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3M Completes Sale of Advanced Ballistic-Protection Business
2020-01-06 Read More...
3M announced that it has completed the sale of the company’s advanced-ballistic protection business to Avon Rubber p.l.c. for $91 million, before closing and other adjustments. A further contingent consideration of up to $25 million is payable

Temporary Company Grouping EBMR Delivers 92nd GRIFFON
2020-01-03 Read More...
On 24th of December, the temporary company grouping EBMR received an inspection report for the delivery of the 92nd VBMR-GRIFFON from the quality department of the French Defense Procurement Agency

Barracuda Program: The Start-Up of the Suffren Nuclear Reactor
2020-01-03 Read More...
After the launch of the Suffren last 12 July in the presence of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, a new milestone was reached with the divergence of the reactor, a prelude to its first sea acceptance tests prior to its delivery

Lockheed Martin Delivers 134 F-35s in 2019
2020-01-03 Read More...
Lockheed Martin delivered the 134th F-35 aircraft for the year on 30th December 2019, exceeding the joint government and industry 2019 delivery goal of 131

Embraer KC-390 Millennium Airlifter Concludes Airdrop Testing Campaign
2020-01-03 Read More...
The KC-390 Millennium new generation multi-mission medium airlifter has successfully concluded the testing campaign for gravity airdrop and extraction drop of heavy loads by the use of the Container Delivery System (CDS) and Low Velocity Air Drop

Indonesia Building Competitive Defense Industry
2020-01-02 Read More...
While modernizing its weaponry system, Indonesia’s defense industry has become a competitive producer of weapons and military vehicles, as seen in the surge of exports, the Jakarta Post reported.

Russia Starts Developing Combat Robotic Vehicles
2020-01-02 Read More...
Russia has started work on developing Shturm and Soratnik heavy-and medium-class combat robotic vehicles, Army Commander-in-Chief Army General Oleg Salyukov said last

German Arms Exports Hit Record €8 Billion in 2019
2019-12-31 Read More...
Three years of falling weapons and military hardware exports have gone into reverse, reaching almost €8 billion in 2019. The figures have been criticized as proving that controls on weapons deliveries are not working, Deutsche Welle (DW)

Iran, Russia, China Conclude First Joint Naval Drills
2019-12-31 Read More...
A trilateral naval exercise of Russia, China and Iran, codenamed Maritime Security Belt, kicked off in the Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean on December 27 and concluded on December 30. The active phase of the exercise began on

Leonardo’s M-40 Target Drone Used to Prove MBDA’s Mistral Missiles
2019-12-30 Read More...
Leonardo has concluded a series of flights with its M-40 target drone as part of a trials campaign in Italy. This saw the drones simulating modern airborne threats, allowing for the realistic demonstration of MBDA’s latest surface-to-air

U.S. Air Force’s New B-21 Stealth Bomber Under Construction
2019-12-30 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force’s new B-21 stealth bomber is scheduled to make its first public appearance in December 2021. But there’s a lot of work to do before the plane can

ASELSAN Offers Incentives to Turkish Experts Living Abroad
2019-12-30 Read More...
ASELSAN, one of Turkey’s biggest defense companies, has joined efforts to reverse the brain drain and boost talented manpower needed by the growing country, Daily Sabah

Embraer, Brazilian Air Force Eye New Light Military Transport Aircraft
2019-12-27 Read More...
Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which enables the study of the potential development of a new light military transport

Turkish Aerospace Opens Office in Pakistan’s Technopark
2019-12-27 Read More...
Turkish Aerospace has opened its first office in Pakistan at the country’s National Science & Technology Park, Sabah Daily

Russia Floats Out First Yasen-M-Class Nuclear Submarine
2019-12-27 Read More...
The Russian military has floated out the nuclear submarine “Novosibirsk” – the first Yasen-M-class vessel launched by the country, Sputnik news agency

Leonardo Tests New, Larger Osprey 50 AESA Radar
2019-12-26 Read More...
Leonardo has announced the first flight trials of its Osprey 50 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, the new, larger-aperture variant of the Company’s successful Osprey surveillance radar. The flight trials were carried

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