FNSS Wins Anti Tank Vehicle Project of the Turkish Armed Forces
On 27 June, FNSS signed a contract for the Anti Tank (AT) Weapons Carrying Platform (STA) of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF), at a ceremony held in the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defense Industries...
View ArticleBritish Army Needs to Dominate Information Space
The UK’s Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, has described how the country’s exit from the European Union (EU) will not adversely affect the British Army’s relationship with NATO, the Royal...
View ArticleHarris Wins Multiple Contracts for Tactical Comms
The US Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) has awarded Harris Corporation a follow-on five year contract with a ceiling value of $1.7 billion for secure tactical communication solutions.The...
View ArticleUAV Centre of Excellence Inaugurated
Air Commodore Francis Pollet, commanding officer of the French Air Force Academy and Air Base 701, and Jean-Michel Palagos, Chairman and CEO of Défense Conseil International (DCI), have inaugurated the...
View ArticleLatvian + Lithuanian Air Forces Conduct Live-Firing of RBS 70 NG
On 13-18 June 2016, the Latvian Air Force together with the Lithuanian Air Force test-fired Saab's RBS 70 and the latest generation RBS 70 NG during the air defence exercise “Baltic Zenith 2016,” held...
View ArticleLockheed Martin Summarises Recent and Future F-35 Testing Achievements and Goals
“The F-35 programme is growing and accelerating; we have now put 60,000 flight hours on the F-35 against the 27,000 hours of two years ago,” Jeff Babione, executive vice president and general manager...
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MILITARY TECHNOLOGY (MT) will be covering Farnborough International Airshow 2016, featuring news, articles, and buzz from the tarmac on this very news-site, having specialised personnel at the...
View ArticleNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Sets Out Ambitious Agenda
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the start of the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland (8-9 July), gave the following speech:"Good morning,The Warsaw Summit will be a land mark summit. We meet at a...
View ArticleFIA2016: Cubic WATCHKEEPER Programme Contract Extension
Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS), a newly formed business division of Cubic, today announced a three-year extension award of $1.4 million from UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS) to provide additional Tactical...
View ArticleFIA2016: Textron and Thales Successfully Test FURY Guidance Package
Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems, a business of Textron, and Thales today announced the successful testing of the FURY lightweight precision guided glide weapon from the SHADOW Tactical...
View ArticleFIA2016: RUAG Touts Dornier 228 to North American Market
Today, RUAG Aviation announced the introduction of the newproduction model Dornier 228 aircraft in the North American aviation market. This move is an important step in ensuring...
View ArticleFIA2016: 50 Boeing AH-64E APACHEs for UK Army
Boeing will deliver 50 AH-64E APACHE attack helicopters to the British Army under an agreement signed between the US and UK governments, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced today. The agreement...
View ArticleFIA2016: Boeing to Train KC-46 PEGASUS Maintenance Personnel
Boeing will help the US Air Force (USAF) train its KC-46 PEGASUS maintenance personnel for the next seven years under a new $78 million contract, which includes contract options. Under the agreement,...
View ArticleFIA2016: Honeywell & IAI to Develop Sense-and-Avoid (SAA) Capability for HERON
Honeywell and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will jointly develop a sense-and-avoid (SAA) capability for IAI's HERON family of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Approved for funding from the...
View ArticleFIA2016: Leonardo-Finmeccanica Sells Two Surveillance Aircraft with ATOS &...
Leonardo-Finmeccanica has been selected to supply two Beechcraft King AIR 350ER aircraft, including their mission systems and sensor load-outs, for an African customer. The...
View ArticleFIA2016: Textron Adds New Live Training Capability
Speaking to MT at Farnborough 2016 this week, Russ Bartlett, former President of Beechcraft Defense Company, explained the rationale behind the launch of Textron Airborne Solutions, of which new...
View ArticleFIA2016: ‘Business as Usual’ for CAE and Rockwell Collins
Despite the uncertainties injected into the political and economic spheres of the European (and arguably global) defence, security and aerospace communities by the June decision of the United Kingdom...
View ArticleFIA2016: Lockheed Martin INFIRNO Ready for Production
“We have five units (of INFIRNO) built already and have several bids already in: we are ready for production,” Paul Lemmo, Vice President of Lockheed Martin’s fire control business told MT at...
View ArticleFIA2016: Raytheon SM-3 Block 2A Approaches Flight Testing
Raytheon’s SM-3 missile is about to bring operators a step change in capability with the prospect of flight testing commencing in October this year, Dr. J Mitch Stevison, Vice President Air and Missile...
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