Embraer today announced the signing of a contract for a majority investment in Brazilian Security Intelligence firm, Tempest. The largest cybersecurity company in Brazil, Tempest, positions itself as a provider of complete solutions for business protection in the digital world
The South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has reached out to Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to provide 20 TA-50 combat trainers for 688 billion won ($575 million). KAI is slated to supply the TA-50 lead-in fighter aircraft for radar tactical and combat mission training, the company said in a statement today
The Royal Australian Navys third Anzac-class frigate has received a new mast built by BAE Systems as part of its Anzac Class Midlife Capability Assurance Program (AMCAP). The Navys HMAS Warramunga warship is currently at Henderson Shipyard, Western Australia
The French MODs Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has launched the Future Ocean Patrol Program (FOPP) to build 10 FOPP boats. Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, assembled on June 10 a Ministerial Investment Committee devoted to the launching of the future ocean patrol program
Airbus has been awarded a contract for the development, supply and integration of 115 Eurofighter ESCAN Captor-E AESA Radars for the German and Spanish Eurofighter fleet. It marks the so far largest order for the electronically scanned array radar, Captor-E
Maxar Technologies has announced its intent to acquire Saabs shares in Vricon Inc., a fifty-fifty joint venture
Images of an anti-aircraft missile mounted on a small naval vessel have appeared in Iranian media amidst official claims that Tehran has test-fired a sea-based version of the Khordad air defense system. Iranian news outlets showed images of the missile firing off the coast of Iran on Friday
Germany's Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) on June 19 placed an order with Damen Shipyards for the construction of four MKS-180 frigates for the German Navy. Damen is the main contractor for this complex project which it is undertaking, together with partners Blohm+Voss and Thales, in Germany
Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IGRC) released new footage which showing the homegrown Khordad 3 air defense system shooting down the US Navys US Navy MQ-4C Triton drone in June 2019 a day after it launched a cruise missile capable of a 280 km range. The video release was to mark the “first anniversary of the downing” by the IGRC, Iranian media reported
Rostecs Roselektronika and Aeroxo, a Russian start-up, are planning to begin serial production of robotic convertiplanes, the type of aircraft that utilizes rotor power for vertical takeoff and landing and converts to fixed-wing lift in normal flight. Applications include transportation of goods, control of ice conditions in the Far North, as well as as part of complex projects for monitoring extended facilities of critical infrastructure, Rostec said in a statement Wednesday