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Botswana to Procure GRIPEN C/D by End 2016?
Reports in Botswana and South Africa on 20 June indicate the Botswana Defence Force is to acquire 8-12 GRIPEN C/D aircraft, though earlier reports indicate the number was 16 and the order value...
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Rockwell Collins Launches PSR-500 Perimeter Surveillance Radar
Designed as a compact, high resolution radar capable of tracking and recording instrusions in all weathers, the PSR-500, “couples high performance with low power consumption to bring users affordable...
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Copenhagen Sensor Technology Reveals Spectrel PTZI-1000
Prominent on Copenhagen Sensor Technology’s stand at Eurosatory 2016 was the Spectrel PTZI-1000, a long distance camera with a boresighted laser illuminator.The high precision pan/tilt/zoom camera...
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Airbus Helicopters H145M: A Multirole Aircraft
The H145M is truly multirole aircraft, quickly reconfigurable between military and civil missions. Having 75% communality with the LAKOTA, the avionics were renewed including a glass cockpit,...
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Who will supply the French Army’s next assault rifle?
The French Army’s standard assault rifle, the 5.56 mm FAMAS, was adopted in 1977, is based on late 1960s technology and is in urgent need of replacement: the average age of the current arsenal is over...
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MAST Europe 2016: Forging Bonds
This year's MAST Europe conference and exhibition opened today at RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with Lt.Gen. R. Verkerk, Royal Netherlands Marine Corps and Commander Royal Netherlands Navy, stating...
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South African Navy VALOUR-class Frigates to be Upgraded
A mid-life update (MLU) programme for the South African Navy’s (SAN) four VALOUR-class frigates is already under way, with work on the first of the class, SAS AMATOLA, completed in South Africa last...
View ArticleST Aerospace Establishes New German Subsidiary
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) announced on 20 June that its subsidiary company Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW) will establish a new subsidiary company at Kodersdorf to manufacture...
View ArticleAustria Army Could Deploy Special Forces Unit to Mali
The Austrian Army is believed to have deployed a reconnaissance team to northern Mali to assess the feasibility of deploying perhaps 20 members of its Jagdkommando Special Forces unit to the region to...
View ArticleAngola Defence Budget Under Pressure
Seen in Angolan Air Force colours in Italy on 20 June, one of the six Leonardo-Finmeccanica Helicopters AW109E POWERs ordered by the Angolan government last year is currently undergoing flight testing...
View ArticleBluedrop Wins Canadian Maritime Helicopter Training Extension
Bluedrop Training & Simulation, has won a three year extension to the contract awarded by Sikorsky in 2010 to provide instructors and courseware for the CH-148 CYCLONE maritime helicopters in...
View ArticleBAE Systems’ Virtual Focus
At Eurosatory 2016, visitors to the BAE Systems stand were able to experience first-hand the method by which the company’s engineers use virtual reality (VR) to design and test new parts and assemblies...
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Northrop Grumman TERN – An Accelerating Programme?
On 24 June the Pentagon confirmed that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is awarding Northrop Grumman an additional U$17.8 million to the $93.1 million contract awarded to the...
View ArticleIndia Clears Path for BAE Systems M777 Lightweight Howitzer
On 25 June the Indian Defence Acquisition Council approved the procurement of 145 M777 Ultra Lightweight Howitzers from BAE Systems, in a deal worth an estimated $750 million.Also approved at the same...
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Embraer KC-390: Capable, Flexible, Affordable
The KC-390 is a military transport aircraft developed to establish new capacity and performance standards in its category, delivering at the same time the lowest life-cycle cost in the market,...
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Embraer Defense & Security: A Multi-Faceted Technology House
Embraer Defense & Security (DS), not only offers military and government transportation aircraft, the A-29 Super TUCANO, and the KC-390, for which the company is famous for, but also offers a...
View ArticleSaab's Future Integration of Counter UAV Tech/Air Integration
Saab has revealed potential plans to integrated a Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) capability into its Remote Tower System which allows a single operations centre to control multiple airheads...
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GLSDB Increases Capabilities of MLRS and Brings SDB into Land Domain
Saab has unveiled a series of new Concepts of Operation (CONOPS) for the GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) with a novel design now allowing the munition to be launched from ground-vehicles.Speaking to...
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Saab Details GIRAFFE Family and Discloses Customers
Saab is offering up its GIRAFFE family of Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) and Maritime Air Defence systems to armed forces seeking a capability to counter emerging State Actor and Near Peer adversaries...
View ArticleRockwell Collins Does Not See Major Challenges in BREXIT for its European...
Rockwell Collins is a company with operations in 80 countries around the globe. Its Europe, Middle East and Africa businesses (EuMEA) contribute over $1 billion in sales (fully 20% of the corporation’s...
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