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Boeing Starts Assembly of 1st KC-46A Tanker Aircraft
2013-06-28 Read More...
Boeing workers in Everett loaded the first wing spar for the first U.S. Air Force KC-46A aerial refueling tanker, starting production of that aircraft and achieving another milestone toward delivering 179 tankers during the next 14

Syria’s Yak-130 Jets Waiting “Political Decision”
2013-06-28 Read More...
Russia has manufactured several Yak-130 combat trainer jets for Syria as part of a deal signed in 2011, but no final decision on delivery has yet been made, a Russian official source said on

ATK, US Air Force Test New Large Class Rocket Motor
2013-06-28 Read More...
ATK and the United States Air Force successfully tested the newly developed Large Class (92-inch diameter) Stage I solid rocket motor May 23 at ATK's test facilities in Promontory,

Royal Navy of Oman Accepts First of Class Warship
2013-06-27 Read More...
The first warship built by BAE Systems for the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) as part of Project Khareef for the design, build and delivery of three corvettes, has been formally handed over in a ceremony at HM Naval Base Portsmouth

Iveco-Soframe Deliver 1st Military Truck to French Army
2013-06-27 Read More...
Iveco Defence Vehicles and its French Soframe have handed over the first of 200 multi-purpose military vehicles of the Porteur Polyvalent Terrestre (PPT) Programme to the French Armed Forces.

Eurocopter’s New Paris-Le Bourget Industrial Site
2013-06-26 Read More...
The green light for the start of construction on Eurocopter’s new industrial site, known as “Paris-Le Bourget”, was given this past week by Guillaume Faury, President and CEO of Eurocopter, in the presence of Claude Bartolone, President of the

ITT Exelis SideHat & Rifleman Radios Certified by NSA
2013-06-26 Read More...
ITT Exelis received National Security Agency (NSA) certifications for its SideHat and the Soldier Radio-Rifleman (SR-R)

TRS’ Air Defense Management Center Proven in Mali
2013-06-26 Read More...
The ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) CMD3D1 (Centre de Management de la Défense dans la 3ème Dimension) air defense management center deployed with the French Army's 54th Artillery Regiment on Operation Serval in Mali since January 2013 has proven its

ATK Completes Acquisition of Caliber Company
2013-06-26 Read More...
ATK announced it has completed the acquisition of Caliber Company, the parent company of Savage Sports

1st Thales A400M Full Flight Simulator Ready for Training
2013-06-25 Read More...
The first A400M Full Flight Simulator (FFS) designed and built by Thales for Airbus Military received European Aviation Safety Agency’s qualification for training on the 7 June at Airbus Military International Training Centre in

P&W Announces Over 1,000 New Engine Orders
2013-06-25 Read More...
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp., announced new orders for more than 1,000 engines, including options, and highlighted key milestones for its military engines programs (including the F135 engine) at last week’s Paris Air Show

HAL & Dassault Aviation Review Ongoing Projects
2013-06-25 Read More...
On the occasion of last week’s Paris Air show (Le Bourget, 17-23 June 2013), HAL Chairman, Dr. RK Tyagi and Dassault Aviation Chairman, Eric Trappier and their respective Senior Executives met to review the progress in ongoing

TRS-NATO Sign Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Contract
2013-06-24 Read More...
ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) announced the signature on 20th June of a €136 million contract with NATO to produce and deploy a Theater Ballistic Missile Defense capability to be integrated with the NATO Air Command and Control System

BAE Systems Celebrates 1960s “Thunderbirds” Projects
2013-06-24 Read More...
A hypersonic space-plane capable of travelling at five times the speed of sound, a jeep that leapt over enemy blockades, and a commercial aircraft able to take off and land vertically in densely populated cities, are just some of the 1960s

MBDA Unveils New Solution to Reshape Surface Combat
2013-06-24 Read More...
At last week’s Paris Air Show 2013 (Le Bourget, 17-23 June), MBDA unveiled CVS302 HOPLITE that is designed to supply an Indirect Precision Attack capability for land and naval artillery in 2035 and

Rheinmetall to Supply MBT Subsystems to an Arab Country
2013-06-21 Read More...
An important new order from an Arab customer underscores Rheinmetall’s role as a leading international supplier of army technology

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