Embraer will participate in the 2009 Dubai Air Show,November 15-19, at Dubai’s International Airport, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Company will promote its full line of commercial jets for the airline market, including the 37- to 50-seat ERJ 145 family and the EMBRAER 170/190 family of E-Jets, with 70 to 122 seats
The awesome Army Apache attack helicopters operating in Afghanistan will benefit from a £439m ($647 million) contract that will further improve their technical, engineering and logistic support, the MoD announced today. The new Integrated Operation Support (IOS) contract awarded to AgustaWestland will provide a full range of support to the Apache fleet
RAF Chinook helicopters operating in Afghanistan will receive a £408 million($652 million) upgrade to deliver more powerful engines and more advanced, digitised cockpits, the MOD announced today. This upgrade will include a £128m contract which will give the whole Chinook fleet a significant boost by fitting a more powerful engine, enabling the Chinooks to operate more effectively in the hot summers and high altitudes of Afghanistan
Malaysia gave a rousing welcome to its first submarine on Thursday with the king saying that the acquisition of the vessel is the government's biggest commitment to enhance the capability of its armed forces to safeguard the country's sovereignty. The Scorpene submarine, named KD Tunku Abdul Rahman after the country's first premier, arrived at a naval base in Pulau Indah after a 54-day journey from France making stops at Jeddah, Djibouti and Cochin
The Boeing Company and WB Electronics of Poland today announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlines opportunities for future cooperation between the two companies, in areas such as ground combat vehicle battle management and command, control and communications systems. Henryka Bochniarz, president of Boeing Central and Eastern Europe, announced the agreement at the MSPO International Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce
Following the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) announcement in December 2008 of its purchase of more than 100 Warthog all-terrain tracked armoured vehicles, Thales today announces a £20m ($28.5 million)contract with Warthog manufacturer Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd (ST Kinetics)
EADS has signed a long term partnership agreement with the Russian Academy of Sciences and the St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University (SPb SPU)
United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense (MOD) today awarded a contract to Honeywell for purchase of 55-L-714A engine and spares, valued at approximately $185 million, to retrofit their fleet of Chinook helicopters. “Honeywell will begin fitting U
FRANCE - CAE has been awarded a series of contracts from Lockheed Martin and an undisclosed customer to design and manufacture four C-130 simulators and several training devices for military customers around the world, announced CAE Paris Air Show. "Over the past two decades, CAE has delivered more training systems for the C-130 than any company so we're pleased to continue building on this experience and look forward to furthering our relationship with Lockheed Martin and our other customers in providing training systems to global militaries flying the C-130," said Martin Gagne, CAE's Group President, Military Products, Training and
Agility Defense & Government Services (DGS) announced that the U.S