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French Army Aviation Receives First Tiger HAD Retrofit
2017-12-26 Read More...
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first Tiger retrofitted into the HAD version to the French Army Aviation, after having previously completed its formal acceptance process with the French Defense Procurement Agency

KMW Orders Saab’s Mobile Camouflage Systems
2017-12-21 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has received an order from the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH (KMW) for deliveries of Mobile Camouflage Systems (MCS). Deliveries will take place during the period

US to Upgrade Military Airbases in Eastern Europe
2017-12-20 Read More...
The US is planning to spend approximately $214 million on upgrading and building military structures and installations on its air bases in Eastern Europe, Norway and Iceland as part of a deterrence initiative

Airbus Helicopters’ Project Eagle Takes Flight
2017-12-18 Read More...
Airbus Helicopters has gone a step further in the experimentation of its Project Eagle, with the in-flight validation of the innovative on-board image processing

Bittium Wins Order from Finnish Defense Forces
2017-12-13 Read More...
Bittium has received a purchase order from the Finnish Defense Forces for versatile Bittium Tough Comnode terminal. The purchase order concerns the final phase of the terminal’s productization over a duration of nine months and the delivery of a

Romania to Acquire Patriot Missile Defense System
2017-12-06 Read More...
The government of Romania has signed an agreement to purchase Raytheon’s combat-proven Patriot™ Integrated Air and Missile Defense System from the U.S.

Eurofighter Typhoon Proves Swing Role Capabilities
2017-12-05 Read More...
Eurofighter Typhoon has proved its swing role capabilities on operations, according to Royal Air Force Air Vice Marshal Gerry Mayhew, Air Officer Commanding No 1

French Armed Forces Ministry Receives First MMPs
2017-12-04 Read More...
France’s defense procurement agency, the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), has accepted the delivery to the French Armed Forces of the first batch of 50 missiles and 20 firing posts from the new MMP

SVFuA Receives Technology of the Year Award
2017-12-04 Read More...
Rohde & Schwarz announced that the joint radio system of the German Armed Forces (SVFuA) received the prestigious 2017 Technology of the Year award from the Wireless Innovation

Thales Demos New Generation of Software-Defined Radios
2017-11-30 Read More...
A series of full-scale operational demonstrations of SYNAPS, the new generation of software-defined radios from Thales, was successfully completed in Chantilly, France from 21 to 24

Safran’s JIM Compact Infrared Binoculars Selected by 7th NATO Country
2017-11-24 Read More...
Safran announced that its JIM Compact infrared binoculars were selected by a 7th NATO country during this week’s Milipol Exhibition in

MBDA Inc. Vice President to Lead Strategic Business Development
2017-11-24 Read More...
MBDA Incorporated announced that Nancy DiCarlo has joined the company as Vice President, Strategic Business

Bittium Tough SDR™ Tactical Radios Enhanced With ESSOR Waveform
2017-11-08 Read More...
Bittium is part of Operational Capability 1 (OC1) phase that continues the ESSOR (European Secure Software defined Radio) program. During the OC1 phase, the operational capabilities of ESSOR High Data Rate Waveform (HDR WF), meant for joint

MBDA’s Brimstone Test Fired From Eurofighter Typhoon
2017-11-06 Read More...
A series of live firings of the MBDA Brimstone precision strike missile from a Eurofighter Typhoon have been completed successfully, adding enhanced capability to the

Gavin Williamson Named UK Defence Secretary
2017-11-06 Read More...
Theresa May faced a fierce backlash from some Conservative MPs after she appointed her little-known chief whip Gavin Williamson as Defence Secretary, even though he has never spoken as a Minister in the

Lockheed Martin, Navantia to Renew 20-Year Partnership
2017-10-30 Read More...
In 2017, Navantia and Lockheed Martin celebrate the 20th anniversary of a successful collaboration to supply the Spanish Navy with the Aegis Combat System for the F-100

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