Airbus Military and the Polish Air Force signed a contract today for the acquisition of five C295 transport aircraft. The new aircraft will join the fleet in 2013 thus increasing the number of aircraft to 16
Thales has been awarded a contract by the Service Industriel de l'Aéronautique (SIAé), France's military aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul service, to supply stand-alone GPS receivers for the French Navy's Lynx helicopters, which are currently being upgraded by the French defence procurement agency (DGA). Thales’s GNSS 1000-S receiver relies on SAASM (Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module) technology to access military GPS encrypted signals
Mr Anil Kumar (57) took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Navratna Defence Public Sector Undertaking Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on October 1, 2011. He succeeds Mr Ashwani Kumar Datt, who retired on superannuation on September 30, 2011
The official roll-out of the RBS15 Mk3 heavy anti-ship missile for the German Navy took place at a ceremony of the Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement. High-ranking representatives of the Federal Ministry of Defence, the Federal Office of Technology and Procurement, the German Navy as well as the industrial partners Diehl Defence and Saab Dynamics participated in the event at the naval base Kiel on September 22, 2011
Lebanese Minister of Interior Marwan Charbel : The Show is of High Significance as it is Closely Related to Security. Mr
South Korea signed a contract Wednesday to export its T-50 trainer jets to Indonesia, a government official said, a deal that will mark the first time for the country to export supersonic jets. The state-run aircraft maker Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) signed the deal in Jakarta with Indonesia's defense ministry, the official told Yonhap News Agency by phone
The inaugural Naval Defence Exhibition (NAVDEX) dedicated to naval defence and coastal security will run in parallel alongside IDEX 2011. Located at ADNEC’s dedicated marina and quayside, visitors can expect to witness the latest in naval defence technology with exhibits of warships, naval workboats and amphibious crafts, peace and war fighting equipment, anti-piracy and coastal security systems, and communication solutions
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $16 million from the Polish Ministry of National Defense to supply mobile multi-sensor monitoring and surveillance systems for the Polish Army
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has completed trails of five aircraft shortlisted for the basic trainer contract and the evaluation report is expected to be submitted to the MoD by the end of December or early January. The five aircraft which participated in the trials are the American Hawker Beechcraft T-6C, the Pilatus PC-7 MkII, the Korean Aerospace Industries KT-1, EADS PZL-130 Orlik TC-II from Poland and Grob 120TP from Germany
India purchased 115 fighter planes during 2005-09, making it the world’s leading buyer of fighters during the last five years. India is followed by the U