Rafale and FREMM will equip Egypt Forces
Dassault, DCNS and MBDA signed contracts in Cairo respectively for 24 Rafales, a multimission frigate and missiles for Egypt, in a deal worth €5.2 billion (US $5.9 billion). The sale to Egypt is the...
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Foreign body detection system: FAA allows procurement of Rheinmetall DEB-RA
The tragic loss of the Concorde on 25 July 2000 at Charles de Gaulle in Paris serves as a dramatic reminder of just how dangerous foreign objects on the runway can be. The crash...
British army creates the 77th battalion to fight through social networks
The British Government has announced the creation of the 77th battalion, a cyber unit composed of soldiers familiar with social media. The cyberspace is a strategic domain for modern warfare, for this reason, the British...
America’s Coast Guard in the 21st Century: budget driven by strategy
A Conversation with Admiral Paul Zukunft, Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Admiral Paul Zukunft spoke on this topic at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on January...
Undersecretary of State for Defence, H.E. MP Antonio Rossi on two folds cooperation
Security need for two folds cooperation and synergies both between countries and among the different stakeholders (Defence, Research, Industry, Associations) Rome, 14/1 – The Honourable Domenico Rossi, Italian Under-Secretary of State for Defence, attended,...
U.S. and U.K. launch cyber “war games” to shore up their respective defenses
The United States and the U.K. will stage cyber “war games” together, starting this year, to boost both countries’ resistance to cyberattacks, n a bid to expose security weaknesses before they are abused by...
MEADS Ready For Transition to European Follow-On Programs
The tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program enters 2015 as a candidate for next-generation air and missile defense requirements in both Germany and Poland. MEADS is a primary candidate for the German...
Finmeccanica, Rostec and Rosneft agreement on the production of AW189 in Russia
Finmeccanica has entered into a strategic partnership with Russia’s publicly-owned Rosneft oil company and Russian government corporation Rostec: under the agreement, the HeliVert plant near Moscow, a joint enterprise between Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland...
US, Japan and South Korea To Share Intelligence Data about Missile Threats
The South Korean vice defense minister, and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, signed, on Dec. 29, a rare trilateral military arrangement on intelligence sharing about North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes According to the...
31 Dec 2014: NATO ceremony close Afghan mission
Event carried out in secret due to threat of Taliban strikes in Afghan capital, which has been hit by repeated bombings. NATO has held a ceremony in Kabul formally ending its war in Afghanistan,...
Thales: Proglio as chairman, Caine as CEO
At the meeting of the Board of Directors on 23 December 2014, Patrice Caine, ex chairman and chief executive second-in-command, and Henri Proglio former EDF chief, were co-opted as directors, following the resignations of...
Collaboration between Dutch Air Force and Airborne Services
An Intention Letter was signed between the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s Logistics Centre Woensdrecht (LCW) and the company Airborne Services BV for the shared usage of LCW’s facilities. Airborne provides advanced composite solutions for...
Airbus Helicopters is looking for Innovative SMEs
Airbus Helicopters officially launched its new Open Innovation platform at an event attended by Airbus Helicopters’ Executive Vice President of Engineering, the PEGASE center of excellence and a number of French SMEs. The program...
Japan, Australia to Provide F-35 Maintenance Sites in Pacific Region
Japan and Australia will be sharing maintenance and upgrade duties for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter based or operating in the Pacific region, the program executive officer for the aircraft announced today....
HAV Delays Hybrid Airship Flight; Selex To Study Sensors
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has planned by end 2015 the return to flight of its revolutionary Airlander 10. The huge buoyant-lift machine, which flew at the Long Endurance Multi-Purpose Vehicle (LEMV), will not be...
F-35 MRO&U European Assignments (Italy, UK, Turkey, Norway, the Netherlands)
The F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter program office announced today the European locations for heavy engine and heavy air frame maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade facilities. The Department of Defense has assigned F-35...
TRS Ground Master Radars Boost Airspace Surveillance Capability
Jerome Bendell, Chief Executive Officer of ThalesRaytheonSystems France, said: “TRS is proud to be contributing with its Ground Master radars to the modernization of France’s air surveillance capability, which is already underway with the...
Indian Navy Selects Sikorsky’s S-70B SEAHAWK Helicopter
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has chosen Sikorsky’s S-70B Seahawk over the NH Industries (NHI) NH90 helicopter to fulfill the Indian Navy’s (IN’s) long-pending Multi-Role Helicopter (MRH) programme. NH90 had been excluded from the...
BAE Electronic Systems Leadership Change
Tom Arseneault will assume the role of president for Electronic Systems on January 1, 2015, while retaining his positions as the chief operating officer for BAE Systems, Inc. and member of the BAE Systems...
Siberian airliner passengers help push jet to runway
Dozens of passengers have found fame on a snowy Russian airfield, pushing the wings of a Tupolev-134 airliner to set it rolling – video here KRASNOYARSK, November 25. /TASS/. Dozens of airline passengers in the...