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Saab Delivers nEUROn Fuselage to Dassault
2011-01-28 Read More...
Saab AB (Sweden) officially delivered the front and central fuselage sections of the nEUROn European UCAV technology demonstrator to the Prime contractor, Dassault Aviation (France).

Saabs’ GBAD Solution
2011-01-27 Read More...
The integration of both RBS 70 and BAMSE Systems proved its unique abilities in the summer of 2010 at the ELITE (Electronic Warfare Live Training Exercise), a major exercise pitting air defense against air

100,000 Flying Hours for Eurofighter Typhoon
2011-01-27 Read More...
Eurofighter Typhoon celebrated, on Wednesday, its 100,000 flying hours during an event held at its Munich (Germany)

France Inks Mistral Warship Deal with Russia
2011-01-26 Read More...
France on Tuesday inked a lucrative agreement to sell 4 Mistral warships to Moscow, with 2 to be built in Russia, in a move bitterly opposed by ex-Soviet states in the

Major Fatigue Testing of A400M Begins
2011-01-21 Read More...
Major fatigue testing of the Airbus Military A400M has begun on schedule in Dresden (Germany) this

FN Herstal: 10,000 Machine Guns to DGA
2011-01-20 Read More...
The French DGA (Direction Générale de l'Armement) has selected the MAG machine gun manufactured by Belgium-based FN Herstal to replace its existing AN F1 machine

Sagem Wins Contract for 1,175 IR Binoculars
2011-01-20 Read More...
French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) announced that, following international competitive bidding, it had awarded a contract to Sagem (Safran group) for 1,175 JIM LR 2 new-generation long-range multifunction infrared binoculars, intended for the

DCNS Wins 5-Year Services Contract
2011-01-18 Read More...
DCNS has been awarded a major contract to provide through-life support (TLS) services for the French Navy’s La Fayette-class

Cassidian & Atlas Elektronik Launch SIGNALIS
2011-01-13 Read More...
Cassidian and Atlas Elektronik announced the completion of the merger of their subsidiaries Sofrelog and Atlas Maritime

Iveco & Soframe Win DGA Contract
2011-01-13 Read More...
Iveco Defence Vehicles, and French Soframe, have been awarded a contract to supply multi-purpose military vehicles to the French armed forces. The tender invitation was issued in 2007 by the Division of General Armaments (DGA), a part of the French

BAE: New Helmet for Eurofighter Pilots
2011-01-10 Read More...
BAE Systems launched a highly sophisticated helmet and support system for fighter pilots to help them ‘see’ through the aircraft body giving them vital advantage when it comes to split-second

Kaman: Contract with LaBarge
2011-01-05 Read More...
LaBarge, Inc., a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS), has been awarded a contract valued at $1.6 million from Kaman Aerospace Corporation to provide cockpit wiring harnesses for the MH-60S SEAHAWK

Saab Wins Arthur Deal
2011-01-04 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab received an order for weapon locating system Arthur. The order amount is 200 million SEK (over 29 million

France to Build 2 Naval Command Ships with Russia
2010-12-27 Read More...
France said that Russia will buy 2 Mistral-class command and amphibious assault warships from a French-led consortium, with the possibility of 2

Delivery of Tornado IS 86 to Italian Air Force
2010-12-22 Read More...
Earlier this week, Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, delivered to the Italian Air Force the Tornado IS86 (MM 7087), the series-lead of 15 aircraft envisaged by Italian Air Force’s IT Basic Full MLU (RET 7) retrofit

F-35 Program Reaches Flight Target
2010-12-17 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II program team reached, this past week, its 2010 goal of 394 test flights jointly established by the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office and Lockheed

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