Saab has been awarded two production and delivery contracts with an order value of MUSD 18.4 (appr
The new Directive 2009/81/EC on defence and security procurement entered into force on 21 August 2009. The Directive will be the cornerstone of a truly European Defence Market supporting the development of the European defence-related supplier base
Terma announced that it has been selected by The Boeing Company to provide the Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) integration for the CH-147 Chinook Medium to Heavy Lift Helicopter program for the Canadian Forces. Terma’s AN/ALQ-213(V) Electronic Warfare Management System (EWMS) will integrate the warning systems Radar, Infra Red (IR) as well as Laser guided missiles
On August 19, 2009, Dmytro Kiva, General Designer of Antonov ASTC, spoke at the Second European Congress on Transport Aviation, which was held at MAKS-2009. Mr
According to Russia’s state arms exporter, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and Rosoboronexport have signed a contract at the MAKS-2009 air show for delivery of 26 RD-33 series 3 engines to India. The RD-33 series 3 is an upgraded version of the RD-33 powerful RD-33 turbofan engine with thrust vectoring for MiG family fighters
Jiangxi Hongdu Aviation Industry Group of China debuted its indigenously developed advanced jet trainer Falcon L-15 at MAKS 2009 air show. It is introduced that the advanced jet trainer Falcon L-15 has a fine pneumatic platform with a three-axle and four-redundancy fly-by-wire flight control system
Igor Shevchuk, director general of Tupolev design bureau said at the MAKS-2009 air show that The Russian ministry of defense and the Tupolev have signed a contract for the development of a new-generation strategic bomber. "We signed a contract this year on research and development of a future strategic bomber for the Russian strategic aviation
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), India’s state-owned aerospace and defence organization, has announced that it will supply a larger number of components to Russia for its Sukhoi-30 series of multi-role combat jets. The new agreement would see the Asian aerospace giant supplying airframe components for the Su-30MK multi-role jets to Russia, a HAL official said
Russian arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, said that Russia will complete deliveries of eight Su-30MK2 fighters to Vietnam by 2010. Russia and Vietnam had signed a $500 million agreement on the sale of eight Su-30MK2 fighters in January 2009
Russian prime minister said that Russia's Defense Ministry and the Sukhoi aircraft maker signed a 80 billion ruble ($2.5 billion) contract at the MAKS-2009 air show at Zhukovsky outside Moscow