Defence Industry

Rome. Leonardo has entered into a definitive agreement with Square Lux Holding II S.à r.l., a portfolio company controlled by funds advised by Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts & Co. L.P., to purchase a 25.1...

  Florida. Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel HMS Medway underwent a successful planned maintenance period, delivered by BAE Systems and Royal Navy Ship Staff in Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida, from December 2020 through...

  Melbourne / Canberra. Lockheed Martin and Thales Australia have finalized a teaming agreement advancing the delivery of an Australian guided weapons manufacturing capability in support of a sovereign national guided weapons enterprise. The agreement will...

  SAN DIEGO. The US Air Force, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and L3Harris Technologies have collaborated to further expand the mission capabilities of the US Air Force’s versatile MQ-9 Reaper® Remotely Piloted Aircraft...

  Tel Aviv. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Israel’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) Office of Production and Procurement have signed an agreement to manufacture Z-MAG, a unique all-terrain vehicle for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). IAI...

  Stans, Switzerland. Despite the wide spread out of Corona pandemic in 2020, it proved to be a good year for Pilatus and the company achieved good result. Corona also placed great demands on Pilatus,...

EVENDALE, OH. GE Marine’s LM2500 gas turbines now power the United States Navy’s new Littoral Combat Ship USS OAKLAND (LCS 24), which was commissioned into the U.S. Navy fleet on April 17. The ship’s powerful LM2500...

New Delhi. Ultra is pleased to announce that the US Navy, as part of the ten-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) ATCS contract awarded in July 2020, has issued a task order award of US$28.6M to Ultra...

  Athens. Defence Exhibition Athens International Defence & Security Exhibition ‘DEFEA’ announced the name of French defense contractor Naval Group as Platinum Sponsor for the first edition of the event. DEFEA is taking place at Metropolitan...

  Cairo. More than 100 military and government attendees from 40 countries joined a briefing reception on April 5 on the upcoming edition of Egypt Defence Expo, which is scheduled to be held from November...

  ST. LOUIS. On April 20, a Boeing-led industry team officially delivered a second F-15EX fighter aircraft to the US Air Force earlier than the contract requirement. The result of a collaboration across industry, the...

  Tel Aviv. The Bedek MRO of Israel aerospace industries (IAI) is planning regional service centers in different parts of the world, to answer the growing demand for its services. Bedek is a one stop shop...

  New Delhi. Rolls-Royce has delivered the first 16-cylinder engines of the successful mtu Series 8000. The Taiwanese shipyard CSBC Corporation will install the first two 16V 8000 M71L engines in new patrol vessels for...