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Bell Helicopter Delivers 7 Bell 429s to Swedish National Police
2016-05-20 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company announced the delivery and entry into service of the Swedish National Police’s seven Bell 429 helicopters. The fleet is being used for law enforcement and search and rescue, including mountain rescue, across

Airbus Helicopters Participates at HeliRussia 2016
2016-05-19 Read More...
Airbus Helicopters is showcasing H135 in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) configuration and H160 mock-up at the international helicopter industry exhibition HeliRussia 2016 held in Moscow on May

CybAero Names New Chief Executive Officer
2016-05-18 Read More...
CybAero´s Board of Directors appoints Rolf Schytt Chief Executive Officer effective May 16. He will succeed Mikael Hult, who has been CEO since 2004. From 2010-2013 Mikael Hult was Chairman of the

DSEI 2017 Sees Early Increase in Middle Eastern Participation
2016-05-16 Read More...
DSEI, the world's leading integrated defence and security exhibition, is set to be the key date in the diary for Middle Eastern defence

Damen Signs 7-Year Maintenance Contract with Dutch & Swedish Navies
2016-05-16 Read More...
The Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with the Dutch and Swedish Ministries of Defense for a seven-year, in-service maintenance contract covering a total of five vessels. All of these are tugs purchased from

U.S. Navy Certifies First Aegis Ashore Site in Europe
2016-05-16 Read More...
The first Aegis Ashore site in Europe, based on proven Lockheed Martin technology, is now actively monitoring the skies of southern Europe for ballistic missile

Bell Helicopter Opens New Paint Facility & Delivery Center in Prague
2016-05-16 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company announced that its Prague location officially opened a new paint facility and delivery center –providing full aircraft completion and delivery capabilities to its European

Airbus Helicopters to Retrofit 35 EC145 for Sécurité Civile in France
2016-05-13 Read More...
Airbus Helicopters has been awarded a contract by the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) to retrofit the avionics suite of the 35 EC145 helicopters operated by the Sécurité Civile, an agency of the French Ministry of Interior that performs

NATO Exercise BRILLIANT JUMP 2016 to Start Next Week
2016-05-13 Read More...
Exercise BRILLIANT JUMP 2016 phase II (Deployex – deployment exercise) will take place in the period 17-27 May 2016 in several locations in Poland, with the aim of training the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) to quickly deploy to an

Stemme to Present Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) at ILA Berlin
2016-05-09 Read More...
Stemme will present its innovative Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) at ILA Berlin Air Show (01 to 04 June 2016; Berlin ExpoCenter

DSEI Wins Two Awards at the Exhibition News Awards
2016-05-06 Read More...
Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) won two awards at the Exhibition News Awards (ENA) for Best Operations Team, EventShaper, and Best Feature Area for the Medical Innovation Demonstration delivered in partnership with MOD Defence

France to Receive Hellfire Missiles from US Army Stock
2016-05-06 Read More...
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to France for Hellfire Missiles and associated equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $30

DCI Launches New User-Friendly Website in 3 Languages
2016-05-04 Read More...
DCI has just launched the new version of its internet website www.groupedci.fr offering an optimized and targeted access to all its products and

Airbus Helicopters, PGZ Discuss Cooperation on Tiger HAD in Poland
2016-05-02 Read More...
Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) and Airbus Helicopters hosted a two-day workshop in Radom, Poland on 28-29 April to identify potential areas of cooperation around the Tiger HAD project, in the frame of the Kruk attack helicopter

Meggitt Training Systems Unveils Enhanced Virtual Training System in Europe
2016-04-22 Read More...
Meggitt Training Systems announced the European debut of its recently released FATS® 100e virtual training system will take place at ITEC 2016 in London from 17-19 May,

UK, France Launch Rapid Deployment Exercise
2016-04-12 Read More...
A joint force between the UK and France will face its biggest development test to date as the two countries come together for an

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