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EUROJET Achieves Twin Milestones - 100,000 Flying Hours and 500 Production Deliveries
November 25, 2008 @ 12:00 AMHALLBERGMOOS, Germany --- EUROJET, the leading military engine consortium has achieved two notable milestones for its EJ200 programme.>> The EJ200 engine achieved over 100,000 Engine Flying Hours in the Eurofighter Typhoon fleets of the Air Forces of Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and Austria at the end of October
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Move by US, Others to Support Cluster Munitions Fails
November 18, 2008 @ 12:00 AMGENEVA --- An effort by some countries to legitimize the ongoing use, production, trade, and stockpiling of cluster munitions failed today, in the lead-up to a comprehensive legal ban on the weapon that more than 100 other nations plan to sign in Oslo, Norway on December 3.>> The United States, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and Finland were among the countries pushing for a new protocol to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) that would allow the use of all existing cluster munitions, including the oldest, most inaccurate, and unreliable varieties, for a period of up to 20 years
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Eurofighter Test Fleet Surpasses 6,000 Flying Hours
November 18, 2008 @ 12:00 AMHALLBERGMOOS, Germany --- The international test fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon surpassed the 6,000 Flying Hours mark recently. With flight testing now focusing on further enhancements of Eurofighter Typhoon, recent major highlights were the conclusion of in-flight refuelling trials of the Italian Air Force and Alenia Aeronautica with KC-130J Hercules tankers and the beginning of similar trials of the German Air Force, the German Operational Test Centre Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 61 and EADS with Airbus A310 MRTT (Multi-Role Tanker Transport)
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Mercedes-Benz Wins Tender for the Supply of 1,200 G-Class Off-Road Vehicles to...
November 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AMMELBOURNE The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has signed a contract with Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific (MBAuP) for the supply of 1,200 G-Class cross-country vehicles.>> Internally coded by the ADF as Land 121, but more commonly referred to as Project Overlander, this large-scale undertaking by the ADF is to replace its tactical vehicle fleet
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Saab Space and Austrian Aerospace United Under One Roof as RUAG Aerospace
November 4, 2008 @ 12:00 AMBERNE, Switzerland --- Following the sale of the Swedish space company Saab Space and its Austrian subsidiary Austrian Aerospace by SAAB AB to Swiss technology group RUAG, the companies are now united under one name: RUAG Aerospace.>> The former "Saab Space AB" of Sweden and "Austrian Aerospace GmbH" of Austria are thus now known as "RUAG Aerospace Sweden AB" and "RUAG Aerospace Austria GmbH" respectively
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$350 M Contract Signed for New Military Vehicles
October 30, 2008 @ 12:00 AMMinister for Defence, The Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP, today witnessed the signing of a $350 million contract with Mercedes-Benz to supply 1200 new G-Wagons to the Australian Defence Force. The signing ceremony took place at the Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane
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Army Receives First Leopard 2A6 Tanks
October 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Minister of National Defence, Nuno Severiano Teixeira, will preside at 11 oclock this morning the reception ceremony for the first eight Leopard 2A6 tanks delivered to the Portuguese Army. The ceremony will be held at the Santa Margarida army base in Constancia
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Embraer’s E-Jets Surpass Two Million Flight Hours
October 21, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSO JOS DOS CAMPOS, Brazil --- The EMBRAER 170/190 family of E-Jets in operation, worldwide, recently surpassed the significant mark of 2 million flight hours. The fleet of aircraft and the customer base continue to grow rapidly, and now total over 450 jets flying for 50 airlines in more than 30 countries
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Embraer’s E-Jets Surpass Two Million Flight Hours
October 21, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSO JOS DOS CAMPOS, Brazil --- The EMBRAER 170/190 family of E-Jets in operation, worldwide, recently surpassed the significant mark of 2 million flight hours. The fleet of aircraft and the customer base continue to grow rapidly, and now total over 450 jets flying for 50 airlines in more than 30 countries
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Successful Deck Landing Trials of CAMCOPTER S-100 on German Corvettes K 130
October 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Austrian company Schiebel, market leader in unmanned helicopters, and Diehl are offering the CAMCOPTER S-100 to the German armed forces. In a comprehensive test program of the German Navy, CAMCOPTER S-100 has repeatedly proved its capability of safe operations on vessels in heavy seas and rough conditions
Milrem Robotics to Unveil 8×8 Robotic Combat Vehicle at IDEX 2025
Australian Army Procuring 14 Multi-mission Phased Array Radars
Microsoft, Anduril Partner to Enhance U.S. Army’s Augmented Reality Combat Gear...
Norwegian Navy Receives Patria Sonac ACS for USV-Based Minesweeping
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U