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French defense procurement agency DGA (Direction générale de l’armement), part of the Defense Ministry, has selected the consortium formed by Thales Alenia Space (65%) and Airbus Defence and Space (35%) to build and deliver...
FR MoD / new technologies / UAV / UK MoD
A version of this article appears in the August 11/18 double issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. New low-observable technologies, a highly reliable turbofan engine and multifunction radar are among the technologies that...
The UK and France have moved a step forward today in demonstrating their commitment to defence cooperation under the 2010 Lancaster House Treaty with the announcement that France will undertake operational assessments and trials...
Several IT180 mini UAV systems have been ordered by the French DGA to provide advanced observation and detection capabilities for the Engineer Units, particularly in the fight against Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). First systems...
Air Defence / FR MoD / ITA MoD
The FSAF missile family constitutes the most important missile programme ever launched in Europe and consists of Ground Systems (SAMP/T) and Naval Systems (SAAM – PAAMS) – the FSAF has been developed under a...
Air Defence / ATC/ATM / BMS / Border Security / C2I / Contracts / Customs and Border Protection / FR MoD / ITA MoD / NATO / NEC / Uncat / US Coast Guard / US DoD / VTS / VTM
Five Mexican migrants were apprehended this afternoon by Coast Guard officers and Customs and Border Protection marine interdiction agents as they tried to illegally enter the U.S. by boat. At 9:26 a.m., the Coast...
Air Defence / ATC/ATM / BMS / Border Security / C2I / Contracts / Customs and Border Protection / FR MoD / ITA MoD / NATO / NEC / Uncat / US Coast Guard / US DoD / VTS / VTM
SELEX Sistemi Integrati signed a contract with TELEDIFE for the upgrading of the ATCR 33 radar for air traffic control, installed in the firing ground of the Italian Army in Nettuno (Rome). The contracy...
Air Defence / ATC/ATM / BMS / Border Security / C2I / Contracts / Customs and Border Protection / FR MoD / ITA MoD / NATO / NEC / Uncat / US Coast Guard / US DoD / VTS / VTM
Joint system testing is currently underway on the Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI), which is being developed under the auspices of the NATO-Russia Council. The CAI fosters NATO-Russia cooperation on airspace surveillance and air traffic...
Air Defence / ATC/ATM / BMS / Border Security / C2I / Contracts / Customs and Border Protection / FR MoD / ITA MoD / NATO / NEC / Uncat / US Coast Guard / US DoD / VTS / VTM
SELEX Sistemi Integrati signed a contract with TELEDIFE for the development of the second phase of the MAJIIC (Multi-Sensor Aerospace-Ground Joint Interoperable ISR Coalition) programme. MAJIIC is an international multilateral cooperation programme issued by...
Air Defence / ATC/ATM / BMS / Border Security / C2I / Contracts / Customs and Border Protection / FR MoD / ITA MoD / NATO / NEC / Uncat / US Coast Guard / US DoD / VTS / VTM
Early this morning, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents assigned to the Miami Sector apprehended 103 Haitian nationals that made landfall near Hallandale Beach in Hollywood, Fla. One migrant died in the...
Air Defence / ATC/ATM / BMS / Border Security / C2I / Contracts / Customs and Border Protection / FR MoD / ITA MoD / NATO / NEC / Uncat / US Coast Guard / US DoD / VTS / VTM
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sawfish repatriated 32 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba Wednesday after they were spotted by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection surveillance aircraft. The CBP Air...