Defence Industry

CHICAGO/PARIS. Boeing and Safran have eceived regulatory approvals for a joint venture so they can begin designing, building and servicing aircraft Auxiliary Power Units (APUs)—onboard engines that are primarily used to start the main...

  Paris. In situation seemed to a real industrial challenge, French Naval major Naval Group has completed the mid-life refit of the country’s naval aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. The sole prime contractor for the...

  NEW DELHI. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has delegated greater financial decision-making powers to Vice Chiefs of the three Services in order to expedite the decision making process involved in the revenue procurements of...

BAE SYSTEMS has created a low-cost system that uses existing satellite navigation and commercial aircraft data to improve airspace safety, a company press statement said on November 7. Using the Web Enabled Data Links (WEnDL®)...

AKRON, Ohio. Lockheed Martin completed the successful integration of a Telephonics RDR-1700B radar onto a 74K aerostat for land and sea missions. This latest milestone follows Lockheed Martin’s successful integration of various payloads including...

  INDONESIA. Rosoboronexport, a member of Rostec, is setting up a joint Russian exposition at Indo Defense 2018 to take place at Jakarta International Expo, Indonesia, on November 7-10. “Arms market in South-East Asia is top...

STRATFORD, Connecticut. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company was awarded a performance-based logistics contract with a value of $717 million. The contract will provide supply and logistics support to the entire fleet of in-service CH-53E...

  CHENNAI. Continuing with its remarkably reliable performance, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) launched the fourth Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) on November 2 ahead of schedule for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG). The vessel was launched at...

SAAB HAS received an order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) regarding technical support of Gripen C/D. The order value amounts to approximately SEK 136 million and delivery will take place during 2019. The...

ON NOVEMBER 4, 2018, Rosoboronexport, which is part of the Rostec State Corporation, celebrates the 18th anniversary of its founding. The Company was established in 2000 by decree of the President of the Russian...

  ISRAEL AEROSPACE Industries (IAI) announced on October 29, it has been awarded a mega-contract worth $ 550 million with the army of an Asian country to provide its "Sky Capture" Air Defense system. Sky Capture...

TEWKSBURY, Massachusetts. For the first time ever, Raytheon Company’s Ship Self Defense System established a digital air connection between a sea-based US Navy ship and an airborne US Marine Corps Joint Strike Fighter F-35B...

  LOCKHEED MARTIN, in partnership with Saab, has received a change order to the Vehicle Tactical Engagement Simulation System (VTESS) contract awarded in July 2017 to provide modernized VTESS code for the US Army. The...