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US Grants Airbus License to Sell 106 Aircraft to Iran
WASHINGTON --- The United States has issued a license to France's Airbus for the sale of 106 commercial planes to Iran Air, Iran's flagship carrier, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

Canada Plans Interim Super Hornet Order Pending Full Competition
OTTAWA --- A modern fighter jet fleet is essential for defending Canada and Canadian sovereignty – especially in our northern skies. It is a vital contribution to our partnership with our most importa

USS Zumwalt Breaks Down In Panama Canal
More bad news for the DDG-1000 program broke yesterday, when the USS Zumwalt broke down while transiting the Panama Canal. The incident happened as the stealthy destroyer negotiated the Miraflores loc

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US Grants Airbus License to Sell 106 Aircraft to Iran
WASHINGTON --- The United States has issued a license to France's Airbus for the sale of 106 commercial planes to Iran Air, Iran's flagship carrier, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. ...

Canada Plans Interim Super Hornet Order Pending Full Competition
OTTAWA --- A modern fighter jet fleet is essential for defending Canada and Canadian sovereignty – especially in our northern skies. It is a vital contribution to our partnership with our most importa...

USS Zumwalt Breaks Down In Panama Canal
More bad news for the DDG-1000 program broke yesterday, when the USS Zumwalt broke down while transiting the Panama Canal. The incident happened as the stealthy destroyer negotiated the Miraflores loc...

Airbus Relays French AF Request to End “A400M-Bashing”
French Air Force officials believe in the A400M and have asked the press to “stop A400M bashing”. The aircraft is seen as a vital backbone of the French air fleet in theatres of operation. Since Ai...

India to Announce Own Submarine Development: Minister
NEW DELHI --- Shri Manohar Parrikar, Raksha Mantri, speaking at an International Seminar on Current and Future Challenges in Design and Construction of Underwater Vehicles, organized by FICCI with act...

Bell-Boeing Wins $267M for V-22 Support
Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $267,250,000 modification (P00042) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract (...

Elbit Wins Initial $103M Mortar Order from US Army
HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, LLC was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the production ...

LCS 10 Completes US Navy Acceptance Trials
MOBILE, Ala. --- Future Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) successfully completed its acceptance trials Nov. 18. The trials consisted of a series of in-port and...

Airbus Delivers First Three Panther Naval Helicopters to Indonesia
MARIGNANE, France --- Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first three of the 11 AS565 MBe Panther helicopters to Indonesia, ahead of contract schedule, at a ceremony at Airbus Helicopters’ headquarte...

US Marines Train with Sri Lanka’s Newly-Minted Marine Corps
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka --- U.S. Marines and Sailors of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) arrived in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, for a theat...

Gripen Design and Development Network Stands Up in Brazil
SÃO PAULO, Brazil --- Defence and security company Saab and Embraer Defense & Security have today inaugurated the Gripen Design and Development Network (GDDN) in Gavião Peixoto, in the state of São Pa...

Saab Receives FMV Orders for New Radio, Advanced Simulators
Defence and security company Saab has received an order for multi-national training from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV). The order value is MSEK 103 and deliveries will take place d...

Fiji Airways to Buy Five Boeing 737 MAX-8s
SUVA, Fiji --- Boeing is pleased that Fiji Airways has announced its commitment to purchase five 737 MAX 8s. "Boeing is honored that Fiji Airways has selected the 737 MAX for its fleet renewal plan...

France to Deploy Tanks, Infantry Fighting Vehicles to Estonia
At a meeting in Canada with Estonian Minister of Defence Hannes Hanso, French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed the solid development of allied relations between France and Estonia and ...

Airbus and Boeing Report Commercial Orders for October
Boeing and Airbus each delivered 54 commercial jets in October 2016, compared to 58 and 49 during the same month last year, respectively. As of October 31, 2016, Boeing had delivered 617 commercial je...

USAF’s ORS Office Emerging from Short but Troubled History
NEWTOWN, Conn. --- The Operationally Responsive Space Office has a short but troubled history. After early success, the U.S. Air Force tried for three years to terminate funding and close the office, ...

New IAI System Prevents Mid-Air Collision with Civilian Aircraft
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is pioneering military flight safety with the introduction of its Collision Warning System (CWS), an innovative, lifesaving solution designed to warn combat pilots in...

New Runway for the RAF’s Spy Aircraft Base
LONDON --- RAF Waddington's runway has reopened after being rebuilt at a cost of £35 million. It marks a century of flying at the base which is home to the Royal Air Force's Intelligence, Surveilla...

China Launches 4th Data Relay Satellite
BEIJING --- China successfully launched the Tianlian I-04 satellite on Tuesday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The satellite was launched on a Long M...

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