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Embraer Participates in Africa Aerospace and Defence 2008

September 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Embraer will participating in Africa’s largest aerospace, defense, and security exhibition – Africa Aerospace & Defence (AAD 2008) – at Ysterplaat Air Force Base, near Cape Town, South Africa, from September 17 to 21. The 2006 show drew more than 22,000 trade visitors from Africa and other countries, plus 90,000 visitors on the public days
Kongsberg Receives $200 Million Contract From US Army

September 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS booked orders valued at $200 million from the US Army yesterday as part of the $1.4 billion Common Remotely Operated Weapon Stations (CROWS II) framework agreement signed in August 2007
Textron Wins $250M for Armored Security Vehicles

September 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Textron Marine & Land Systems Division of Textron, New Orleans, La., was awarded on Sept
Airborne Laser Completion of “First Light”

September 9, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

The Missile Defense Agency announced today the first successful firing of the megawatt-class Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser (COIL) of the Airborne Laser (ABL) program since it was installed on board the YAL-1A demonstrator aircraft. Although the test lasted only a fraction of a second, it validated the successful year-long integration of the High Energy Laser on board the highly modified 747-400 aircraft
Successful First Flight Completed at Sikorsky HAWK WORKS

September 9, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation's Military Derivatives Completion Center (MDCC) has successfully achieved its first flight of a Naval Hawk helicopter. This initial helicopter, produced at the Sikorsky HAWK WORKS @ Schweizer Aircraft, is an S-70B helicopter
AAD 2008 Exhibitors

September 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

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Taiwan to Scale Back Missile Development, Media Reports

September 2, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Taiwan has relinquished plans to develop a missile capable of hitting Shanghai because of improving cross-strait relations, the local Chinese-language China Times claimed on Tuesday. The article, quoting unnamed sources in the military, said the National Security Council and the Ministry of National Defense had agreed not to develop a missile that could reach targets more than 1,000 kilometers away
Loan Agreement on Sukhoi to be signed in September: air force chief

September 1, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Air Force Chief of Staff Marshal Soebandrio said the loan agreement on the purchase of six Sukhoi aircraft from Russia would be signed in September, 2008, and they were expected to arrive in Indonesia in the same month. "According to the result of a meeting among the Defence Ministry, the Finance Ministry, the National Defence Force headquarters and the Air Force headquarters yesterday (Aug
Lockheed Martin will produce additional Hellfire II Missile for U.S. Army

August 27, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

ORLANDO, Fla.- Lockheed Martin, under Hellfire Services Limited Liability Company (HSLLC), will produce additional combat-proven Hellfire II precision-strike, laser-guided air-to-ground missiles for U
Vought Halts Work on Boeing Parts in South Carolina

August 14, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Vought Aircraft Industries’ plant in Charleston, South Carolina, has stopped making rear fuselage sections for Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner as the company adjusts to a delayed launch. Vought officials don’t think they’ll make any more composite components for the 787 for at least several months, but Vought President Elmer Doty says production might ramp back up later this year

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Embraer Participates in Africa Aerospace and Defence 2008

Kongsberg Receives $200 Million Contract From US Army

Textron Wins $250M for Armored Security Vehicles

Airborne Laser Completion of “First Light”

Successful First Flight Completed at Sikorsky HAWK WORKS

AAD 2008 Exhibitors

Taiwan to Scale Back Missile Development, Media Reports

Loan Agreement on Sukhoi to be signed in September: air force chief

Lockheed Martin will produce additional Hellfire II Missile for U.S. Army

Vought Halts Work on Boeing Parts in South Carolina