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DCNS Validates UAV Integration With Naval Combat System

January 10, 2014 @ 08:38 AM

The French defence procurement agency (DGA) and DCNS have validated the functional integration of an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) with the combat system of a warship. The successful physical and functional integration of a tactical VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) UAV on board a surface combatant by DCNS, with no impact on flight safety, represents a major breakthrough for naval air forces
CAE Wins Training Support System Contracts Worth $110 Million

January 8, 2014 @ 12:45 PM

CAE today announced that it has won contracts valued at more than $110 million to provide a range of training systems and services. The string of contracts, which add to CAE's third quarter fiscal year 2014 order intake, include a new program to provide Beechcraft T-44C aircrew training for the United States Navy, a foreign military sale contract to provide an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter simulator for the Royal Danish Navy, and a contract from Beechcraft to provide a T-6C ground-based training system (GBTS) for the Mexican Air Force
Indian Defense Procurement Moves Forward Despite Delays With Some Contracts

January 8, 2014 @ 10:26 AM

With the cancellation of the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal and delays in acquiring the medium multi role combat aircraft (MMRCA) from Dassault, the Indian defense establishment is reeling under concerns that important projects maybe be further delayed. However, despite delays, India has reached major milestones with the indigenous supersonic fighter aircraft LCA-Tejas achieving its Initial Operation Clearance and the army taking delivery of its first indigenous helicopter, the Rudra ALH from HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd) in 2013
Russian Pilots To Begin Training In Upgraded Il-38N Anti-Submarine Aircraft

January 6, 2014 @ 07:32 AM

The Russian Northern Fleet pilots will be retrained in 2014 to master the modernized Ilyushin Il-38N, a maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft. The first crew has already completed the theoretical part of the program and has begun the practical flight training, Captain First Rank Vadim Serga, a representative of the Northern Fleet was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti
Russia To Get New Warships In 2014

January 4, 2014 @ 07:58 AM

The Russian Navy is expected to receive 40 new warships and auxiliary vessels this year, according to RIA Novosti. In addition to surface ships of various classes, the navy will also commission the third Borey-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, the Vladimir Monomakh, and a Varshavyanka-class diesel electric submarine, Rear Admiral Viktor Bursuk, a deputy commander of the Russian navy was quoted as saying in the report
Russian Armed Forces To Get Advanced Air Defense Systems In 2016

December 30, 2013 @ 07:08 AM

The Russian armed forces will receive advanced Buk-M3 air defense missile systems in 2016, the Air Defense Force's chief said last week. “We are now in the midst of planned rearmament to replace Buk-M1 with Buk-M2
India Closes Bribery Cases Against IAI, Tatra, Hope For AW, Denel, Rheinmetall

December 27, 2013 @ 01:59 PM

India, in the past couple of months, has closed at least two high-profile cases involving bribery and corruption in its defense dealings thus lifting a moratorium placed on several firms over the past decade. One is the long-running investigation into the allegation that the Israeli Aerospace Industries paid kickbacks to Indian officials to win the Barak missile deal in 2001
Russian Navy To Commission New Attack Submarine On 30th December

December 27, 2013 @ 09:13 AM

The Russian Navy will receive its first Yasen-class attack submarine, the Severodvinsk, on December 30, according to RIA Novosti. The submarine, designated as Graney-class by NATO, has been under construction at the Sevmash shipyard in northern Russia since 1993
Lockheed Martin Win $448 Million JASSM Missiles Contract

December 20, 2013 @ 03:45 PM

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $232 million contract for the Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) baseline missiles and JASSM extended range (ER) missiles. The contract includes systems engineering, foreign military sales test assets, ER avionics bulkhead value engineering change proposal - cost share savings, tooling and test equipment, Baseline JASSM Weapon Systems Evaluation Program and Obsolescence Management Oversight
ATLAS Elektronik To Equip New Thailand Frigate With Sonar systems

December 19, 2013 @ 05:05 AM

ATLAS ELEKTRONIK has won c ontract to supply bow sonar (ASO) and a low- frequency active towed array sonar (ACTAS) for a new frigate of the Royal Thai Navy. Together, the two systems offer active and passive sonars for the detection, tracking and classification of underwater vehicles, such as submarines, torpedoes and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV)

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