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French Chief-of-Staff Receives UAE Counterpart
2021-09-13 Read More...
Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief-of- Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, met Thursday with General Thierry Borcard, Chief- of-Staff of the French Army, as part of his official visit to

Collins Aerospace Wins Three Agreements for US Air Force U-2 Program
2021-09-13 Read More...
Collins Aerospace was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) sustainment contract for the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) U-2 program with a ceiling value of $493 million to support the USAF’s fleet of U-2 electro-optical/infrared

L3Harris to Build Unclassified Satellite Production Line for National Defense
2021-09-10 Read More...
L3Harris Technologies is expanding its satellite production site to include advanced production of unclassified satellites, which will deliver experimental capabilities for national

Omani Delegation Visits EU Maritime Safety & Rescue Society in Spain
2021-09-10 Read More...
A delegation from the Maritime Security Centre (MSC), headed by Commodore Mohammed Hamoud Al Zedjali, Head of the MSC, visited the EU Maritime Safety and Rescue Society (SASEMAR), based in Madrid, Spain, earlier this

Navantia Starts Sea Trials for Saudi Royal Navy’s NB 546 AL-JUBAIL
2021-09-09 Read More...
The ship NB 546 AL-JUBAIL, the first of five corvettes thatNavantia is building for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), has begun its sea trials inthe waters of the Bay of Cádiz, Spain in order to check the correct operation of all its

JetPack Aviation to Supply Two JB12 JetPacks to Southeast Asian Military Customer
2021-09-09 Read More...
California-based JetPack Aviation announced it has closed a sale with an undisclosed military customer in Southeast Asia for two JB12 JetPacks. The USD $800,000 order will take around six months to

Peli-Hardigg to Present Customized Engineered Cases at DSEI 2021
2021-09-08 Read More...
PELI Products, the World’s largest manufacturer of Military and Aerospace approved reusable tough plastic containers, presents PELI-Hardigg, its high-end division of Engineered Case Solutions at DSEI 2021 (Excel London; 14-17

UAE, Brazil Discuss Cooperation in Space Field
2021-09-08 Read More...
Saleh Ahmed Al Suwaidi, UAE Ambassador to Brazil, has discussed with Carlos Moura, President of the Brazilian Space Agency, the privileged bilateral relations between the two friendly countries in the field of space, as well as

AARGM-ER Missile Achieves Milestone C Decision
2021-09-06 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER), developed under contract with the U.S. Navy, has successfully achieved a Milestone C

Iran Test-Fires New Generation of Mersad 16 Missile System
2021-09-06 Read More...
Iran’s Air Defense Force successfully test-fired the country’s home-made Mersad 16 missile system with the capability to intercept cruise missiles in the Central desert of the

GA-ASI SeaGuardian Flies from UK to the Netherlands
2021-09-06 Read More...
In cooperation with UK and Netherlands airspace authorities, the Royal Air Force, and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a company-owned, MQ-9B

Leonardo’s New Threat Warning System for Aircraft Goes into Series Production
2021-09-03 Read More...
Leonardo’s new MAIR (Multi Aperture InfraRed) threat warning system has gone into series production, with manufacturing underway on an initial batch of dozens of units for installation on helicopters including the Italian Army’s LUH (Light Utility

Lockheed Martin Develops Hybrid Antenna for 5G, Radar & Remote Sensing Applications
2021-09-03 Read More...
Lockheed Martin has invented a new type of satellite dish technology with a wide range of use on satellites and ground terminals, including space-based 5G. The Wide Angle ESA Fed Reflector (WAEFR) antenna is a hybrid of a phased array

NASA Selects L3Harris to Guide Mars Mission Samples Home
2021-09-01 Read More...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has selected L3Harris Technologies to provide the latest Universal Space Transponder (UST) for the Mars Sample Return program, which is developing capabilities to return Martian samples to Earth for detailed

InVeris Training Solutions Acquires SURVIVR
2021-09-01 Read More...
InVeris Training Solutions, the leading provider of integrated virtual and live-fire training systems and services for domestic and international law enforcement customers, announced today that it has acquired SURVIVR, a privately held, Dallas-based

Havelsan Signs MoUs with Prominent Turkish Defense Companies at IDEF’21
2021-08-31 Read More...
HAVELSAN, one of the leading technology companies of Turkish defense industry, has signed many new agreements during IDEF’21 to expand collaborations with prominent companies of Turkish industry through series of Memorandum of Understanding

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