Turbomeca has received EASA engine type certification for its Arrius 2R engine that powers the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X. “The Bell 505 is the first production Bell Helicopter to incorporate a Turbomeca engine,” said Turbomeca CEO Bruno Even in a statement Thursday
Ukrainian arms sales have declined 37.4 per cent in 2014 in comparison to arms sales revenue in 2013 largely due to the conflict in the eastern region
Eleven Russian firms are now ranked in the Stockholm International Peace Research Institutes (SIPRI) Top 100 defense companies for 2014 compared to nine in 2013. According to the report published Monday, Three companies entered the Top 100 in 2014
Chinas North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) and the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) may have ranked among the top ten defense companies worldwide by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in a recent report on global military industry. The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies, 2014 report published Monday states that due to lack of data and based on reasonable estimate of arms sales for most companies Chinese companies couldn't be added to the list
The first Japanese F-35A Lightning II aircraft began its assembly at the Nagoya Final Assembly and Check-Out (FACO) facility. The aircraft, designated AX-5, has officially begun the mate process, where major components of the aircraft are joined together to form the aircrafts structure, Lockheed Martin said in a statement Tuesday
France has ordered additional eight A330 Multi-role Tanker Transport Aircraft from Airbus. The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has placed the order
The Russian Defense Ministry has got 243 aircraft, 90 air defense missile systems and complexes under the state defense order in the past one year. "We received within the 2015 state defense order 243 modern aircraft, 90 air defense missile systems and complexes and 208 radar systems," Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu was quoted as saying by Tass Friday
Two multi-purpose submarines and seven warships will be entering service of the Russian Navy in 2016. "Two multipurpose submarines and seven warships will join the Navy,” Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu was quoted as saying by Tass news agency on Friday
Russian KRET will replace the An-26 transport aircraft with modified Il-112v. KRET will equip light military transport aircraft Il-112V with a strapdown inertial navigation system (SINS) to determine the location of an object in offline mode
Saab has redelivered one of the Swedish Navys Gotland-class submarines to Swedish Navy (FMV) after general overhaul and upgrades. On 29 September 2014 Saab was contracted to perform overhaul and upgrade work on one of Swedens Gotland-class submarines