BAE Systems Wins £20M Order for Radar from UK
BAE Systems Manufacturing at Hillend in Fife has been awarded a major contract worth in excess of £20million to provide procurement and electronic manufacturing services to SELEX Galileo, as part of their contract to deliver the Typhoon Tranche 3a Captor radar programme, which is the primary sensor for the Typhoon...
Sukhoi Wins Order for Aircraft
At the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2011 Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company and “Gazprom komplekt” signed а contract for the purchase of 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100/95LR aircraft to upgrade the fleet of “Gazpromavia.” The order is valued at 323 million USD at list prices
Rosoboronexport at Maks 2011: New Dynamic and Spectacular Format
The Rosoboronexport Joint Stock Company will demonstrate to its foreign partners in excess of a hundred pieces of Russian arms and materiel at the 10th MAKS 2011 International Aviation and Space Salon to be held in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, Russia, on 16-21 August, 2011. Being the general sponsor...
Russia Set to be Biggest Buyer at Own Airshow
Russia will showcase its top-of-the-range fighter jets and newest space shuttles at the MAKS airshow, starting on Tuesday, and an ambitious program to upgrade its arms looks set to make Moscow the biggest buyer at its own show. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expected to visit the biennial...
Germany Deploys Vehicles to Afghanistan
Germany has airlifted five of its new Boxer multirole armored vehicles to Afghanistan for what will be the vehicles' first operational deployment. The five Boxers sent to the Afghan theater are of the armored personnel carrier variant and will be used by the Bundeswehr training and protection battalion operating in...
Roke Launches UAV Moving Target Indicator System
Roke Manor Research today launches VTA (Visual Target Analysis), the first moving target indicator system which immediately tracks and maps vehicle and personnel movement within real-time UAV surveillance footage. Long UAV surveillance missions increase the risk of operator fatigue, so that key events may be missed when monitoring a video feed
Algerian Ministry of Defence Orders Naval Ship from Orizzonte Sistemi Navali
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali, a company controlled by Fincantieri and in which Selex Sistemi Integrati holds a minority stake, was awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defence of the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria for the construction of a landing and logistic support ship for its navy. The ship will be built in an Italian shipyard of the Fincantieri group
Government to Authorize Five More BAM Amphibious Ships
The Minister of Defence, Carme Chacon, today in Rota (Cadiz) attended the ceremonies marking the opening of the new pier at the Naval Base, and the delivery to the Navy, by the company Navantia, of the first Maritime Action Ship (BAM), “Meteor.” Chacon has also chaired the meeting of the Superior Council of the Navy which was held aboard the strategic projection ship 'Juan Carlos I'
Astrium Wins Order for New 3B Satellite
Eutelsat has selected Astrium, Europe’s leading space company, to design and manufacture Eutelsat 3B, a new telecommunications satellite to provide video, data, Internet and telecom services across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and parts of South America, notably Brazil. The satellite will operate from Eutelsat 3°E location in geostationary orbit
GD Wins £110M Contract for BCIP from UK MoD
General Dynamics UK has been awarded the £110 million Bowman ComBAT Information and Platform BISA (BCIP) Sustainment Programme contract by the UK Ministry of Defence. "This contract secures the future of Bowman for the British Armed Forces and ensures significant cost savings for the MoD and the British taxpayer," explained Andrew Browne, vice president, C4I Systems at General Dynamics UK
Dassault Aviation With Israeli company IAI Offer to French for Heron TP...
Dassault Aviation, in cooperation with the Israeli company IAI, is offering a modified and evolved version of the Heron TP airframe. The development of the F-Heron TP will involve, in addition to Dassault Aviation, several French companies through value-added activities, which will generate jobs and incoming transfers of know-how
Swedish Air Force to Retire SK 60 Trainer Aircraft in June
No Donation, U.S. Approves $30 Million HIMARS Artillery System Sale to Ukraine
Luxembourg Allocates €2.6B for French Griffon, Jaguar Armored Vehicles
China Coast Guard Conducts Maritime Rescue Drill Near Huangyan Dao Amidst Regional...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...