The Aviation community cheered on Tuesday when President Obama signed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bill into law which includes key provisions on the addition of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace system. The Congress in 2003 passed the FAA bill when the UAS’ were just beginning to be recognized as valuable assets in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
While speaking to the House of Commons today, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the MOD is set to order an additional C-17 Globemaster, thus increasing the total number in the RAF's fleet to eight. Citing better finances and savings as the reason for the addition, "This aircraft is becoming an absolutely brilliant workhorse for the RAF in terms of bringing men and material into a war zone like Afghanistan, but also evacuating civilians in times of need,” he said
After years of rumblings about problems in the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, the Pentagon plans to discontinue building this long endurance unmanned surveillance aircraft due to its high cost and maintenance. According to a report in Defensenews
Navistar Defense, LLC received a $110 million delivery order today to provide 650 independent suspension kits for International MaxxPro Plus Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. The U
ManTech International Corporation has been awarded a contract modification by the U.S
The Boeing Company has received a U.S
Sierra Nevada Corporation issued the following statement in response to a stop work order received today from the U.S
The Defence Secretary today announced a £400m package of protected vehicles and Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) technology to further improve the protection of British Forces in Afghanistan. IEDs are the single greatest threat to our forces in Afghanistan
The Rheinmetall Group of Düsseldorf, Germany, is to supply the Canadian armed forces with the state-of-the-art Büffel/Buffalo armoured recovery vehicle. Rheinmetall secured this important contract in the face of stiff competition, underscoring the Group’s leading role in the world of heavyweight combat support vehicles
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