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European Defence and Security Market Strengthened: Deal on Public Contracts
January 15, 2009 @ 12:00 AMDefence procurement, still essentially a national competence, is boosted by a new directive, seeking to create a genuine single market for defence and security equipment and services adopted by the European Parliament in Strasbourg.>> MEPs voted in favour of the text agreed before with the Council
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Statement from the Ministry of Defence
January 9, 2009 @ 12:00 AM>With this latest order, the French Army has now contracted for 34 NH90 TTHs, with deliveries due to begin in 2011. Seen here is an Italian Army aircraft
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Europe’s Defence Industry Welcomes Positive EP Vote On Transfer Of Defence Products...
December 22, 2008 @ 12:00 AMBRUSSELS --- ASD, the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe, welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament, yesterday in Strasbourg, of a first-reading deal on the Directive on intra-EU transfers of defence products. Franois Gayet, Secretary General of ASD, declared: The intra-EU transfers Directive will contribute a great deal to the emergence of a genuine European defence equipment market (EDEM), and to a further consolidation of the European defence industry
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Major Projects Report 2008
December 18, 2008 @ 12:00 AMOver the past ten years, the Ministry of Defence has introduced a number of reforms to the way it procures defence equipment, but its performance on Major Projects remains variable. As part of its annual report to Parliament, the National Audit Office examined twenty of the largest defence equipment projects
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Acceptance of the First MRH90 Assembled In Australia
December 18, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Hon. Greg Combet, MP Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, today announced that the first Australian assembled Multi Role Helicopter (MRH90) has been formally accepted at the Australian Aerospace facility in Brisbane
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Barriers Removed from EU Market for Defence Equipment
December 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AMBRUSSELS --- The European Commission welcomes todays support of the European Parliament for a new directive to overcome fragmentation of the European defence market. The directive on intra-EU transfers of defence-related products, once implemented, will alleviate obstacles to intra-community trade and eliminate most transit formalities, while preserving Member States control over their defence and security interests
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Government Defence Spending Approved
December 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AMParliament has approved government plans to spend SFr917 million ($784 million) on army procurements.>> Tuesday's vote in the House of Representatives reversed the house's earlier position, when the rightwing People's Party joined the centre-left Socialist Party and the Greens in rejecting the programme
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Joint Purchase of Maritime Satellite Communications Terminals for Warships
December 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Hon. Greg Combet MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, today announced that the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) has signed a contract with BAE Systems Australia Ltd for the joint supply of five maritime satellite communications terminals
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More Helicopter Capacity for Afghanistan In Rebalanced Equipment Programme
December 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AM>AgustaWestland emerges as the clear winner from the British defense measures announced Dec. 11, which confirm Future Lynx and fund engine upgrades to Lynx Mk
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Improving Defence Contractor Performance
December 12, 2008 @ 12:00 AMGreg Combet, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, today announced that the DMO will release information to leading defence contractors designed to help them benchmark their performance as suppliers to the Australian Defence Force (ADF).>> The reports, produced as part of the Defence Materiel Organisations (DMO) Company Scorecard program, compare the performance of suppliers in delivery and support of military equipment
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