India will spend over $600 million this fiscal on paramilitary forces modernization and on strengthening border security. Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced this as part of his budget proposals for the current financial year ending March 2010
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed a contract to supply a HAROP Loitering Munition (LM) system to a foreign customer, believed to be India. The contract is estimated to be worth over $100 million
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract worth $80 million by the U.S
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Palmdale, Calif
Raytheon Company has received a $19 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for development and demonstration of technology to detect and locate buried land mines and tunnels. n Raytheon's plan, a laser radar vibration sensor, or ladar vibrometer, would reveal hidden targets by measuring ground-surface vibrations and use electronic instructions for calculation and processing known as algorithms to interpret the information
Eurocopter and its Brazilian subsidiary Helibras are pleased to announce the introduction of the first flight simulator for helicopters in Latin America at LAAD show in Rio de Janeiro. The flight simulator which will be operational in two years time in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, will be designed to recreate the cockpit environment and missions of a EC725 helicopter
Sagem (SAFRAN Group) was selected by the ATR consortium in an international competition to develop and produce the MPC 600 (Multi-Purpose Computer). This new onboard computer, used to record flight and maintenance data, is intended for the consortium's upcoming generation of regional turboprops, the ATR 42-600 and ATR 72-600
Indian government has cancelled a tender for 22 attack helicopters. The deal, with three firms, has failed to meet the requirements of the Indian Air Force
Rolls-Royce Turbomeca (RRTM) and Australian Aerospace ties to provide Through-Life Support (TLS) for the Australian Army’s new fleet of MRH90 Helicopters. Under the contract, RRTM will provide technical, logistics and supply support services for the RTM322-01/9 engine installed on the MRH90 helicopter
Ahura Scientific today announced the software update for its flagship product FirstDefender, a lightweight, rugged, Raman instrument for rapid, field-based identification of unknown solid and liquid chemicals. Ahura Scientific has expanded the number of compounds in its on-board chemical library, broadened the foreign language capabilities and introduced a new scan delay with FirstDefender 2