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Esterline CMC To Provide Cockpit Avionics Upgrade For Finnish Hawk Trainers

July 11, 2016 @ 11:22 AM

Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) has been selected by Patria, Finland, to provide a glass cockpit avionics upgrade for seven BAE Systems Hawk trainers for the Finnish Air Force. The existing upgraded fleet of Hawk Mk51 and Mk66 aircraft provides basic and advanced training at Tikkakoski Air Base for pilots destined for the F/A-18C and F/A-18D equipped front-line squadrons
Esterline CMC To Supply Avionics Systems For AN-124 and AN-148/158/178 Aircraft

July 11, 2016 @ 11:18 AM

Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) has recently been awarded two key contracts to supply its high-performance avionics systems for the AN-124 transport aircraft operated by Antonov Airlines as well as for the AN-148/158/178 aircraft. Under the terms of the first contract, Esterline CMC Electronics will supply its CMA-9000 Flight Management System (FMS), CMA-5024 GPS Sensor and MFD-2068 Multi-Function Display in a dual configuration for the upgrade of seven AN-124 aircraft
Esterline CMC Electronics To Supply Cockpit Avionics For Australian Air Force PC-21...

July 11, 2016 @ 11:04 AM

Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) has been awarded a contract by Pilatus to supply its advanced cockpit avionics for the Royal Australian Air Force fleet of 49 PC-21 turboprop trainer aircraft. Esterline CMC will supply the Cockpit Displays, dual Flight Management Systems (FMS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) Landing System Sensors as well as the Head-Up Display (HUD) sub-system, the company made the announcement at the Farnborough International Airshow Monday
Leonardo-Finmeccanica, Esterline Partner For Canada’s C-27J Spartan Fleet Avionics

May 26, 2016 @ 03:31 PM

Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) have signed an agreement for the supply of high-performance avionics systems for the C-27J Spartan fleet. Team Spartan, led by General Dynamics, Leonardo Aircraft Division and DRS Technologies, is competing for Canada's Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue program with the C-27J Spartan aircraft
Chinese Army To Be Capable Of Informationized Warfare by 2020

May 14, 2016 @ 11:17 AM

China aims to complete military reform and make the armed forces capable of informationized warfare by 2020. China's armed forces will realize "a significant increase of key combat capabilities," according to the 13th five-year military development plan (2016-2020), issued by the Central Military Commission (CMC) Friday
China Plans Maritime Militias To Counter Armed Vietnamese Fishing Boats

April 14, 2016 @ 11:50 AM

China is establishing a 'full dimensional model' of South China Sea maritime militias to counter armed Vietnamese fishing boats. The maritime militia organizations of Vietnam and other countries that have claimed sovereignty over South China Sea have been active for many years in the region,
China’s Five Military Commands To Have Own Army, Air Force

February 4, 2016 @ 09:29 AM

Chinas newly formed five military commands are expected to have their own army and air force, while naval forces are not likely to be deployed by all five commands. China has established five military theatre commands and have disclosed the location of their army headquarters,
Chinese PLA Shuts Down Regional Military-Run Newspapers

January 19, 2016 @ 11:14 AM

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has shut down several military-run newspapers recently as part of the ongoing reform. The newspapers were run by China's seven regional commands, respectively headquartered in Shenyang, Beijing, Jinan, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Lanzhou, Global Times reported Tuesday
At US$83 Million A Piece, China Gets Sukhoi Su-35 Jets At A...

November 19, 2015 @ 11:38 AM

Russias sale of 24 Sukhoi Su-35 to China for US$200 million works out to approximately US$83 million per unit, a bargain price compared to some of the Western origin front line fighter aircraft in the world. In comparison, the French Rafale cost approximately US$200 million apiece in recent contracts with Egypt and Qatar and a figure close to that in an expected contract with India
Subsystem Technologies Wins ARDEC, Rapid Prototyping and Technology Initiative Contract

August 27, 2015 @ 12:49 PM

USAs Subsystem Technologies has won an Army Rapid Prototyping and Technology Initiative (RPTI) contract as part of a major Joint Munitions & Lethality (JM&L) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) Strategic Sourcing Initiative. RPTI is designed to increase the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) responsiveness to meeting the soldier's immediate field requirements

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