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Minister For Defence Completes Successful Visit

December 1, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

The Minister for Defence, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP has returned from a highly productive visit to Canada, Spain, Portugal and the UK, where he met with a range of ministerial counterparts and senior officials to advance issues relating to Australias global and regional defence interests
Aerojet Successfully Delivers TOW Bunker Buster Production Units

November 27, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. --- Aerojet, a GenCorp company, announced today that it has completed production and delivery of 3,178 TOW Bunker Buster Warhead Assemblies to Raytheon Missile Systems
Minister For Defence to Visit Spain

November 26, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Minister for Defence, The Hon Joel Fitzgibbon, will visit Spain from 23 to 25 November and meet with the Spanish Defence Minister, Ms Carme Chacon, and Foreign Minister, Mr Miguel Angel Moratinos.>> I am pleased to have the opportunity to discuss Defence and security issues with Ms Chacon, and to advance Spains and Australias very productive defence relationship, which is underpinned by cooperation on several major Defence acquisition projects, Mr Fitzgibbon said
Minister For Defence to Visit Spain

November 25, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Minister for Defence, The Hon Joel Fitzgibbon, will visit Spain from 23 to 25 November and meet with the Spanish Defence Minister, Ms Carme Chacon, and Foreign Minister, Mr Miguel Angel Moratinos.>> I am pleased to have the opportunity to discuss Defence and security issues with Ms Chacon, and to advance Spains and Australias very productive defence relationship, which is underpinned by cooperation on several major Defence acquisition projects, Mr Fitzgibbon said
Indonesia may buy 6 Russian jet figher , 16 armed vehicle

November 20, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Rosoboronexport has signed deals to sell six Su-30 Flanker-C jet fighters and 18 BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles to Indonesia, an official at Russia's arms export monopoly said on Wednesday. Nikolai Dimidyuk, Rosoboronexport's special programs director, said Indonesia could also buy other Russian warplanes as well as Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters
Eurofighter Test Fleet Surpasses 6,000 Flying Hours

November 18, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

HALLBERGMOOS, Germany --- The international test fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon surpassed the 6,000 Flying Hours mark recently. With flight testing now focusing on further enhancements of Eurofighter Typhoon, recent major highlights were the conclusion of in-flight refuelling trials of the Italian Air Force and Alenia Aeronautica with KC-130J Hercules tankers and the beginning of similar trials of the German Air Force, the German Operational Test Centre Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 61 and EADS with Airbus A310 MRTT (Multi-Role Tanker Transport)
Strategic Planners Give Glimpse of Tomorrow's Mobility Force

November 13, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

ANAHEIM, Calif. --- Air Mobility Command strategic planners gave an insider's view into the future of air mobility at the 40th annual Airlift/Tanker Association Conference Nov
ST Engineering's Marine Arm Secures S$200m Contract To Design And Build Landing...

November 12, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Singapore --- Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that its marine arm, Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine), has secured a contract in a basket of currencies amounting to about S$200m, to design and build a 141 meter Landing Platform Dock (LPD), two 23m Landing Craft Mechanised (LCM) and two 13m Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel (LCVP), for a navy in the Asia Pacific region.>> Construction is scheduled to begin in mid 2009 and delivery is planned for in 2H 2012
Alenia Aeronautica: Flight Refuelling Tests for the Eurofighter Typhoon with Italian Air...

November 11, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Fight-refuelling tests of a double-seat Eurofighter with a KC-130J Hercules of the Italian Air Force in the tanker version have been successfully completed in Decimomannu.>> The aircraft, the Italian IPA2, used in Alenia Aeronauticas testing, after having completed a series of ground tests, has accomplished flight tests through 5 missions (including three in one day only), of which one in a clean configuration, the others with a configuration with three supplementary tanks, two under the wings and a central one under the fuselage
Fleet Readiness Center Brings New Life to P-3s

November 10, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

BRUNSWICK, Maine --- Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) completed repairs on the first red-striped P-3C and delivered the aircraft to its squadron in Brunswick, Maine, Nov. 4

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