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  1. The Iraqi government is in talks to buy Hawk trainer jets from the UK in a deal that could be worth up to £1bn and would be a boost for BAE Systems, the defence contractor that manufactures the aircraft.
  2.   Italy's Finmeccanica opened a helicopter assembly and maintenance factory in Libya this past Wednesday, in a joint venture with Tripoli, at a cost of almost 18 million euros (24 million dollars).
  3. Raytheon and the Norwegian defense company NAMMO started qualifying an alternative rocket motor for the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile. The new motor will be interchangeable with the AMRAAM propulsion system and will maintain the...
  4. Work is now well underway on the first Airbus Military A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), meaning that aircraft for all four current MRTT customers are in conversion.
  5. Kaman Aerostructures delivered its 500th H-60 helicopter cockpit to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation this past week. The milestone UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter cockpit will be incorporated into an airframe which will undergo final assembly at Sikorsky'...
  6. Northrop Grumman appointed Cheryl L. Janey Vice President of Communications for the company's Information Systems sector. Janey reports to Linda A. Mills, Corporate Vice President and President of Northrop Grumman Information Systems.
  7. Thales, a global technology leader for the aerospace and space, defence, security, and transportation markets, opened its news offices in the Dubai Airport Freezone (DAFZ).
  8. Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said it will soon deploy a domestically manufactured drone capable of carrying out air strikes.
  9. For the second time in Montréal, the AEROMART business convention opens today at the Palais des congrès de Montréal and will run until April 29. For 14 years, AEROMART has been the largest networking event among contractors, OEMs, suppliers or...
  10. Alenia Aermacchi (AAEM), a Finmeccanica company, and EADS Defence and Security (DS) submitted a joint response to the Request For Information (RFI) issued by the European Defence Agency (EDA) on 15 July 2009 about the Advanced European Jet Pilot...
 



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