Boeing announced a $300,000 donation (equivalent to 3,000,000 MAD) from the Boeing Charitable Trust to assist with Moroccan earthquake recovery and relief efforts. The company also pledged to match dollar-for-dollar monetary donations from Boeing employees who contribute to the cause, extending the reach of assistance provided to the Moroccan people. “Amidst the …
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Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded a $95 million contract to supply SkyStriker loitering munitions (LM) to a European country. The contract will be carried out over a period of two years. As part of the contract Elbit Systems will provide several hundred SkyStriker units. Elbit Systems’ …
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Airbus Defence and Space has officially handed over in fly-away condition the first of 56 C295 aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF) to begin replacing its ageing Avros-748 fleet. The C295, in transport configuration and with an indigenous electronic warfare suite, will leave Airbus’ production site in Seville, Spain, …
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Boeing and Red 6 have successfully integrated and flown augmented reality (AR) in a TA-4J tactical aircraft as a precursor to integrating and testing the system in a T-7 advanced trainer. Boeing and Red 6 announced an agreement last September to integrate Red 6’s Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System (ATARS) …
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MBDA has received additional funding from the UK Ministry of Defence to accelerate the development of the SPEAR-EW stand-in jammer. SPEAR-EW is a novel electronic warfare effector designed to confuse and suppress enemy air defence, protecting friendly forces and acting as a significant force multiplier. The additional Rapid Design Phase …
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Today, Textron Government Affairs and Washington Operations welcomes Peter “Pete” Larsen former National War College faculty member and retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. Larsen joins the Washington, D.C. team led by Shannon Hutcherson Hines, senior vice president. “We’re thrilled to welcome Pete to Textron,” Hines announced. “Pete has immediately become …
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Defence industry leaders in the UK, Japan and Italy have agreed a trilateral Collaboration Agreement to deliver the concept phase requirements of a next generation combat aircraft for the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). GCAP is a strategically important partnership between the UK, Japan and Italy, which brings together the …
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The eurosam Joint Venture (JV), backed by its three shareholders MBDA France, MBDA Italia and Thales, is developing a new generation of long-range surface-to-air systems based on ASTER missiles (the SAMP/T NG ground system, the successor to the PAAMS & LRR naval system and the ASTER B1NT missile), with a new management …
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Rheinmetall and US-based Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin have begun construction of a state-of-the-art factory for the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft center fuselage. On 1 August 2023, a ground-breaking ceremony took place at the Weeze Airport site in the Kleve district of western Germany. It was attended by Hendrik …
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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (Kongsberg) has been awarded contract worth approximately NOK 16 billion (approx. $1.5 billion–Ed.) by the Polish Ministry of National Defence to deliver four NSM (Naval Strike Missile) Coastal Defence System (CDS) squadrons. Poland was the first nation to acquire the NSM CDS capability in 2008, and then with …
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