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  1. The government of Tunisia has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the purchase of two C-130J Super Hercules airlifters with an initial three years of logistics support. Tunisia's new C130Js, scheduled to be delivered in 2013 and 2014, will be...
  2. Gulf Logistics & Naval Support (GLNS) is now providing naval support services to customers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, with plans to expand into additional GCC countries in the near future.The Chairman of the GLNS Board of Directors...
  3. Boeing today announced that the company's partnership with rival Lockheed Martin to develop a next-generation bomber has been suspended, with limited likelihood for revival."The teaming agreement now is on hold until we understand where the...
  4. Goodrich Corporation's Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) campus in Dubai continues to add new customers and enhance its product and service offerings to customers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
  5. The future success of aviation maintenance in the Middle East lies in the region’s high availability of skilled engineers and technicians, according to remarks at the close of the MRO Middle East Conference and Exhibition at Dubai’s Airport Expo.
  6. France and Russia have launched "exclusive negotiations" on the sale of four French warships to Moscow, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday after talks with his Russian counterpart."We are in exclusive negotiations for four BPC Mistral", ...
  7. The German industrial group ThyssenKrupp is to sell 75.1 percent of Hellenic Shipyards near here to Abu Dhabi Mar of the United Arab Emirates, the Greek government said on Monday.      The government said it welcomed the decision by Abu Dhabi Mar to...
  8. Russia agreed to supply Lebanon with Mi-24 helicopter gunships instead of the MIG-29 fighter jets originally agreed, the office of Lebanese President Michel Sleiman said Feb. 27."The Russian authorities agreed to replace the MIG-29 fighters,...
  9. Saudi Arabia is spending SR2.5 billion ($666.7 million) to expand the kingdom's airports, the state news-agency SPA reported on Sunday.'These projects include the development, creation and expansion of 23 airports, locally, that will serve around 9...
  10. EADS accepted an offer from seven NATO clients to finance the over-budget A400M military transport plane in a deal that would save Europe's biggest defence project. The aerospace giant had threatened to pull the plug on the project unless the seven...
 



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