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Boeing Shelves New Midsize Airplane Project, Reviews Options
Boeing's new chief executive has sent the aerospace giant back to the drawing board on proposals for a new mid-market aircraft, effectively shelving in their current form plans worth $15bn-$20bn (€13b

NAC Finalizes Order for 20 A220 Aircraft
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), the leading lessor of regional aircraft, signed at the end of 2019 a firm order for 20 A220 Family aircraft. This latest order from NAC, counted in the 2019 order-boo

New Orders May Follow As Fincantieri Wins Deal to Manage Qatari Navy Fleet
TRIESTE, Italy --- Fincantieri and the Ministry of Defence of Qatar through Barzan Holding, a company wholly owned by the Qatari Ministry of Defense and responsible for empowering the military capabil

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Boeing Shelves New Midsize Airplane Project, Reviews Options
Boeing's new chief executive has sent the aerospace giant back to the drawing board on proposals for a new mid-market aircraft, effectively shelving in their current form plans worth $15bn-$20bn (€13b...

NAC Finalizes Order for 20 A220 Aircraft
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), the leading lessor of regional aircraft, signed at the end of 2019 a firm order for 20 A220 Family aircraft. This latest order from NAC, counted in the 2019 order-boo...

New Orders May Follow As Fincantieri Wins Deal to Manage Qatari Navy Fleet
TRIESTE, Italy --- Fincantieri and the Ministry of Defence of Qatar through Barzan Holding, a company wholly owned by the Qatari Ministry of Defense and responsible for empowering the military capabil...

Budgetary Pressures Induce Indian Navy Rethink
Confronting an unfavorable fiscal picture unlikely to change in the short term, the Indian Navy is shrinking its procurement ambitions as it re-scopes future force goals. According to senior offici...

France Orders Mortar Variant of Griffon AFV
On the 30th of December 2019, the French defence procurement agency (DGA) awarded the sixth contract amendment on the SCORPION programme to the consortium1 formed by Nexter, Arquus and Thales. Thi...

United States Announces Sale of Helicopters to Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya --- The United States Embassy in Nairobi announces the sale of six MD-530F helicopters to the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) made possible through the United States Foreign Military Sales (...

Textron Common USV Ready for Production
ARLINGTON, Va. --- Even as Textron is awaiting a decision to move from development of its Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MCM USV) into production, the company also has its eye on using...

British Carrier Sails for New Round of F-35B Flight Trials
The Royal Navy's HMS Queen Elizabeth is to leave Portsmouth this morning for her first flight trials with British fighter jets in UK waters. It will mark the next step on the way to the £3.1 billio...

Eurofighter Touts Spear EW to Finland
MBDA is working in partnership with Leonardo to develop a new electronic warfare version of the SPEAR weapon system — SPEAR EW — which brings enhanced Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (SEAD) capabilit...

Russian Air Force Receives Upgraded MiG-31BM Fighters
According to the plan for the supply of basic weapons and military equipment in 2020, the air force and air defense of the Central Military District will receive six high-altitude supersonic MiG-31BM ...

DOD Releases Semi-Annual Report on Afghanistan
Today the Department of Defense provided to the Congress the semiannual report, “Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan,” covering events during the period of June 1 to November 30, 2019. ...

Afghanistan: WIll US Declare Victory and Go Home?
One has to be careful when examining the “peace” the United States is now seeking in Afghanistan. There are many warning signs that this peace effort may actually be an attempt to provide the same kin...

Multinational ASW Exercise Kicks Off in Guam
GUAM --- The U.S. Navy and its maritime partners kicked off operations Jan. 20 for the multilateral exercise Sea Dragon 2020. Maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA) from Commander Task ...

Spanish A400M Drops 114 Paratroopers to Mark Anniversary
Today marks the 72nd anniversary of the first paratroop jump in the Air Force. To celebrate, 114 soldiers belonging to the Military School of Parachuting (EMP) ‘Méndez Parada,’ located in Alcantarilla...

ESA and Airbus Sign Contract for Bartolomeo Platform
BREMEN --- The Bartolomeo platform from Airbus gives new opportunities for research on the International Space Station (ISS). The European Space Agency ESA has now firmly booked a payload slot for a N...

First Defence-Energy Project Receives EU Funding
BRUSSELS --- ‘RESHUB’, a Slovenian-led project supported by EDA with a view to improving energy efficiency in the defence sector, has been awarded EU funding (€310,000) under the Structural Reform Sup...

Indra Inaugurates New Radar Factory in Spain
MADRID --- Indra, one of the leading global technology and consulting companies, has strengthened its position in the radar manufacturing field with the opening of a one-of-a-kind factory in Spain whe...

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