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Iranian Navy Receives New Ocean-Going Multifunctional Warship
2020-11-23 Read More...
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRCG) Navy received Thursday a new home-made ocean-going, helicopter and drone carrying warship named Shahid Roudaki, Fars News Agency (FNA)

French Space Command Selects Safran’s WeTrack™ Sensors
2020-11-23 Read More...
The French Space Command is expanding and diversifying its sources of information concerningthe space environment by subscribing to WeTrack™, a global network of radio-frequency (RF)sensors designed, owned and operated by Safran Data

Leonardo, LACROIX to Cooperate in Naval Countermeasures Sector
2020-11-19 Read More...
Leonardo and LACROIX signed a strategic agreement which will see the partners working together to develop and integrate solutions in the naval countermeasures sector. The collaboration, which will look towards new technologies as well as new

Egyptian Warships Arrive in Russia for ‘Friendship Bridge-2020’ Naval Exercise
2020-11-19 Read More...
A group of the Egyptian Navy’s ships called at the port of Novorossiysk for the first time to participate in the Russia-Egypt Friendship Bridge-2020 naval exercise, the press office of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet reported

Russian Navy’s Procurement Plan for 2020 Well on Track
2020-11-18 Read More...
Over the past week, the Russian Navy has been reporting on the successful implementation of the procurement plan of

British Army’s 3rd Division Selects Systematic’s SitaWare Headquarters
2020-11-18 Read More...
The British Army’s 3rd Division (3 DIV) has become the latest component of the UK armed forces toselect Systematic’s SitaWare Command-and-Control (C2)

MBDA to Develop the Combat Missile for Tiger Helicopter
2020-11-16 Read More...
French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly has announced that MBDA is to develop the Future Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile (MAST-F) program as the main French Army air to ground armament for the Tiger combat

Air Defense FREMM Lorraine Floated Out Despite Health Crisis
2020-11-16 Read More...
The last multi-mission frigate and tenth unit of the FREMM series was floated out Friday 13 November at the Naval Group site of Lorient. The crossing of this milestone opens the pathway to the ship’s first sea outing, planned for February 2022 and

Leonardo Starts Final Testing of C-27J Next Generation
2020-11-13 Read More...
Leonardo has begun the final testing of the C-27J Next Generation which features new equipment, a new avionics system and advanced aerodynamic devices, which will enhance the existing high performance of the aircraft. The first C-27J in the new

GD Electric Boat Wins Contract for US Navy’s Columbia-Class Submarines
2020-11-11 Read More...
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), a business unit of General Dynamics (GD), announced that the U.S. Navy has awarded it a $9.474 billion contract modification option for construction and test of the lead and second ships of the Columbia class,

Fifth Russian-Pakistani ‘Friendship-2020’ Exercise Kicks Off
2020-11-11 Read More...
The fifth joint Russian-Pakistani exercise ‘Friendship-2020’ kicked off at the Tarbela special operations training ground in Pakistan, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on

L3Harris Awarded U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps Contracts
2020-11-10 Read More...
L3Harris Technologies has received the first order on its multi-million dollar contract from the U.S. Army for the Small Tactical Optical Rifle-Mounted Micro Laser Rangefinder 2 (STORM

ASELSAN Wins NATO’s Defense Innovation Challenge
2020-11-10 Read More...
ASELSAN, the leading international defense and technology company has won NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency’s Fifth Annual Defense Innovation

Naval Group Delivers Suffren Submarine to French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA)
2020-11-09 Read More...
Naval Group delivered Friday the Suffren nuclear attack submarine (SSN) to the French Armament Procurement Agency (Direction Générale de l’Armement - DGA) at the Toulon naval

India Receives Second Batch of Three Rafale Fighter Jets
2020-11-09 Read More...
A second batch of three Rafale fighter jets arrived at Jamnagar airbase in Gujarat, India on Wednesday evening after flying non-stop from Istres, France, the Indian Air Force (IAF) confirmed, according to local

Upgraded Tu-160M Strategic Bomber Makes Debut Flight with New Engines
2020-11-06 Read More...
A heavily upgraded Tu-160M strategic missile-carrying bomber performed its debut flight with new engines, the press office of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced, TASS news agency

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