Defence Industry

BAE Systems Delivers 150th Shipboard Friend-or-Foe Antenna to US Navy

In a major programme milestone, BAE Systems has delivered its 150th OE-120 Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) antenna to the U.S. Navy. The antenna is used by sailors to identify friendly aircraft and vessels, and supports...

Intercept Sets Distance Record for Lockheed Martin’s Hit-to-Kill PAC-3 MSE

DALLAS, July 26, 2018. A Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor successfully intercepted an Air-Breathing Threat (ABT) in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE)...

Contracts in Defence Sector

  New Delhi. Capital procurement of defence equipment is carried out as per the extant Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP). DPP-2016 focuses on institutionalizing streamlining and simplifying defence procurement procedure to give boost to ‘Make in...

MBDA-ISAE Scholarship Winners Hosted at French Residence

  New Delhi. MBDA-ISAE Scholarship winners were held on July 20, welcomed at the Residence of France in New Delhi by Ms Claire Thuaudet, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of France in India, at an...

Defence Secretary Reviews Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Project at Kochi

  New Delhi. The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Project was reviewed by Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) July 19. He was accompanied by Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar, AVSM, VSM, Vice Chief of...

First ground test of Safran’s hybrid electric propulsion system

Pau-Pyrenees Airport, July 19, 2018. Safran has passed a major milestone in its hybrid electric propulsion roadmap with the first ground test of a distributed propulsion system. The test run took place at a...

Lockheed Martin Pledges to Create 8,000 New Opportunities for Skilled Workers; Invest $5 Million in Vocational and Trade Programmes

BETHESDA, Maryland, July 19, 2018. Lockheed Martin's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Marillyn A. Hewson pledged that the company will create 8,000 new apprenticeship opportunities and invest $5 million in vocational and trade...

Airbus and International SOS sign MOU on drone cargo delivery systems

Farnborough. Airbus and International SOS, the world’s leading medical and security risk services company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on July 18, to jointly study the viability of using aircraft or unmanned...

Airbus and Singapore to co-develop digital services for military aircraft

  Farnborough, 18 July 2018. Airbus and Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) have agreed details of the first initiative under their recently announced digital technology collaboration(A Collaboration Agreement was signed between the two...

Sikorsky Honors UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency

FARNBOROUGH, England. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, on July 18, celebrated 35 years of partnership with the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) and honored recent heroic lifesaving efforts of the MCA. A recognition...

Raytheon demos small x-band precision approach radar

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 17, 2018. Raytheon Company's Intelligence, Information and Services business demonstrated its Low-Power Radar's ability to provide precision approach guidance to landing aircraft from 15 nautical miles, which is five more than...

LONGBOW LLC Awarded $170 Million in Orders for Apache AH-64E Fire Control Radar Systems

  FARNBOROUGH, England, July 18, 2018. LONGBOW Limited Liability Company (LLC) and the US Army have definitized contracts valued at $170.5 million to provide LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) hardware for Apache AH-64E helicopters supporting...

GA-ASI Selected to Provide RPAS to Royal Netherlands Defence Force

  FARNBOROUGH. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), has been selected to provide UAS to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) on July 17. This decision follows...
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