As Iran continues to develop its nuclear enrichment program despite growing calls from Western States to halt, five nuclear scientists from the country have been assassinated over the last two years. With the most recent killing in January 2012, Iran is accusing Israel of aiding bombers and breeding terrorism in its country
Boeing has selected Cobham to provide On-Board Inert Gas Generating System (OBIGGS) equipment for use on the US Air Force’s new KC-46A Tanker Aircraft. Cobham will provide the Air Separation Modules, ozone filter and sensor sub-system for the OBIGGS which fulfils a critical aircraft safety system role by displacing fuel tank vapours with inert nitrogen gas, reducing the risk of explosion
Elbit Systems of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit System, will introduce the Skylark I-LE Block II UAV and its capabilities at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International's (AUVSI's) Unmanned Systems North America 2012 conference in , Nevada, August 6-9, 2012. The Skylark I-LE Block II has an operational range up to 15 km, maintains approximately 3 hours of endurance and is designed to perform in harsh environments such as high altitudes and gusting winds
After a U.S
The Albanian Ministry of Defence has awarded FB Heliservices, a Cobham Aviation Services joint venture, a two year contract to provide helicopter flying training services. FB Heliservices will provide a series of courses which will provide multi-engine type conversion, glass cockpit familiarisation, instrument flying and Search and Rescue training to 12 Albanian Air Force pilots and SAR training only to four helicopter crew members
If procurement of main battle tanks (MBTs) in NATO and certain other countries is any indication, the era of MBTs being the bulwark of land forces may be over. Tanks seem to be losing the strategic advantage to UAVs, and force projection advantage to lighter and more agile armoured vehicles
L-3 Unidyne announced today that it has been awarded a contract valued at over $69 million to provide life-cycle support services for U.S
India on Sunday test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range at Chandipur, off the Odisha coast. "The cruise missile was test fired from a ground mobile launcher from the launch complex-3 at about 1030 hours and all data is being retrieved for analysis," defence official was quoted as saying
FuelCell Energy today announce that it has won a US$3.8-million contract award from the U
The U.S Air Force is been sued by Boeing for $385 million it says it is owed for Delta IV rocket launch services