USA

  EL SEGUNDO, California. The US Marine Corps selected Raytheon's APG-79(v)4 AESA radar to equip its F/A-18C/D classic Hornet fleet. Raytheon will begin delivering radars in 2020 and complete deliveries by 2022, a company press...

CHENNAI. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) is partnering with Thales to design a SHAKTI RISC-V processor compatible with the highest Safety Critical standards. The collaboration will result in defining and prototyping a SHAKTI RISC-V...

  EVERETT, Washington. The US Air Force has exercised the option for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s second Boeing KC-46 tanker through the Foreign Military Sale (FMS) process. Boeing was awarded the initial FMS contract for...

  RAAF BASE WILLIAMTOWN and NEWCASTLE, Australia. Australia's first two locally-based F-35 fighter aircraft arrived on home soil at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Williamtown on December 9 signalling the dawn of a new era...

  MADRID.Lockheed Martin and Airbus have signed an agreement to jointly explore opportunities to meet the growing demand for aerial refuelling for US defence customers. The companies will seek to provide aerial-refuelling services to address any...

  CAIRO. Rostec State Corporation and its holding companies have been taking part in EDEX 2018, the first defense exhibition in Egypt, in the Egyptian capital city of Cairo from December 3-5. The exhibition features modern...

SAN DIEGO/NEW DELHI. General Atomics on November 27 announced the opening of a new office in New Delhi, and that Pratesh Gandhi will serve as Director of India Strategic Development with responsibilities for directing...

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...

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...

  SINGAPORE. The bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States Vice President Mike Pence on the sidelines of ASEAN-India Summit comes out to be a good and positive one, a top official...

  KOUROU. MetOp-C is in orbit: This morning at 01:47 h (CET) a Soyuz launcher lifted-off successfully from the European spaceport Kourou (French Guiana) carrying the four ton weather satellite. Built by Airbus, MetOp-C is...

  BREMEN. Airbus will deliver the first European Service Module (ESM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft from its aerospace site in Bremen, Germany on November 5, 2018. An Antonov cargo aircraft will fly the ESM to...