Leonardo-Finmeccanica announced today that five firm orders have been signed for AgustaWestland AW169 helicopters by different Brazilian corporate and private customers. The announcement comes following an official presentation of the new generation model to nearly 100 pilots from across Brazil and held at the end of August, introducing capabilities, avionics and interior options available to AW169 VIP customers
Norway is planning to purchase 12 Lockheed Martin-built F-35 joint strike fighters in 2019-2020. Norways defense department submitted a 2017 budget proposal in parliament recently which outlined the countrys plans to purchase 12 planes in the 2019 and 2020 “block buy,”
DCI has given a one-week training to 12 participants from Kosovo, Macedonia and Moldovia on using a security Information Management System (SIEM). The tailored courses are based on operational training and exercises
China's Sukhoi Su-35 multirole fighter aircraft, which are expected to be delivered by this year end, will be fitted with onboard readout systems that display data in Russian language. Russia will configure the onboard systems of the military aircraft the same way as that of aircraft it supplies to the country's own Aerospace Forces
Trimble has sold its Belgium based Gatewing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) engineering and manufacturing business to Delair-Tech. Delair-Tech is a provider of long-range, fixed-wing UAS solutions for industrial inspection and asset management applications headquartered in France
Raytheon is developing a new technology to provide comprehensive situational awareness to troops inside windowless armored vehicles. The development is part of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Ground X-Vehicle Technologies (GXV-T) program
The Special Maritime Forces of several NATO countries have picked CONTROP Precision Technologies' iSea-10U EO/IR Maritime system to equip Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) and Fast Patrol Boats. The iSea-10U opens up new opportunities for maritime customers operating small boats, due to the fact that it is a Navy grade high quality product which is being offered at a commercial price, making it ideal for both naval and coastguard applications
The Indian Air Force has restarted a global contest, inviting international fighter jet manufacturers to set up a production facility in India to make single-Engine fighters. According to Business Standard report, Indian embassies in Washington, Moscow and Stockholm have written to jet manufacturers in these countries to confirm whether they would be interested in partnering with an Indian company in building a medium, single-engine fighter, with significant transfer of technology to the Indian entity
Radio conversations between various Pakistani formations have revealed that Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) militants have suffered severe damage in surgical strikes that was being conducted on terror launch pads. The assessment reports available from Indian army field units that included radio conversations between various Pakistani formations have revealed that the damage inflicted on LeT at Dudniyal launch pad in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, is maximum
Houthis rebels from war-torn Yemen launched a failed missile attack against a US Navy destroyer on Sunday, a US military spokesman said. Two missiles failed to hit the US Navy ship after being launched, Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis told Reuters news agency