Schiebel will deliver 100 MIMID Miniature Mine Detectors to the Czech Ministry of Defence. The recent order for 100 additional units of the one-piece, man portable light-weight mine detector placed by the MoD was not the first of this kind
Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $166 million contract for the design, development, construction, test, production and sustainment of the dry combat submersible system in support of U.S
Leonardo-Finmeccanicas Falco EVO unmanned air system (UAS) has been selected by two customers in the Middle East and Gulf region. A surveillance and intelligence-gathering platform, the Falco EVO can fly for up to 20 hours, carrying a payload of up to 100 kg
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first VIP version of the H175, the companys new medium class twin-engine helicopter, which entered service in 2014 for offshore transportation. The VIP version of the H175 offers cabin interior provided by Pegasus Design
Negotiations for aviation must be considered as a priority in the first wave of discussions with the EU, now that the United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union, British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA) CEO Marc Bailey said today. “We have developed legislation alongside EASA that supports our sector
The United States sanctions against "150th Aviation Repair Plant" will inflict no loss on this joint-stock company, Alexander Mikheyev, General Director of Russian Helicopters, the holding company, said on Monday. "In view of the unexpected introduction of sanctions against one of our enterprises, we have to acknowledge with regret that the sanctions always have a negative effect on international cooperation and tear up technological chains that took years to create," he said
Boeing is being awarded $18 million for the supplies and services required to update the flight management computer system software and air data inertial reference magnetic variation tables for the P-8A aircraft. The Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast Out functionality is a Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management requirement that is required for aircraft to access civil airspace and the U
Indias Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO) launched indigenous ship launched anti-submarine torpedo, ‘Varunastra Tuesday and is handed over to the navy by Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar Wednesday. The electric torpedo designed and developed by Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), a lab of DRDO and is capable of targeting quiet and stealthy submarines, both in deep and littoral waters in intense countermeasure environment, DRDO said in a statement
Indian defense manufacturers will benefit from offsets and access modern technology with the governments move to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to 100 percent in the sector, M N Vidyashankar, President, India Electronics and Semiconductor Association said. “With the FDI the MNCs (multi-national companies) wanting to invest in India will need local backup, resources, and manufacturing capabilities and comforts to deal with local vendors
First Raytheon-built Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW) or air-to-ground network enabled weapon has been delivered to the fleet. The JSOW completed initial operational capability earlier this month testing against sea and land targets, providing more lethality and accuracy for deployed air wings, Naval Air Systems Command said in a statement