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French Security Industry Ready to Tackle Export Markets
2013-11-28 Read More...
While new security challenges - especially maritime security - are still front page news, the French Prime Minister Jean- Marc Ayrault, together with a number of concerned Cabinet members, officially launched the COFIS, Comité de la Filière

Airbus Military, Cassidian Demo CN235 with FITS, UAS
2013-11-28 Read More...
Systems developed by EADS sister companies Airbus Military and Cassidian have played key roles in the first large-scale demonstration of technologies to address the growing crisis of economic migration and smuggling on Europe’s maritime

Piaggio Aero’s P.1HH HammerHead UAS Achieves 1st Flight
2013-11-26 Read More...
Piaggio Aero, together with Selex ES, announced at last week’s Dubai Airshow that the P.1HH HammerHead Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has achieved the demonstration and validation phase of the program with the maiden flight of the P.1HH DEMO,

ATK, Alenia Aermacchi Win Italian Air Force Contract
2013-11-26 Read More...
ATK announced that the Alenia/ATK team has been notified by the Italian Air Force they have been selected for the integration of the Roll-On/Roll-Off (RORO), palletized Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C2-ISR) and

Workers Celebrate UK’s Biggest Ever Aircraft Carrier
2013-11-13 Read More...
WORKERS at the Aircraft Carrier Alliance celebrated the creation of the UK’s biggest ever aircraft carrier as the final piece of the hull’s main structure was lowered into place Monday, November

Turkish National Police Receives Bell 429 Helicopters
2013-11-13 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced today it has delivered the first seven of 15 Bell 429s to the Turkish National Police on or ahead of

RUAG Invests in French Partner Company GAVAP
2013-11-12 Read More...
International technology group RUAG is investing in its French partner company GAVAP, a specialist in simulation and training systems.

New Selex ES Expendable Active Decoy on Saab’s Gripen
2013-11-08 Read More...
Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, launched its BriteCloud Expendable Active Decoy (EAD) on November 6th at the Churchill War Rooms in

Thales Acquires XPI Simulation Ltd
2013-11-08 Read More...
Thales announced that it has acquired XPI Simulation Ltd, one of the UK’s most innovative developers of driving simulation

TRS’ Ground Master Radar in Service in German Air Force
2013-11-06 Read More...
ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) announced the entry into service of its Ground Master 400 (GM 400) long-range air defense radar system in the German Air

Argon Approved for NDA Supply Chain Charter
2013-11-06 Read More...
Argon Electronics has been accepted as a signatory of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Supply Chain Charter.

Sofradir to Move Headquarters Closer to Thales & Sagem
2013-11-06 Read More...
Sofradir, a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced infrared detectors for multiple military, space, commercial and scientific applications, announced it will transfer its headquarters to Palaiseau on the Plateau de

First Tranche 3 Typhoon Completes Engine Ground Runs
2013-11-05 Read More...
BS116, the very first Tranche 3 Typhoon, has successfully completed engine ground runs in our de-tuner facility at Warton,

New Development Contract for Eurofighter Typhoon
2013-10-31 Read More...
A major new Development Contract which will pave the way for continuous capability enhancements of the Eurofighter Typhoon has been signed by Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH and the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency

R&S Tests SDTR Software at Combined Endeavor 2013
2013-10-30 Read More...
Multinational, i.e. combined missions are the reality today in many worldwide missions. Combined Endeavor is the largest international exercise for interoperable communications between the armies of mission partners.

GIAT Industries’ Board Approves SNPE Acquisition
2013-10-28 Read More...
The Board of Directors of GIAT Industries, parent company of the Nexter Group, met last Thursday and approved the acquisition of all the equity of the SNPE with the aim of reinforcing and consolidating the industrial sector and also to strengthen

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