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Airbus Seeks Stake in Future German Heavy Helicopter Program
Airbus has urged the German government to ensure domestic firms get a big share of a near €4 billion (Dh16.65bn) contract earmarked for the country's next generation of heavy-lift military helicopters

Poland Signs MoU to Buy Patriot Air-Defense Missile
The US government has finally given the green light to sell Patriot missile defense systems to Poland, and the two governments on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to proceed with the acq

Gripen Favored to Replace Austrian Eurofighters
The Eurofighter is one of the most modern combat aircraft in the world but still has a bad reputation in Austria. Because of bribes of around 100 million euros allegedly paid, the Typhoon are not only

Why Chinese Submarines Could Soon be Quieter Than US Ones
The US Navy's Pacific fleet used to mock Chinese submarines for being too noisy and too easy to detect, but that has largely been remedied in recent years, and China is now on the cusp of taking the l...

Japan Looks to Trigger Export Sales of Weapons
TOKYO --- Until a few years ago, the idea of an international arms fair in Japan would have struck many as ludicrous. Japanese troops have not fired a weapon in war since the nation’s once-powerful mi...

Airbus Seeks Stake in Future German Heavy Helicopter Program
Airbus has urged the German government to ensure domestic firms get a big share of a near €4 billion (Dh16.65bn) contract earmarked for the country's next generation of heavy-lift military helicopters...

Poland Signs MoU to Buy Patriot Air-Defense Missile
The US government has finally given the green light to sell Patriot missile defense systems to Poland, and the two governments on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to proceed with the acq...

Gripen Favored to Replace Austrian Eurofighters
The Eurofighter is one of the most modern combat aircraft in the world but still has a bad reputation in Austria. Because of bribes of around 100 million euros allegedly paid, the Typhoon are not only...

Indian Navy to Issue Tender for 110 Light Helicopters
NEW DELHI --- With the Russian Kamov-226T copter not meeting its requirements, the [Indian] Navy is soon going to issue an expression of interest for procuring 110 light utility helicopters to be manu...

Bulgarian Parliament Opens Probe on Jet Fighter Acquisition
An ad hoc committee of the Bulgarian Parliament set up to investigate the actions of the Gerdzhikov caretaker cabinet in the process towards the acquisition of a new fighter jet was to hold its first ...

US, South Korea Fire Long-Range Missiles In Warning
WASHINGTON --- U.S. and South Korean military forces yesterday conducted an exercise during the early morning, South Korea Time, in response to North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch,...

Egypt to Assemble Russian T-90 Tanks Under License
MOSCOW --- Russia’s Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) corporation will build a facility to assemble T-90S/SK tanks under license in Egypt, the company said in its 2016 report, published on Tuesday. The report i...

Pakistan Tests Extended-Range NASR Short-Range Ballistic Missile
RAWALPINDI --- General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), witnessed training launch of short range surface to surface ballistic missile 'NASR'. Pakistan has successfully undertaken a serie...

Piaggio Resumes P.1HH Flight Tests, Plans First Deliveries in 2018
TRAPANI, Italy --- Piaggio Aerospace, a leading Italian aircraft manufacturer active in the business, defense and security sectors, today resumed flight test activity for the second prototype of its P...

German MoD Awards €900M Truck Order to Rheinmetall
Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles has entered a framework agreement with the Bundeswehr to supply over 2,200 state-of-the-art trucks. In embarking on this major project, Rheinmetall will play a leadin...

Sikorsky Courts German Firms for CH-53K Support
BUCKEBURG, Germany --- Sikorsky hosted leading German aerospace companies with engineering, manufacturing and maintenance, repair, overhaul expertise attended the two-day event to discuss the new Mari...

Lockheed Wins Additional $51M for F-35 Simulation Software
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $50,800,000 for modification P00611 to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract...

CH-53K Flies to Pax River for Further Flight Testing
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --- The first CH-53K King Stallion to touch down at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland arrived June 30. Relocated from Sikorsky's Development Flight Center in West Pa...

S. Korean Navy Deploys Final Four Wildcat Helicopters
SEOUL --- South Korea's Navy said Wednesday four additional AW-159 shipborne anti-submarine helicopters have joined a front-line fleet for combat operations. The Navy acquired eight AW-159 choppers...

Bringing Lightning to the Fight: F-35B Conducts FARP at Kadena
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan –-- U.S. Marines and Airmen conducted the first ever joint forward area refueling point exercise involving the F-35B Lighting II June 26, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The two-d...

UK Has Trained Over 5000 Ukrainian Soldiers
UK has directly trained over 5000 members of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, 1000 more than initially targeted, the Defence Secretary has confirmed. The Defence Secretary made the announcement following a ...

Denel Says More Casspirs MRAPs Ready for Delivery to African Client
Another consignment of 21 Casspir mine-protected vehicles is ready for handover and shipment to an African client. This forms part of a total order of 45 vehicles of which Denel has already delivered ...

Teams Defend Against Simulated Attacks in Cyber Guard Exercise
FORT MEADE, Md. --- Imagine if you will, a range of worst-case cyber scenarios, rippling across U.S. critical infrastructure all at the same time. Across the country, system outages caused by cyber...

Royal Air Force’s 207 Sqn Named OCU for British F-35 Pilots
The squadron which will train future Royal Air Force and Royal Navy F-35B Lightning pilots at RAF Marham has been announced as 207 Squadron. The announcement was made during a visit to RAF Marham b...

Royal Navy Minehunter’s Thales Sonar Locates Lost US Sonar Sled
The sharp-eyed crew of a Royal Navy minehunter in the Gulf used their Thales sonar system to help track down and locate an American towed sonar that had been lost at sea, saving the US Navy more than ...

India Looks to Order UAVs from Israel
TEL AVIV --- India plans to complete a new arms deal with Israel in the near future. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Israel. These contracts will not be signed during this visit. Th...

Britain Jump-Starts Type 26 Frigate with Initial Order
LONDON --- The British government is finally moving ahead on the long-awaited Royal Navy Global Combat Ship program with the announcement that a deal for the first three warships has been reached with...

FAdeA Completes First Production IA-63 Pampa III
BUENOS AIRES --- Argentine state-owned Fábrica Argentina de Aviones SA (FAdeA) has rolled out the first production IA-63 Pampa III trainer aircraft. A Pampa III prototype was completed in 2014. The...

Australia Grants $50M for Work on Trusted Autonomous Systems
The Turnbull Government continues to deliver in Defence Innovation with the launch of the first $50 million Defence Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), announced today by the Minister for Defence Indus...

IAI’s Indian JV to Build New MRO Center for Air Defense Systems
As part of India's PM Narendra Modi visit in Israel this week, executives from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Kalyani Strategic Systems (KSSL), the defense arm of a Kalyani Group, signed a Memo...

StandardAero In Talks to Buy Vector Aerospace from Airbus
AMSTERDAM --- StandardAero Aviation Holdings, Inc. and Airbus SE today announced that they have entered into exclusive negotiations with respect to an acquisition by StandardAero of Vector Aerospace H...

Norway MoD Applauds As NAMMO, Raytheon Extend Cooperation
State secretary Øystein Bø in the ministry of Defence held this speech when he visited NAMMO and Raufoss June 27th 2017. Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to be here at such ...

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