The UK Ministry of Defense has signed a contract worth £1 billion with Rolls-Royce who will deliver reactor cores for the country’s nuclear-powered submarine fleet. Jason Smith, Rolls-Royce President Submarines and Chief Operating Officer - Nuclear said: “This is excellent news that demonstrates the high level of trust the MoD has in both our technology and the expertise of our highly skilled workforce
This year Eurosatory will see major attendance from EADS and its divisions, Airbus/Airbus Military, Astrium, Cassidian and Eurocopter, who will present a diverse range of products, services and technologies. The EADS Group’s defense and security divisions will present products ranging from aircraft platforms and missiles to secure communications systems
EADS Cassidian has announced the launch of Cassidian CyberSecurity, a dedicated new business, devoted to the cyber security market across Europe and Middle East, with an initial focus on Germany, the United Kingdom and France. Cassidian CyberSecurity will provide responses to the specific demands of the French, British and German governments
Lockheed Martin will develop a new variant of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) incorporates a new warhead for the U.S Department of Defense
The Qantas Group today announced that it has selected CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1A engine to power 78 Airbus A320neo aircraft currently on order. The engine order is valued at $2
Defense major CAE announced today it has signed a shareholders agreement with the Ministry of Finance of Brunei Darussalam (MOFB) to set up a joint venture company, owned 60 percent by CAE and 40 percent by the Brunei Ministry of Finance, will be established to develop and operate the CAE Brunei Multi-Purpose Training Centre (MPTC) in Brunei Darussalam. The CAE Brunei MPTC also announced it has signed long-term training services contracts valued at approximately C$170 million for CAE
India’s Defence Minister A K Antony dismissed reports of a shortage in certain tank ammunition today calling them “rumours”. Antony said that despite shortcomings the country was in a much stronger place when compared with the past
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that its marine arm, Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine) has secured a contract worth €534.8m (about S$880m) to design and build four patrol vessels (PVs) and the provision of associated logistic support for the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO)
Defense giant Lockheed Martin has won a major deal worth over Rs 100 crore for the Supply of laser-guided bombs (LGBs) for the Jaguar fighter aircraft fleet in the Indian Air Force, the Press Trust of India has reported. The IAF is currently planning on inducting more than 100 bunker-buster LGBs for its Jaguar warplanes to destroy strongly fortified enemy targets
Two days after successfully testing firing Brahmos, India again on Friday test-fired the supersonic cruise missile with certain new systems from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off Odisha coast. The supersonic missile, which has a flight range of up to 290 km, is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 200 to 300 kg