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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

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,

DCNS wins contract to supply torpedo countermeasures
2009-10-05 Read More...
On 2 September 2009, DCNS signed a contract to supply and install torpedo countermeasures for the French Navy’s entire submarine fleet. This new success further strengthens the Group’s international standing as a world leader in Underwater

The Italian Air Force 4th Stormo reach 10,000 hours with the Eurofighter Typhoon
2009-10-01 Read More...
The 4th Air Wing of the Italian Air Force have reached the key milestone of 10,000 flight hours with the Eurofighter

The Italian Air Force 4th Stormo reach 10,000 hours with the Eurofighter Typhoon Eurofighter Typhoon
2009-10-01 Read More...
The 4th Air Wing of the Italian Air Force have reached the key milestone of 10,000 flight hours with the Eurofighter

Major UK order goes to Rheinmetall
2009-09-30 Read More...
Rheinmetall Nitrochemie, a subsidiary of the Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall Group, has been awarded exclusive responsibility for supplying the British armed forced with propellant systems and powder. The order is worth around €200 million and runs for

Rheinmetall Wins U.K. Propellant Contract
2009-09-30 Read More...
Rheinmetall Nitrochemie is to provide the British military with propellant systems for ammunition manufacture under a 10-year deal signed with BAE Systems worth 200 million euros ($291.8 million).

Two Rafale jets crash in Mediterranean
2009-09-26 Read More...
Two high-techs, French-made Rafale fighters have crashed Thursday while on maneuvers in the Mediterranean and one of the pilots aboard has been saved, Defense Ministry sources confirmed but did not give

Eurofighter Typhoon deliveries completed to the Austrian Air Force
2009-09-24 Read More...
Eurofighter has delivered the 15th and final aircraft ordered by the Austrian Armed Forces today. The aircraft was rolled out from the the EADS Defence & Security Manching assembly line, close to Munich,

Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann hand over first serially produced Boxer vehicle
2009-09-24 Read More...
Official transfer of the first serially manufactured transport vehicle has taken place in the presence of German and Dutch defence ministers. The armed forces of Germany and the Netherlands have taken delivery of an optimally protected, highly

DGA orders 15 SH20 helicopter door mountings to Nexter Systems
2009-09-15 Read More...
As part of the defence section of the economy stimulation plan, Hervé Morin, the Minister for Defence, announces an order for 20 mm door mountings to equip the armed forces' transport and attack helicopters. On the 31st of August 2009, the French

DGA orders 15 SH20 helicopter door mountings to Nexter Systems
2009-09-15 Read More...
As part of the defence section of the economy stimulation plan, Hervé Morin, the Minister for Defence, announces an order for 20 mm door mountings to equip the armed forces' transport and attack helicopters. On the 31st of August 2009, the French

EADS Defence & Security delivers high-tech transmit/receive radar modules for integration into the first MEADS prototype
2009-09-15 Read More...
The high-tech radar modules from EADS Defence & Security (DS) for the Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) of the German-Italian-American Medium Extended Air Defence System (MEADS) have passed all required acceptance tests with margin. This test

FASGW/ANL Joint assessment phase
2009-09-11 Read More...
MBDA welcomes the announcement by the United Kingdom and France of the Joint Assessment Phase to develop a common solution for the next generation of a European helicopter anti-surface

Sagem receives new order for 450 JIM LR multifunction infrared rangefinders for French Army
2009-09-08 Read More...
France’s defense procurement agency (DGA) has just ordered for the French Army 450 JIM LR (Long Range) multifunction infrared rangefinders from Sagem (Safran Group). The order also includes 430 tactical portable MEPS 08P monitors and 90 ROSS (1)

10 years of RUAG – a technology group with a bright future
2009-09-03 Read More...
Berne. The RUAG technology group will be celebrating its 10th anniversary on 3 September 2009 in Thun (Switzerland) together with guests from the worlds of politics, business and

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