The Eurofighter Typhoon will be making a rare demonstration of its unrivalled agility and engine power with a full weapon load air display at this year’s Farnborough International air show which starts next Monday 19th July. In total, two Typhoon jets will participate in the show’s daily display of air capabilities, the first, from RAF’s 29 Squadron which will fly ‘clean’ as with all display aircraft, and the second, a Warton based UK development jet (IPA 5) which will take off immediately after the RAF aircraft has landed, flying with a full weapon configuration rarely seen at air shows
Minister for Defence Materiel and Science, Greg Combet has today announced that Defence has signed a new three year contract with Qantas Defence Services for the ongoing maintenance and support of the Royal Australian Air Force’s C-130H Hercules fleet. Mr Combet said the A$136 million contract was good news for industry and local employment, securing jobs for about 200 maintenance workers
Oshkosh Corporation announced today that its Defense division received an award valued at more than $84 million from the U.S
Senior Defense Department officials today showcased a more agile, downsized version of the military’s family of super-armored vehicles now arriving in Afghanistan. Because Afghanistan’s mountainous terrain requires a more agile vehicle than the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles used in Iraq, the MRAP vehicle was modified to produce a lighter, all-terrain vehicle known as the M-ATV, said Ashton B
Selex Galileo, of Finmeccanica, has secured a second contract for UK MoD’s Grand Challenge winning Team Stellar’s SATURN tactical ISTAR Unmanned System. Selex Galileo is the prime contract holder and system integrator for this new agreement which is the latest in a series of pace setting 100 day delivery programmes
Lockheed Martin Corp. Maritime Systems & Sensors, Baltimore, Md
Interoperable Design Allows Replacement of Most Radio Specific Handsets. Includes Wireless, GPS, and Man Wearable Design
Newly Minted Developer of Integrated Audio Systems will Target Wearable Technology for Mission Critical Military Operations and Specialized Law Enforcement. Holbrook, New York, February 20, 2009 – Seeking to bring an innovative global strategy to the development and distribution of engineered acoustic products, Mr
DALLAS --- Lockheed Martin has received contracts totaling $603 million from the U.S
Has the Indian Air Force (IAF) competition to buy 126 fighter aircraft had its first casualty? According to reports in an Indian newspaper, Financial Express, the Swedish fighter, which has had a string of international successes, including a recent one to supply fighters to the Thailand air force, has failed the technical evaluation of the IAF. It is now up to the Indian MoD which is conducting the procurement process, to decide whether it wants to call the Swedish fighter for field trials within the next few months