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KONGSBERG, Patria to Cooperate on Missile Systems
2018-01-17 Read More...
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) and Patria have entered into an agreement to develop opportunities for cooperation on Missile Systems. The agreement comprises the establishment of a Missile Competence Center in Finland, Open Tactical

France’s Armée de l’Air Welcomes First C-130J Super Hercules
2018-01-17 Read More...
Florence Parly, France’s Minister of the Armed Forces, officially welcomed the country’s first C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to the Armée de l'Air’s 62st Transport Wing with a ceremony at Orléans-Bricy Air Base on Monday 15 January

RUAG Names Kirsten Hammerich New Media Spokesperson
2018-01-09 Read More...
Kirsten Hammerich has taken over as Media Relations Manager with effect from 1 January 2018 and is now responsible for the Group’s relations with the media in Switzerland. She reports to Alexandre Schmidt, Vice President Owner Relations, who is now

Eurosam, Aselsan, Roketsan to Define Future Turkish Air & Missile Defense System
2018-01-08 Read More...
Turkey has awarded Eurosam, Aselsan and Roketsan a contract for the definition study of the future Turkish Long Range Air and Missile Defense System. The contract award was made during the meeting of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President

CZ to Supply New Hand Grenades to Czech Army
2018-01-08 Read More...
The Czech Army is to be equipped with new modern hand grenades. The tender to supply the grenades was won by Česká zbrojovka a.s., a local company that put forward the best price

Patria to Upgrade Hamina Class Fast Attack Craft
2018-01-05 Read More...
Patria has signed an agreement with the Finnish Defence Forces on the mid-life upgrade and overhaul of the Finnish Defence Forces’ Hamina Class fast attack

Iveco DV to Supply 173 Military Trucks to Romania
2017-12-29 Read More...
Iveco Defence Vehicles (Iveco DV) announced that on December 19, 2017 the company signed a contract with the Romanian Ministry of National Defence for the delivery of 173 military logistic vehicles, to be completed within 2018. This is further

Iveco DV to Supply 280 Military Trucks to Germany
2017-12-26 Read More...
Iveco Defence Vehicles (Iveco DV) received a significant order from the German BwFuhrpark Service GmbH for a new fleet of military medium multipurpose 4x4 trucks for the German Army. The order encompasses the delivery of 280 Eurocargo trucks within

French Army Aviation Receives First Tiger HAD Retrofit
2017-12-26 Read More...
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first Tiger retrofitted into the HAD version to the French Army Aviation, after having previously completed its formal acceptance process with the French Defense Procurement Agency

KMW Orders Saab’s Mobile Camouflage Systems
2017-12-21 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has received an order from the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH (KMW) for deliveries of Mobile Camouflage Systems (MCS). Deliveries will take place during the period

US to Upgrade Military Airbases in Eastern Europe
2017-12-20 Read More...
The US is planning to spend approximately $214 million on upgrading and building military structures and installations on its air bases in Eastern Europe, Norway and Iceland as part of a deterrence initiative

Airbus Helicopters’ Project Eagle Takes Flight
2017-12-18 Read More...
Airbus Helicopters has gone a step further in the experimentation of its Project Eagle, with the in-flight validation of the innovative on-board image processing

Bittium Wins Order from Finnish Defense Forces
2017-12-13 Read More...
Bittium has received a purchase order from the Finnish Defense Forces for versatile Bittium Tough Comnode terminal. The purchase order concerns the final phase of the terminal’s productization over a duration of nine months and the delivery of a

Romania to Acquire Patriot Missile Defense System
2017-12-06 Read More...
The government of Romania has signed an agreement to purchase Raytheon’s combat-proven Patriot™ Integrated Air and Missile Defense System from the U.S.

Eurofighter Typhoon Proves Swing Role Capabilities
2017-12-05 Read More...
Eurofighter Typhoon has proved its swing role capabilities on operations, according to Royal Air Force Air Vice Marshal Gerry Mayhew, Air Officer Commanding No 1

French Armed Forces Ministry Receives First MMPs
2017-12-04 Read More...
France’s defense procurement agency, the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), has accepted the delivery to the French Armed Forces of the first batch of 50 missiles and 20 firing posts from the new MMP

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