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  ROSTEC has supplied a secondary mirror for the telescope of the Indian Mount Abu InfraRed Observatory (MIRO). The mirror was produced at Lytkarino Optical Glass Factory (LZOS), one of the plants of a high-tech...

Munich. Airbus Defence and Space has appointed Barbara Bergmeier, 50, as Head of Operations and Member of the Executive Committee, effective December 1. She succeeds André-Hubert Roussel, 53, who will become Chief Executive Officer...

  HAIFA, ISRAEL. Elbit Systems Ltd. ("Elbit Systems") announced on November 25 that it completed the acquisition of IMI Systems Ltd. (IMI) for a purchase price of approximately $495 million (NIS 1.8 billion), with an...

ZÜRICH, QUEENSLAND. The agreement, the first of its kind in Australia, explores the use of RUAG Space’s new range of FlexLine carbon composite products in Gilmour Space’s proprietary hybrid rockets. The Queensland-based company is...

SAAB HAS received an order to deliver Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net Systems (ULCANS) for use by the US Army. The order value is approximately USD 66 million (approximately SEK 586 million). Deliveries are expected...

  AUSTIN, Texas. Boeing and SparkCognition on November 20 announced plans to launch SkyGrid, a new company that will enable the future of urban aerial mobility. Based in Austin, Texas, SkyGrid will develop a software...

  BRUSSELS. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has been notified that the Government of Belgium has approved Belgian Defense to begin negotiations with the US Government to acquire the MQ-9B SkyGuardian Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). “We...

ANNAPOLIS, Md.  The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Sioux City (LCS 11) – the nation's sixth Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) – at the United States Naval Academy on November 17. This milestone places the ship, built by...

NETANYA, ISRAEL. RADA Electronic Industries Ltd - a leader in the development, production and sale of tactical land radar for force and border protection - on November 13 announced the receipt of over $12...

  AN EXHIBITION of Russian technologies supported by Rostec State Corporation and organized at the initiative of the Russia-Singapore Business Council (RSBC) has opened in Singapore. The exposition includes products of the most well-known Russian...

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...

THE FRENCH Defence Procurement Agency DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) has awarded MBDA the contract for the MICA NG (Missile d’Interception et de Combat Aérien Nouvelle Génération) programme to develop the next generation of...

  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...