Raytheon Company has demonstrated several significant firsts at Empire Challenge 2010 with its High-Speed Guard cross-domain security solution passing streaming video from an unmanned aircraft system. Empire Challenge is an annual joint and multinational intelligence, surveillance and rec......read more
Date Posted: 08/09/2010
Category: "Military"
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Alenia North America, a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica (A Finmeccanica Company), has announced that the Afghan fleet of G.222s has logged over 1,000 flight hours. The G.222 is being used by the Afghanistan Air Force (AAF) to provide airlift transport capability to the country and its ai......read more
Date Posted: 08/09/2010
Category: "Military"
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Saab has received an order from FMV (the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) regarding the integration of the active radar-guided Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile, Meteor. The order is worth MSEK 312 spread over four years.
The integration means that Meteor will be adapted to......read more
Date Posted: 08/09/2010
Category: "Military"
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The Boeing Company has announced changes within its Boeing Military Aircraft (BMA) business, including consolidating the organisation from six divisions to four, to continue to position the company for growth in the current business environment. The realignment of the organisation will take effec......read more
Date Posted: 08/09/2010
Category: "Military"
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Boeing is "actively" looking at potential acquisition opportunities in response to a changing security environment and will not rule out a merger with another large defense contractor, Boeing's head of defense told Reuters on Tuesday.
Speaking at the Reuters Aerospace and Defense Summit in......read more
Date Posted: 08/09/2010
Category: "Military"
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Vigilare, the Boeing Network Centric Command and Control System (NC3S) developed for the Commonwealth of Australia, has entered service with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) after excelling in a major multinational air combat exercise.
On Sept. 2, the RAAF began using the Vigilare Nor......read more
Date Posted: 07/09/2010
Category: "Military"
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SELEX Galileo has been awarded a contract by BAE Systems worth some £400M to supply the Praetorian Defensive Aids Sub System (DASS) in support of the Tranche 3A Eurofighter Typhoons. Designed specifically for the Typhoon, the Praetorian DASS comprises Electronic Counter Measures (ECM), El......read more
Date Posted: 07/09/2010
Category: "Military"
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BAE Systems has been awarded a contract to provide a Link 16 network management system to the Finnish Air Force. Supporting the operation of Finland's F-18 aircraft, the system will enable ground command and control operators to connect to and maintain contact with, their fast jets across......read more
Date Posted: 06/09/2010
Category: "Military"
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