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Qatar Airways Eyes Europe Acquisitions
2012-01-24 Read More...
Qatar Airways is eyeing more investment in Europe and has identified an acquisition target, the Gulf carrier's Chief Executive said, while declining to comment about Spanish airline

Cassidian & Rheinmetall Form UAS Joint Venture
2012-01-23 Read More...
Rheinmetall and Cassidian have agreed to pursue Rheinmetall’s Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) activities together in a Joint

Lockheed Martin Acquires Procerus Technologies
2012-01-18 Read More...
Lockheed Martin today announced the acquisition of Procerus Technologies, a company specializing in autopilot and other avionics for micro unmanned aerial

Safran & Thales to Create Optronics JV
2011-12-22 Read More...
Thales and Safran signed, Wednesday, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create an equally-owned joint venture for optronics (electro-optical) systems and equipment. French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet attended the signing

Cassidian & Alenia Aeronautica Agree On UAS Cooperation
2011-12-15 Read More...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Cassidian on behalf of EADS Deutschland GmbH and Alenia Aeronautica to jointly investigate the potential cooperation in the field of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Systems

Flydubai Joins New Emirates-CAE Training Center
2011-12-15 Read More...
Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT), the joint venture between Emirates Group and CAE, announced that flydubai will be the anchor customer for the new ECFT airline training

Quest Helicopters: A Ukrainian-Emirati Joint Venture
2011-11-23 Read More...
UAE-based investor Quest Investment is pumping Dh183 million ($US 50 million) into a new helicopter venture, an official has

Abu Dhabi Aviation & AgustaWestland Form JV
2011-11-16 Read More...
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Abu Dhabi Aviation, the largest commercial helicopter operator in the Middle East, announced the establishment of a joint venture in the UAE in the field of helicopter

Saab Completes Acquisition of Sensis
2011-08-17 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab AB's acquisition of the U.S. Company Sensis Corporation (Sensis), announced on 29 June 2011, is

2nd Emirates-CAE Flight Training Facility in Dubai
2011-07-13 Read More...
Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT), the joint venture between Emirates Group and CAE, today announced that they will open a second facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2012 to provide additional training capacity for airline pilots and

FN Hersal Acquires Noptel Oy
2011-07-08 Read More...
Belgium-based firearms manufacturer FN Herstal announced the acquisition of Finnish Company Noptel Oy, specialized in laser range finding

Saab to Acquire Sensis Corporation
2011-07-04 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab AB announced a definitive agreement to acquire the U.S. company Sensis Corporation (Sensis), a leading provider of air traffic management (ATM) solutions and surveillance technologies, for approximately US$ 155

Rohde & Schwarz Acquires ipoque
2011-05-25 Read More...
Up to now, Rohde & Schwarz has focused on providing solutions for monitoring, locating and analyzing radiocommunications

Selex Galileo Acquires UTRI
2011-05-16 Read More...
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company and leader in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), announced the acquisition of Italian technology firm UTRI (Unmanned Technologies Research Institute).

Harris Introduces Cellular Network-in-a-Box
2011-04-25 Read More...
Harris recently introduced KnightHawk(tm) 3G - a ruggedized, highly mobile tactical base station that enables warfighters on the move to maintain 3G cellular services in locations with limited or no cellular connectivity.

Harris Completes Acquisition of Schlumberger’s GCS
2011-04-06 Read More...
Harris has completed its previously announced acquisition of the Global Connectivity Services (GCS) business from an operating unit of Schlumberger.

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