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  1. Iran has built up its Naval Forces in the Gulf and prepared boats that could be used in suicide attacks, but the US Navy can prevent it from blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the Commander of US Naval Forces in the region said.
  2. AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced that Gulf Helicopters of Qatar has signed a preliminary sale contract for 15 AW189 helicopters. These aircraft will be used to perform offshore transport missions.
  3. Under the technical control contract for the VLRA fleet, ACMAT is currently delivering 48 GLDs (Light Decontamination Units) to equip the NBC variants of the VLRA (Liaison, Reconnaissance and Support Vehicle).
  4. The Israel Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency completed a successful test of the cooperative U.S.-Israel Arrow Weapon System (AWS) over the Mediterranean Sea this past Friday.
  5. In partnership with the Anniston Army Depot (ANAD), BAE Systems is refurbishing 440 M113A2 armored personnel carriers for Iraq through a foreign military sales contract worth more than $31 million.
  6. Finmeccanica’s aeronautics sector, led by Alenia Aermacchi, is exhibiting at the Singapore Air Show, being held at the Changi Exhibition Center from 14 to 19 February 2012.
  7. Cassidian has reached an important milestone in the delivery of the latest capability standard ASSTA 3.0 (Avionics System Software Tornado Ada) for the German Air Force fleet of Tornado combat aircraft.
  8. The Third Edition of the Middle East Missile and Air Defense Symposium (MEMAD) will be held on April 11 & 12, 2012 at the Armed Forces Officers Club in Abu Dhabi.
  9. Aero3A agency has just won a bid from CORICAN (France's naval activities and shipbuilding innovation and research orientation board) to give a new dimension to the French naval sector's communication on its research, innovation and environmental...
  10. The project under which the activities at Eurocopter’s La Courneuve site are to be transferred to Dugny (called Project “Joséphine” and officially known as Paris-le Bourget) was granted the label “Grand Paris” at a ceremony
 



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