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  1. Boeing forecasts airlines in the Middle East will require an estimated 2,340 airplanes worth $390 billion by 2029, with demand being driven by the rapid growth of air travel in the region.
  2. Earlier this week, Bahrain MPs approved loans worth BD400 million ($1.06 billion) for Gulf Air, even though the payments were sanctioned without their approval.
  3. During an official ceremony at the ongoing 10th IDEF Show (Istanbul, Turkey, 10-13 May 2011), a  Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Cassidian - on behalf of EADS Deutschland GmbH
  4. To further its innovation strategy, DCNS has set up DCNS Research. The initiative reaffirms the Group’s determination to maintain its position as one of the world’s leading innovators in naval defence and energy.
  5. Since the last F-35 flight test program update issued March 31, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft have conducted 125 test flights, bringing the total number of flights for the year to 331.
  6. Boeing delivered yesterday the first of 6 C-17 Globemaster III airlifters to the UAE Air Force and Air Defence during a ceremony at its final assembly facility in Long Beach, California.
  7. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pushed for stronger military ties with Baghdad during talks with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari on a visit to Baghdad on Tuesday.
  8. Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will deliver more than 400 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) trucks and trailers to the U.S. Army following an order from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC).
  9. Military users will be able to get real-time high-definition video, view infrared imagery, use radar and even listen in on communications signals - all at the same time - using a new intelligence-gathering aircraft system unveiled by Northrop...
  10. Lockheed Martin (LM) recently installed the 1000th GKN Aerospace-manufactured nacelle for their C-130J military airlifter on the second of four aircraft destined for the Qatar Emiri Air Force.
 



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