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ARQUUS Celebrates a Century of Innovation and Engagement
2018-05-28 Read More...
From the FT 17 to the Griffon, from the EBR to the VAB and from the VLRA to the Bastion, Arquus is rooted in a century of innovation and commitment. Today it is moving forward with a new strategy and a new corporate structure in the service of

Leonardo Announces Successful First Flight for MALE-Class Drone
2018-05-28 Read More...
The first flight campaign to demonstrate satellite control of a European-built MALE-class (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) drone has been completed successfully. A team comprising Telespazio (Leonardo 67%, Thales 33%) and Piaggio Aerospace carried

Meggitt Training Systems to Demo Latest Simulators at CANSEC
2018-05-28 Read More...
Meggitt Training Systems will conduct demonstrations of its industry-leading simulators and trainers, plus display live-fire solutions, during CANSEC 2018 at Ottawa’s EY Centre on May

Photonis USA Pennsylvania Partners with Night Vision Devices
2018-05-28 Read More...
Photonis USA Pennsylvania, Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Night Vision Devices, Inc. as the United States’ exclusive distributor and integrator for Photonis’ lightweight and small form factor 16mm night vision image

Construction Starts on US Navy’s 1st Flight III Destroyer
2018-05-25 Read More...
The US Navy has now started construction on a first-of-its-kind new surface warfare destroyer armed with improved weapons, advanced sensors and new radar 35-times more sensitive than most current systems, service officials

Lockheed Martin’s LRASM Scores Again in USAF B-1B Flight
2018-05-25 Read More...
Lockheed Martin successfully fired two production representative Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) from a U.S. Air Force (USAF)

Otokar Exhibits 3 Armored Vehicles in Kazakhstan
2018-05-24 Read More...
Otokar, Turkey’s largest privately owned defense industry company, with products used in more than 30 countries, is participating at KADEX, the International Exhibition of Weapons Systems and Military Equipment, which is taking place on May 23-26,

Russian Helicopters Takes Part in KADEX-2018
2018-05-24 Read More...
Russian Helicopters (part of Rostec State Corporation) is presenting the newest military helicopters as part of the International Exhibition of Weapons Systems and Military Equipment KADEX-2018 which is held from May 23 to 26,

BAE Systems to Sustain F-35 Electronic Warfare Systems
2018-05-24 Read More...
BAE Systems has received a contract from Lockheed Martin to ensure the readiness of critical electronic warfare (EW) systems on the F-35 Lightning II fighter

Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering Exhibits at KADEX 2018
2018-05-24 Read More...
Paramount Group, the African-based global defense and aerospace company, and its joint venture in Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering (KPE), are exhibiting their latest range of next generation armored vehicles at the international

Russia’s Su-57 Fighter Jet Continues Test Flights
2018-05-22 Read More...
A test flight of the fifth generation Su-57 fighter jet with a developmental engine installed on it has been caught on camera in Russia’s Zhukovsky, Sputnik news agency

Russian Helicopters Train Flight Personnel for Mi-171A2 Testing
2018-05-22 Read More...
Flight personnel of the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant owned by the Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec) has been given simulation and practical training on Mi-171A2 helicopter. Now the pilots from

Iranian Navy to Receive New Destroyers, Submarines
2018-05-21 Read More...
Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi announced that his forces will soon be supplied with new modern home-made destroyers and submarines, Fars News Agency (FNA)

US Marine Corps Receives its Most Powerful Helicopter
2018-05-18 Read More...
The most powerful helicopter ever fielded by the U.S. was just delivered to the Marine Corps, CNBC

Eurosatory to Tackle Civil Security, Crisis Management, CBRNe
2018-05-17 Read More...
Eurosatory, the international leading exhibition of land and airland Defense and Security, will be held from 11 to 15 June 2018 in Paris. In 2016, it hosted 1,571 exhibitors from 57 countries and 57,024 professional visitors from 140

NITEC18 to Discuss NATO’s Largest Digital Transformation
2018-05-17 Read More...
An estimated 600 senior officials from NATO, European and North American companies will meet at NITEC18 next week in Berlin, Germany, to discuss NATO’s digital

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