Europe
Fincantieri, Finmeccanica to Renew Italian Navy’s Fleet
Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups and reference player in the naval shipbuilding industry, and Finmeccanica, Italy’s leading manufacturer in the high technology sector, will build and equip the units set out in the renewal
SEDEF, Navantia to Build LPD Ship for Turkish Navy
During IDEF 2015, the Defense exhibition which took place in Istanbul last week (05-08 May), the Turkish shipyard SEDEF has signed a contract with the SSM for the design and construction of one LPD ship for the Turkish Navy. Navantia participates in
Netherlands MoD, Thales Partner for Air Defense Systems
The Netherlands Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Thales announced their partnership for the service of four SMART-L Early Warning Capability (EWC) radars for the Royal Netherlands Navy, as well as service and delivery of two SMART-L EWC Ground Based
Sagem to Produce 30 Autopilot Systems for Brazil’s Panthers
Sagem (Safran) has signed an ITP (“Intention to Proceed”) agreement with Helibras concerning the production of 30 autopilot systems for Brazil's Panther helicopters. The autopilot is part of the helicopter's automatic flight control system (AFCS),
Rockwell Collins’ FireStorm Certified for Use with F-35
A current and qualified Forward Air Controller (FAC) from the United Kingdom, using the Rockwell Collins FireStorm Integrated Targeting System, was the first to successfully guide an F-35 Lightning II aircraft digitally using a complete air strike
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