled CVS302 HOPLITE that is designed to supply an Indirect Precision Attack capability for land and naval artillery in 2035 and

Rheinmetall to Supply MBT Subsystems to an Arab Country
2013-06-21 Read More...
An important new order from an Arab customer underscores Rheinmetall’s role as a leading international supplier of army technology

DLR, Dassault Aviation to Cooperate in Aerospace Research
2013-06-21 Read More...
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the French aerospace company Dassault Aviation intend to join forces in aerospace

Cassidian Protects Civil Aircraft Against Missile Attacks
2013-06-21 Read More...
Cassidian, the defense and security division of EADS, has developed an intelligent system for the protection of civil aircraft against attacks by missiles of the MANPADS type (Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems), which will allow aircraft to fly over

Sagem Flight Tests COMINT on Patroller™ Drone
2013-06-20 Read More...
Between June 10 and 13, Sagem (Safran) carried out a new series of flight tests of its PatrollerTM drone system in multi-sensor, multi-mission configuration, incorporating an airborne communications intelligence (COMINT)

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