Thales and the French defence ministry's integrated through-life support structure for aeronautical equipment and systems (SIMMAD) announced today the awarding of the AMADEOS contract, a six-year agreement worth €164 million. Under this agreement, Thales will provide through-life support and availability management services for optronic equipment and systems on-board aircraft in service with the French Army, Air Force and Navy, including Rafale, Mirage 2000, ATL2, Puma, Caracal and Falcon 50
Caracal International, a UAE based small arms manufacturer announced that it will be showcasing two new pistols at DSEI 2013. Of the two new Caracal pistols, the CP663 is a double action hammer pistol designed both for use by Special Forces and for sports applications
As part of the presence at Polands MSPO defense industry exhibition being held September 2-5 in Kielce, Eurocopter has brought for a second time the EC725 Caracal helicopter. The Caracal is proposed for Polands acquisition of 70 multi-role helicopters, with Eurocopter and Turbomeca (Safran) signing industrial cooperation agreements that include the creation of full assembly lines in Poland for the Caracal and its Makila 2 turboshaft engines
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez said Russia had offered his country a $2.2 billion loan to buy tanks and advanced missiles
Hervé Morin, Minister of Defense, has announced the order of weapon stations for 20mm guns to equip transport and armed assault helicopters under the government’s plan to revive the economy. The defence procurement agency, DGA, on Aug
The volume of Russians arms sales abroad during nine months of the current year has considerably increased in comparison with the same-year period of 2007, deputy director of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation (FSMTC), Konstantin Biryulin told RIA Novosti. “The volume of arms deliveries has already exceeded the level reported in the same period of the previous year by 23 percent,” the official said at the opening of Euronaval 2008 international trade fair for naval defense, which is taking place in Le Bourget, France