Selex ES has signed a contract with AIROD SDN BHD for the supply and support of equipment for the Royal Malaysian Navy's Super Lynx MK100 helicopter. YBhg Colonel Dato Mohammed Selamat bin Bakin RMAF (R), CEO of AIROD, signed the contract with Barry Anstey, Regional Director Asia of Selex ES, today at the Finmeccanica stand at DSA 2014, Defence Services Asia exhibition and conference in Kuala Lumpur
MiG Corporation has won a $470 million contract from the Russian Defense Ministry for 16 advanced MiG-29 SMT fighters, according to RIA Novosti. “The value of the contract, including the ground support and test equipment, is more than 17 billion rubles
FLIR Systems received a full-rate production decision from the US Department of Defense for its integrated chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) threat response system for the Dismounted Reconnaissance Sets, Kits, and Outfits (DR SKO) program. Additionally, FLIR has been awarded a $12
BAE Systems Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) completed a Critical Design Review for its Integrated Aircraft Survivability Equipment (IASE) software update. “Our Common Missile Warning System has nearly a decade of proven success, flying more than 2 million in-theater combat hours and saving countless aircraft and lives,” said Bill Staib, director of Threat Management Solutions at BAE Systems
The British Royal Navy's HMS Iron Duke successfully carried out a Seawolf missile launch, proving its new cutting edge 3D radar system. Iron Duke is the first ship in the fleet to have the new radar – Artisan, which was used to track a sea-skimming target ahead of the missile knocking it out of the sky off the coast of Portland
Lockheed Martin has won a contract option worth approximately $10 million to support the US Navy's intermediate-level maintenance activities for all MK-48 torpedoes. This is the first option exercised from a contract awarded in 2013 and brings the total contract value to more than $18 million
South Korea-based Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has introduced for the first time its Missile Surface Corvette (MSC) at DSA 2014 in Malaysia. Defenseworld
Thales has signed a partnership agreement with the Malaysian firm Global Komited Sdn Bhd to co-develop a wide range of Ground-Based Air Defence systems for the Malaysian Armed Forces. The signature ceremony, attended by The Malaysian Defence Minister, YB Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein, was held at the DSA 2014 show
AgustaWestland has increased the rate at which it develops new helicopters to meet increasing demand for a variety of helicopters. Consequently, helicopter development time frame has been compressed from the previous six years to three years starting from development and design to certification, manufacture and testing
The worlds first commercial tiltrotor, the AgustaWestland AW609, is expected to be certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency and the Federal Aviation Administration by 2017. According to Geoff Russell, Head of Media Relations at AgustaWestland, the company is working on the certification process for the AW609