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3M Completes Sale of Advanced Ballistic-Protection Business
2020-01-06 Read More...3M announced that it has completed the sale of the company’s advanced-ballistic protection business to Avon Rubber p.l.c. for $91 million, before closing and other adjustments. A further contingent consideration of up to $25 million is payable
Barracuda Program: The Start-Up of the Suffren Nuclear Reactor
After the launch of the Suffren last 12 July in the presence of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, a new milestone was reached with the divergence of the reactor, a prelude to its first sea acceptance tests prior to its delivery
Embraer KC-390 Millennium Airlifter Concludes Airdrop Testing Campaign
The KC-390 Millennium new generation multi-mission medium airlifter has successfully concluded the testing campaign for gravity airdrop and extraction drop of heavy loads by the use of the Container Delivery System (CDS) and Low Velocity Air Drop
Leonardo’s M-40 Target Drone Used to Prove MBDA’s Mistral Missiles
Leonardo has concluded a series of flights with its M-40 target drone as part of a trials campaign in Italy. This saw the drones simulating modern airborne threats, allowing for the realistic demonstration of MBDA’s latest surface-to-air
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