Franck Saudo has been named Chief Executive Officer of Safran Electronics & Defense as of 04 April. He is a member of the Group’s Executive Committee and succeeds Martin Sion, appointed Chief Executive Officer of ArianeGroup, a joint-venture of Safran and Airbus. Franck Saudo started his career in 2003 at …
Read More »Leonardo chosen to be security partner of the 1000 Miglia motorsport race
Leonardo will be the security partner of the 1000 Miglia (Mille Miglia) race, a re-enactment of the historic Italian long-distance motorsport competition originally held from 1927 to 1957. The race, now in its 38th year, will see 400 crews compete between the 22nd and 25th October on the traditional route …
Read More »UAE, Bahrain Sign Peace Treaties with Israel in White House Ceremony
Israel and the two Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain signed U.S.-brokered agreements at the White House on Tuesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a peace treaty with the Emirates and a declaration of peace with Bahrain, which will follow the usual procedure of past international agreements …
Read More »MBDA Appoints Lorenzo Mariani to Two Key Positions
Starting from 1st September 2020, Lorenzo Mariani has become Executive Group Director Sales & Business Development of MBDA and Managing Director of MBDA Italia. Reporting directly to Eric Béranger, the group’s Chief Executive Officer, he also becomes a member of MBDA’s Executive Committee. Mr. Mariani succeeds Pasquale Di Bartolomeo following …
Read More »Talel Kamel to lead Collins Aerospace in the Middle East and Africa
Talel Kamel has been named vice president Customer & Account Management for Collins Aerospace in the Middle East and Africa to further increase the company’s focus and footprint in the region and deliver higher value to customers. Customer & Account Management supports the development and implementation of Collins Aerospace customer …
Read More »MIDDLE EAST MILITARY ALLIANCES AND COALITIONS CONFERENCE DUE TO TAKE PLACE ALONGSIDE BIDEC 2017
One of the key features of the Bahrain International Defence Exhibition & Conference (BIDEC 2017) being held under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain and chaired by H.H. Brigadier-General Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, will be the Middle …
Read More »RUAG Australia wins lead assignment F-35.
Emmen, Switzerland, 14 November 2016. In a major coup for the national Defence Industry, Australia has won 10 of the initial 11 component categories available to partner countries for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter regional sustainment. Starting in 2025, RUAG Australia will have lead responsibility within the Pacific Region for the …
Read More »MBDA Showcases the SPEAR Precision Strike Missile for the F-35
At the 2016 Farnborough International Air Show, MBDA will showcase its next generation air-launched networked precision strike weapon, SPEAR, for which the company has recently been awarded a £411M weapon development contract by the UK MOD. It is to be operated by the United Kingdom’s F-35 Lightning II and will …
Read More »Contract Awarded to construct F-35 Aircraft Engineering Facilities at RAF Marham
BAE Systems has been awarded on the 7th of April a £118 million contract to build engineering and training facilities at RAF Marham in Norfolk, in readiness for the arrival of the UK’s first F-35 Lightning II aircraft in 2018. The contract award coincides with the early completion of the …
Read More »MBDA Signs a MoU to Supply Coastal Missile Systems to Qatar
MBDA has signed on the 30th of March a Memorandum of Understanding for the supply of a coastal defence system for the Qatar Emiri Naval Force (QENF). This Memorandum will pave the way in the short term for a contract with the value of 2.64 billion Qatari riyals (in the …
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