EDO Communications and Countermeasures Systems, Inc., also known as ITT Force Protection Systems, Thousand Oaks, Calif
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $17.8 million order to supply the U
The Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF), the joint venture between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and CAE, has announced that its simulator cockpit for the civil/conventional variant of the Dhruv has been certified to Level D, the highest qualification for flight simulators, by India’s Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA). The civil/conventional Dhruv simulator cockpit has been integrated with the CAE-built full-mission simulator currently in operation at HATSOFF
The Indian Air Force (IAF)’s plans to upgrade its fleet of Mirage 2000 fighters could be delayed following issues over the armaments package of the upgraded aircraft. While both the IAF and the French company, Dasault are keen to get the project off the ground at the earliest, informed sources told defenseworld
Harris Corporation has received $11 million in orders from the French Procurement Agency (Direction Generale de l'Armement – DGA) for Falcon III multiband manpack and handheld tactical radios – further expanding the adoption of the company's next-generation radio technology by international military forces. Under the orders, Harris will provide French forces with its AN/PRC-117G wideband networking radios, associated AN/VRC-114 vehicular amplifier adapters and other accessories
Astrium Services has been awarded a contract by the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) to deliver the AirPatrol airborne satcom terminal to support Canada’s Radar and Imaging for the Land/Littoral Environment (RIFL2E) Technology Demonstration Project (TDP). The terminal, which will be delivered and supported by Astrium Services’ Secure Satcom Systems, will enable DND to evaluate the technical feasibility and operational capability of an airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platform
Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) and Safran Sagem have signed an MoU in the field of Land Navigation and Artillery pointing applications based on Sagem Sigma 30 Inertial Navigation System. Sigma 30 equips the world’s leading artillery systems, including the indigenous Pinaka missile system
The Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF), the joint venture owned equally by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and CAE, today announced that its simulator cockpit for the civil/conventional variant of the Dhruv has arrived at the HATSOFF training centre in Bangalore following design and manufacture at CAE's facility in Montreal, Canada. The Dhruv simulator cockpit will now be installed and integrated with the CAE-built full-mission simulator currently in operation at HATSOFF
Thales Canada announced that it has been awarded the Tactical Control Radar contract by the Department of National Defence. Thales will supply and integrate two Ground Master 400 (GM 400) radars deployable with a suite of communications and operator control systems
Officially declared as the “biggest ever defence program in the history of India”, costing an estimated $35 billion from the Indian side, the fifth generation stealth fighter project is called the Perspective Multi-role Fighter (PMF) and will be an advanced version of the Russian Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA). A government press release said that a contract for Ppeliminary Design of the Indo-Russian Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft was signed between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Rosoboronexport and Sukhoi in Delhi on December 21