Airbus Helicopters announced it took home $54 million in helicopter sales at the FIDAE 2014 air show last week in Chile. Among the contracts it won include an order for two EC145 aircraft from the Bolivian Air Force for government transport duties and emergency missions from Airbus Helicopters Cono Sur, with contracts inclusive of pilot training, technical assistance and a logistic package of tools and spare parts to be provided by Airbus Helicopters
Eurofighter will next deliver Typhoon fighters to its seventh customer, Oman, as the European consortium marks its 20th anniversary. On the 20th anniversary of Europes biggest fighter programme, over 400 Typhoons have been delivered to six international customers
The US Marine Corps F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program would be delayed further due to glitches in software development and testing, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. Earlier reports said the F-35s is scheduled to reach “initial operating capability” by mid-2015
Northrop Grumman is developing the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) under the direction of Army IAMD Project Office, the Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space. The demonstration highlighted how IBCS delivers a single integrated air picture easily understood by commanders and air defense operators to greatly enhance aircraft and missile tracking and decision making in the very complex air domain, according to Northrop Grumman
DCNS will present its range of naval solutions at FIDAE 2014 and will use the “opportunity to show its involvement in marine renewable energy, a fast-growing sector in Chile”. Partner of the Chilean Navy for a number of years, DCNS opened a representation office in Santiago two years ago to maintain a preferential link with the Navy and meet its requirements, according to an official statement
GD Nexus, an online community of technology providers created by General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, has made available its first Need Statement for the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) domain. With a focus on the intersection of analytics with image and video processing, the Need Statement will match a technology solution with a mission-critical customer requirement
CAE today announced that it has won a series of contracts valued at more than C$140 million to provide a range of training systems and services for global defence customers. These include four P-8A simulators sold to Boeing for the United States Navy, a contract to provide an SW4 helicopter simulator for the Polish Air Force, various contracts to provide the German Air Force with a range of training support services, and a contract to provide lifecycle support and maintenance services for PWN's AW139 simulator in Malaysia
The US Army will test its Advanced Hypersonic Weapon Technology Demonstration again in August to help determine the system's future. Lt
Northrop Grumman has announced the appointment of retired Col. Toshihiko Seki as head, Air Power Programs, based in the company's Tokyo office
Radio Tactics has signed a partnership agreement with Wynyard Group, a New Zealand based provider of critical threat assessment and advanced crime analytics software. The global partnership delivers an advanced mobile device data network and analytics solution for rapidly capturing and extracting data from seized mobile devices, and connecting it to other data sources, according to an official statement