The Royal Air Force (RAF) recently announced that it plans to send a number of its Typhoon multi-role combat aircraft from the UK to support the upcoming Five Powers Defence Agreement Exercise hosted by Malaysia in April and also the Langkawi International Maritime & Air (LIMA 2013) Show on March 26. BAE Systems is one of four European industrial partners in the four-nation Eurofighter programme
Oman has announced its decision to buy 12 Typhoon and eight Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) aircraft in a contract reported to be worth $2.2 billion
Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. (ADCF) announced today that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with AeroSpy, an Austria-based leading technology supplier in the field of navigation, motion tracking, and mobile robotics, to develop and commercialize the first fully certified Sense & Avoid System that allows the integration of mission-specific UAVs into civilian airspace
The Olympic Games will be given a special guard this year as the Eurofighter Typhoon takes to the skies to secure the air space over London. In anticipation of the games which lasts from 27th July to 12th August, the Royal Air Force is conducting extensive training over London
In the coming months, the Russian Armed Forces will induct a new 9-mm handgun that will replace the aging Makarov pistol. “We are certifying a new pistol, the Strizh, which will replace the Makarov pistol in the next few months,” said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday
Oman has become the latest addition in the Middle East to express its interest in acquiring the Eurofighter Typhoon. The Government of Oman has requested BAE Systems to submit a formal bid for the supply of the fighter aircraft
A Czech investigator is expected to visit Sweden to meet with Gunnar Stetler, the chief prosecutor in the Swedish corruption unit regarding country's purchase of Swedish JAS Gripen fighters and gather evidence. In June, Saab announced that its earlier partner, British BAE systems, had paid out millions to a South African government advisor in 2003 and 2004
The Austrian Eurofighter will stand on guard and keep the skies clear during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland from January 24 to 29 this year. Four Eurofighters will be deployed to protect the temporary no-fly zone over Western Austria and Davos in an operation called Deadalus 12
The 300th Eurofighter Typhoon produced by the four partner companies of the European consortium, was delivered today by Cassidian to the Spanish Air Force, Ejercito del Aire. This milestone makes the Eurofighter Typhoon the only new generation multi-role aircraft to reach the impressive figure of 300 examples in service
The Camcopter S-100 by Schiebel, the Austrian hightech company, will again be the only UAS (Unmanned Air System) taking part in the daily flight displays (20th to 26th June) at the Paris Air Show. Flight imagery from the three-meter drone along with data from its onboard sensor will be transmitted in real time to the Air Show s TV station