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Bittium, Finland sign Agreement For Tactical Wireless IP Network Products

August 9, 2017 @ 02:25 PM

Finlands Bittium Wireless and the Finnish Defence Forces have signed a EUR 30 million (US$35.1 million) Framework Agreement for the purchase of Bittium Tactical Wireless IP Network (TAC WIN) system products
Australian Air Force Withdraws Heron UAVs From Service

August 9, 2017 @ 08:28 AM

The Australian Air Force will withdraw Heron remotely piloted aircraft from service by the end of this year. A replacement capability is being acquired through Project AIR 7003 and is scheduled to be delivered after 2020
S Korean Defense Procurement Agency Gets New Chief Amidst Scandal

August 8, 2017 @ 05:14 AM

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has named Jeon Jei-guk as the new chief of Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) in a move to cut down corruption. Former chief of DAPA, Chang Myoung-jin, resigned last month after coming under scrutiny for his earlier decision to deploy a locally developed utility helicopter despite its well-documented defects,
Tokyo Wants US Osprey Aircraft Grounded in Japan Pending Australian Crash Investigation

August 7, 2017 @ 09:07 AM

Japan has demanded that the US ground its V-22 Osprey aircraft deployed in Japan after one of the Marine Corps planes crashed off Australia. The crashed Osprey was among the tilt-rotor aircraft deployed at U
Ammunition Depot Explodes In Abkhazia, Killing 2, Injuring 60

August 3, 2017 @ 01:52 PM

An ammunition depot in the Republic of Abkhazia, bordering Russia exploded yesterday leaving two people killed and 60 injured, including 30 Russian nationals. The Ministry of Emergency Situations has began evacuating the local population of the village of Primorskoe,
Boeing, Lockheed Martin Compete for Israel’s Heavy-lift Helicopter Replacement Program

August 3, 2017 @ 04:33 AM

Boeing and Lockheed Martin will be competing against each other for Israels heavy-lift CH-53 Yasur helicopters replacement program. Israel is considering two options of rotary-wing aircraft
US Army To Field Weapon Sight that Pairs Wirelessly With Night Vision...

August 2, 2017 @ 07:59 PM

The US Army expects to field two new systems to dismounted Soldiers that will allow for more rapid acquisition of targets, even those hidden by darkness, smoke or fog in the next 18 months. First out of the gate will be the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (ENVG) III, expected to be fielded sometime between April and June of 2018
Submarine Deal Kickbacks Haunt Malaysian PM Najib As Associate Is Charged In...

August 1, 2017 @ 03:15 PM

An associate of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been charged in France with receiving bribes worth 30 million euros in a 2002 deal to buy two Scorpene submarines from the French company DCNS (now Naval Group). PM Razaks former adviser Abdul Razak Baginda was charged in France on July 18 with "active and passive complicity in corruption" and "misappropriation of corporate assets", the French judicial source told AFP
France To Reopen Talks On STX Shipyard Ownership Deal With Naval Vessels...

July 31, 2017 @ 03:39 PM

Frances Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has offered to expand shipbuilding cooperation with Italy into naval vessels to renegotiate STX France shipyard ownership deal. Le Maire said in an interview published on Sunday by Le Journal du Dimanche that he will open renegotiations in Rome on August 1, Reuters reports
France, Germany To Lead Future European Jet Fighter Program To Replace Eurofighter,...

July 27, 2017 @ 06:53 PM

France and Germany could develop a future European fighter jet to replace the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Dassault Rafale. The fighter program could expand from the current Anglo-French combat drone program

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