Air Force

Safran Electronics & Defense’s Euroflir 410D optronic (electro-optical) system has been selected by the French defense procurement agency DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) for the Beechcraft Super King Air 350 “VADOR” (Vecteurs Aéroportés de Désignation, d’Observation et de Reconnaissance) designation, observation and reconnaissance aircraft to be deployed by the French …

SAMI, the national defense and security champion, a Public Investment Fund (PIF) company, signed an agreement with Safran Helicopter Engines for engine maintenance and repair. SAMI is set to extend its MRO capabilities by partnering with Safran Helicopter Engines to establish Helicopter engine capabilities in Saudi Arabia. The agreement includes …

Unmatched Airborne Edge The Bell AH-1Z Viper is the only attack helicopter in the world with fully integrated air-to-air missile (AAM) capabilities. Uniquely equipped with six weapon stations, the Viper can carry a diverse weapons load, ranging from AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM), and a variety of laser-guided …

Leonardo and Nexter, a company of KNDS, have jointly launched a development program aimed to introduce a new Gun Pod on the M-346 Fighter Attack (FA). After a successful feasibility study, which has demonstrated the capability of adding a Link & Case Recovery (LCR) system to the M-346 FA, Leonardo …

Airbus and Leonardo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly promote integrated training systems and study the future solutions to tackle Air Dominance challenges. Under this collaboration, both companies will jointly address and pursue business opportunities for the provision of advanced training systems leveraging on M-346 proven experience, …

The extended air defence domain poses increasing challenges with fast-growing and complex threats, such as manoeuvring ballistic missiles, hypersonic cruise missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles. These new threats need to be addressed by dedicated interception solutions to ensure the efficient protection of domestic high value assets and operational deployments in …

The Greek Army has chosen Safran Electronics & Defense to upgrade the Greek army’s drone fleet, with four new Patroller tactical drones to be added to the country’s current Sperwer drones. NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) was tasked by its Greek customer to enter into negotiations with Safran. The …

Leonardo and Mukamalah Aviation company (a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco) celebrated a major achievement for the operator’s AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopter fleet setting a 200,000 flight hours milestone in operations. The event was celebrated at the Paris Air Show today. Mukamalah’s CEO, Khalid Alnatour said: “As the …

Lockheed Martin, Korea Aerospace Industries and Red 6 today announced they have begun developing engineering solutions and a technology roadmap to establish an implementation path for Red 6’s Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System (ATARS), into the T-50 platform and associated ground-based training systems.   Initial technology integration includes a T-50 demonstrator …

Dassault Aviation is proud to present its dual civil/military know-how to professionals and the general public at the 54th edition of Paris Air Show taking place at Paris-Le Bourget Airport from 19 to 25 June 2023. Dassault Aviation’s stand is displaying models of its aircraft under a giant video screen. A …