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Delay on Air Combat Decision Becoming Harmful

September 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

> The newly appointed Shadow Minister for Defence Senator David Johnston has roundly criticised the Rudd Government for sitting on an important decision on Australias air combat capabilities for five months.>> Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon received the Air Combat Capability Review in May, but is yet to decide if the Joint Strike Fighter will become Australias leading edge combat aircraft
Lockheed Martin Team Delivers Nation's First Littoral Combat Ship to U.S. Navy...

September 19, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

>Accepted by the US Navy on Sept. 18, the future USS Freedom is the first Littoral Combat Ship to enter service
SkyTrac Systems to Exhibit Satcom solutions at AAD 2008

September 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Michael Zelin, SkyTrac’s newly appointed Director of International Business Development will be demonstrating SkyTrac’s complete SatCom solutions, including hardware and software products, at the Heli Management Services Booth (number 8514). Michael Zelin, formerly with industry leaders AmSafe Aviation and ARINC is the newest member of SkyTrac’s Sales and Marketing team
Thales Awarded Second Phase of Sonar Support Contract

September 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Thales UK's naval business has today agreed terms, worth £134 million, for the second phase of its 10-year contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the in-service support of all Royal Navy (RN) major sonar systems. The contract, awarded to Thales UK's underwater systems business in 2003, is aimed at delivering equipment availability for several of the major sonar systems in service with the Royal Navy
Termination of JP129 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Contract

September 4, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

The Minister for Defence, the Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP, today announced that the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) and Boeing Australia have agreed to terminate the contract for the delivery of a Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) System. Under a contract awarded to Boeing Australia in December 2006, Joint Project 129 sought to deliver the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) I-View 250 TUAV System, for use by the Australian Army in airborne surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition
Selection of Sonar System for the Air Warfare Destroyer Project

August 11, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

The Minister for Defence, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP has congratulated the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Alliance in achieving an important milestone in the AWD project with the selection of Ultra Electronics as the preferred supplier of the sonar system for the AWDs
South Korea seeks additional CN-235s

July 30, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

South Korea's air force plans to buy eight Indonesia Aerospace-built CN-235-220 maritime patrol aircraft, with Seoul offering Jakarta two refurbished diesel submarines in return. Officials from both countries have been discussing the proposal for several months, and the final details could be hammered out during joint committee meetings on defence and logistics and as South Korean defence minister Lee Sang Hee visits Indonesia later in July
India reports shooting on Kashmir frontier

July 30, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Pakistani soldiers violated the cease-fire in Kashmir on Wednesday, shooting across the heavily fortified frontier in the Himalayan region for the second time in three days, the Indian army said. The Pakistanis opened fire just before noon but Indian forces did not shoot back, said Lt
Turkey Ponders Russian Missile Offer

July 29, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

As Turkey moves to upgrade its weapons systems, Ankara is considering all options and possible suppliers, including Moscow. The value of such runs into billions of dollars, generating intense competition, particularly over contracts to supply Turkey with an advanced surface-to-air missile system, with potential capabilities against ballistic missiles
Farnborough orders point to slow second half

July 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

A $40 billion (20 billion pound) spree by Gulf oil states prevented aircraft orders from going into freefall at this week's Farnborough Airshow but left little for Airbus and Boeing to scrap over for the rest of the year. Airbus, the planemaking unit of Europe aerospace group EADS , was still squeezing out a few orders on day four of a show that exposed a yawning divide between the industry's rich and poor as oil prices approach $150 a barrel

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