Thales has won a contract to provide navigation aids (navaids) and air traffic control tower equipment to Saudi Arabia National Guard. The technology will support visual and instrument flight rules for fixed and rotary wing aircraft at two new Saudi Arabian airfields – Khashm al-An Airfield, east of Riyadh, and Dirab Airfield, southwest of Riyadh
The Croatian Army received more than two dozen military vehicles from excess Army inventory at a ceremony in Croatia, April 7, according to an official statement. The 30 Maxx PRO Plus model Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles, known as MRAPs, were being divested from Army inventory and were available for Foreign Military Sales
CAE today announced that it has established an industry record of 48 Level D full-flight simulators (FFS) sold during its fiscal year 2014 which ended on March 31, 2014. The latest contracts, valued at a total of approximately C$75 million at list prices, include the sale of five simulators to customers in North America, Europe and India as well as update services
Russias defense ministry plans to create its own news agency next year, a ministry official was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. The agency will focus mainly on military news but will also address social and political issues, plus high-profile events in Russia and around the world
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is evaluating a number of TCOM aerostat systems to assess their airborne persistent surveillance capabilities for border patrol operations. TCOM has supplied 17M and 22M tactical class aerostats and 38M operational class aerostats to DHS for assessment in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, according to Shephard
Russia is all set to launch two new antimissile radars, one in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad and the other in Siberia's Irkutsk Region in the year 2014, Russian A&D officials announced. "Work is proceeding according to schedule; there are no delays or setbacks," Maj
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North Korea for the second time this year has fired a long-range rocket despite warning from the United Nations and the U.S
The U.S Army on Sept 13 launched the Juno missile from New Mexico to be intercepted by a Patriot Missile during a test when onlookers mistook the missile’s long contrail for an UFO
After identifying a number of fractured bolts in the Australian Army’s Sikorsky Black Hawk Helicopters during a routine maintenance check, the Australian Department of Defense has suspended flying operations on January 23. Only three Army Black Hawks, assigned to the Joint Task Force 631, for aero-medical evacuations for International Stabilisation Force remain operational in Timor Leste during the temporary suspension