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Bell Reduces Workforce
October 30, 2008 @ 12:00 AMFORT WORTH, TEXAS --- Officials at Bell Helicopter announced today that the company would lay off approximately 500 workers. This represents about four percent of the Bell Helicopter workforce and includes a 20 percent reduction in the management-level staff
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New Technology to Neutralise Improvised Explosive Devices
October 30, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Minister for Defence Science and Personnel the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, today unveiled a new robot called SPIKER designed to counter improvised explosive devices (IED)
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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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State aid: Commission Approves EUR35 Million Spanish Aid to ITP for Development...
October 23, 2008 @ 12:00 AMBRUSSELS --- The European Commission has authorised, under the EC Treaty rules on state aid (Article 88(2)), EUR 35 million of public funding that Spain intends to give to Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) for the development of the low-pressure turbine for the Trent 1000 engine. The latter is being developed by Rolls-Royce for the Boeing B787
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Pratt & Whitney Canada to Invest Over C$360 Million in R&D
October 21, 2008 @ 12:00 AMLONGUEUIL, QUEBEC --- Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) will invest over $360 million in research and development in the Montreal area over the next three years following the Quebec government's decision to provide the company with reimbursable support for R&D. P&WC is a United Technologies Corp
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Finmeccanica and Mubadala Create Industrial Partnership
October 21, 2008 @ 12:00 AMROME and ABU DHABI --- Finmeccanica, the Italian leading aerospace, defence and security company, and Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), an Abu Dhabi-based business development and investment company, today announced an agreement - signed at the presence of the Cabinet Undersecretary Gianni Letta - for a hi-tech industrial partnership.>> The Italian company will partner with Mubadala to manufacture aerospace composite components for civil aircraft at the recently announced Abu Dhabi-based composites plant
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France, Sweden and the United Kingdom Launch a Technology Project for a...
October 20, 2008 @ 12:00 AMFrance, Sweden and the United Kingdom on Sept. 22 signed a technical arrangement covering studies for the development of a lightweight and compact radar intended for unmanned aerial vehicles
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Lockheed Martin Establishes Center for Cyber Security Innovation
October 20, 2008 @ 12:00 AMGAITHERSBURG, Md. --- Lockheed Martin today announced the establishment of its new Center for Cyber Security Innovation (CCSI)
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First C-27J delivered to the US Armed Forces in Waco, Texas
October 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AMFinmeccanica, its subsidiaries Alenia Aeronautica and Alenia North America, and its US partner L-3 have delivered the first of the 78 C-27Js Spartan ordered last year within the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) programme, the joint US Army and Air Force programme for a tactical transport aircraft.>> The plane was delivered today in Waco, Texas to the United States Armed Forces
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Bell Delivers 100th Commercial Helicopter to India
October 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AMFORT WORTH, TEXAS --- Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced the delivery of the 100th commercial helicopter in India
Keel Laid For Sweden’s Torpedo Recovery, Anti-mine Ships
U.K. Royal Navy’s New Mini Helicopter Drone Debuts on Operations in Gulf...
Netherlands Extends Deployment of MQ-9 Reapers in Romania Until 2026
First Batch of 'Ready To Fly' Russian Engines Shipped For Installation on...
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