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Leonardo, University of Naples Federico II Launch Aerotech Academy
2020-01-13 Read More...
Leonardo - the leading Italian industrial company in high technologies and among the top ten in the world in Aerospace, Defense and Security - has signed a collaboration agreement with the University of Naples ‘Federico II” to launch the Aerotech

Navantia Closes Resistant Hull of S81 “Isaac Peral” Submarine
2020-01-10 Read More...
Navantia finalized last month, in the Cartagena facilities (Spain), the closure of the resistant hull of the S-81 ‘Isaac Peral’ submarine for the Spanish Navy, after the union of the last section of the

Iveco DV to Supply First Batch of 942 Trucks to Romanian Armed Forces
2020-01-10 Read More...
Iveco Defence Vehicles (DV), a subsidiary of CNH Industrial N.V., announced that on December 30, 2019 a first order of a frame agreement including more than 2,900 high mobility trucks has been signed with the Romanian Ministry of National

PELI Products Introduces PELI RUCK™ Cases
2020-01-10 Read More...
Peli Products, the global leader in the design and manufacturing of high-performance cases, introduces the new Peli RUCK™ cases. These ultimate personal utility cases are an innovative and strategic storage

Turkish Armed Forces to Receive New Defense Systems in 2020
2020-01-09 Read More...
The Turkish defense industry will deliver new vehicles and systems to the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in 2020, Turkey’s top defense industry official said, Anadolu Agency (AA)

Northrop Grumman Completes Initial In-Water Testing of AQS-24 Mine Hunting Sonar
2020-01-09 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s AQS-24 mine hunting sonar recently completed initial in-water testing of a next-generation Deploy and Retrieval (D&R)

CEO Urs Breitmeier to Leave RUAG
2020-01-09 Read More...
RUAG International’s Board of Directors and CEO Urs Breitmeier have separated by mutual

Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Visits USA, UK
2020-01-08 Read More...
Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Minister of Defense, and his accompanying delegation arrived in the United States of America on a state visit on

L3Harris to Upgrade US Special Operations Command’s VSAT Fleet
2020-01-08 Read More...
U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has awarded L3Harris Technologies a five-year with options, $100 million contract to upgrade and extend the service life of its existing fleet of approximately 550 L3Harris Very Small Aperture Terminals

GA-ASI Concludes Series of MQ-9 Demonstrations in Greece
2020-01-08 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) concluded a series of flight demonstrations using its MQ-9 Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) on December 19,

World’s 10 Largest Defense Companies
2020-01-07 Read More...
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) recently released its latest overview of the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies, finding that their sales increased 4.6% last year. In total, global weapons

Russia Invites 2,500+ Defense Enterprises to ARMY-2020 Forum
2020-01-07 Read More...
More than 2,500 enterprises and companies have been invited to attend the International Military-Technical Forum ‘ARMY-2020’, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov recently said, TASS news agency

Naval Group Delivers A.R.A. BOUCHARD OPV to Argentinian Navy
2020-01-07 Read More...
The Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) L’Adroit adopts the Argentinian flag and becomes the A.R.A. BOUCHARD. The first one of the four OPVs ordered by Argentina has been designed and developed by Naval Group on its own

Joint State Tests of Mi-26T2V Helicopter Started
2020-01-07 Read More...
Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) and representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defense recently started joint state tests of Mi-26T2V heavy-lift military transport helicopter which are to last until the end of

MBDA to Supply Enforcer Missiles to Germany
2020-01-06 Read More...
MBDA has been awarded by the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) a contract for the acquisition of Enforcer missile systems for the German Armed

Brigadier General Esmayeel Qaani Succeeds Lt. General Qassem Soleimani
2020-01-06 Read More...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei appointed on Friday Brigadier General Esmayeel Qaani (photo) as the new Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force whose late chief, Lieutenant General Qassem

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