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Auditor General Trashes Canada’s Fighter Plans
Canada's auditor general has shot down the Liberal government's handling of the air force's aging CF-18s in a blistering report that raises questions about national security, and even long-term safety

Airbus Continues Major Overhaul, Names New Finance and Ops Chiefs
PARIS --- Airbus on Wednesday named new financial and operations chiefs as part of a complete leadership overhaul as it emerges from months of internal strife caused by legal problems and delays in me

EasyJet Orders Additional 17 A320neo
Airbus has reached an agreement with easyJet that extends the airline’s fleet plans into 2023, exercising purchase rights to firm orders for 17 A320neo. This takes its combined order for the NEO to 14

France, Germany to Award First Next-Gen Fighter Contract in January
PARIS --- France and Germany have agreed to fund general architecture and design studies for their future joint combat aircraft, French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly tweeted yesterday, adding t...

Auditor General Trashes Canada’s Fighter Plans
Canada's auditor general has shot down the Liberal government's handling of the air force's aging CF-18s in a blistering report that raises questions about national security, and even long-term safety...

Airbus Continues Major Overhaul, Names New Finance and Ops Chiefs
PARIS --- Airbus on Wednesday named new financial and operations chiefs as part of a complete leadership overhaul as it emerges from months of internal strife caused by legal problems and delays in me...

EasyJet Orders Additional 17 A320neo
Airbus has reached an agreement with easyJet that extends the airline’s fleet plans into 2023, exercising purchase rights to firm orders for 17 A320neo. This takes its combined order for the NEO to 14...

First Boeing 777X Flight Test Airplane Comes Together
EVERETT, Wash.--- Boeing has brought together the major fuselage sections to form the first 777X airplane that will take to the skies in 2019. In a major production milestone called 'final body joi...

German Sea Lion NH90 Advances Towards First Delivery
DONAUWÖRTH, Germany --- The NH90 Sea Lion has recently taken two important milestones towards the first delivery at the end of 2019. Completion of the German Navy Sea Lion Qualification tests In...

Israeli Air Force Recounts F-35 Users’ Conference
Studying the fifth generation: this week, an international F-35 user group was held in Israel. Dozens of participants arrived from around the world in order to share ideas and discuss modes of operati...

DDB Wins US Army’s $4 Billion Recruitment Ad Account
DDB Chicago Inc., Chicago, Illinois, was awarded a $4,000,000,000 hybrid (cost, cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and firm-fixed-price) contract for services in support of the U.S. Army Market...

Thales to Deliver IFF for All Japanese MANPADS
In 2016, Thales has been awarded a contract by Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) to deliver IFF interrogators equipment (Identification Friend or Foe) with Mode 5, the latest US/NATO standard. I...

Thales Wins Danish Vehicle Communication System Contract
The Danish Defence and Logistic Organization (DALO) signed a framework agreement with Thales concerning the acquisition of the vehicle communication system SOTAS, as well as services for the equipment...

Korean Marine Corps Embraces Drones as Key Combat Platform
The Marine Corps plans to adopt drones as its next key combat platform, allowing the unmanned aerial vehicles to spearhead its reconnaissance and combat operation activities. "We will introduce dro...

US Marines Order 64 InstantEye Individual Mini-UAVs
ANDOVER, Mass. --- InstantEye Robotics is pleased to announce it has secured a contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in support of PMA-263, the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned...

SSN Maintenance Delays Cost US Navy $1.5Bn Since 2008: GAO
The Navy has been unable to begin or complete the vast majority of its attack submarine maintenance periods on time, resulting in significant maintenance delays and operating and support cost expendit...

Australia and Switzerland to Cooperate on Defence Materiel
The Australian Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Switzerland to strengthen defence materiel and industry cooperation. The Minister for Defence, the Hon Chri...

Boeing and SparkCognition to Launch Joint Venture SkyGrid
AUSTIN, Texas --- Boeing and SparkCognition today announced plans to launch SkyGrid, a new company that will enable the future of urban aerial mobility. Based in Austin, Texas, SkyGrid will develop a ...

Thales Touts Acoustic Data Lakes as ASW Game Changer
For decades now, in anti-submarine warfare (ASW), the hunter and the hunted have been playing a game of cat and mouse with progressively rising stakes. Modern submarines are becoming quieter, even “ne...

First Jackal Vehicle Delivered to Royal Yeomanry
It has taken a while for the vehicle to reach reservists, but they will now be able to train exactly as regular Army units. Reservist soldiers from The Royal Yeomanry in Shropshire have received th...

Darpa Demos UAV Autonomy, Collaboration with Minimal Human Commands
In a recent test series at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, DARPA’s Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program demonstrated the ability of CODE-equipped Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs...

Saab to Deliver Camouflage Systems to US Army
Saab has received an order to deliver Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net Systems (ULCANS) for use by the U.S. Army. The order value is approximately USD 66 million (approximately SEK 586 million). Deliv...

EDA Launches Cyber Education, Training, Exercise and Evaluation Platform
BRUSSELS --- EDA Chief Executive Jorge Domecq, today attended the inauguration of the Cyber education, training, exercise and evaluation (ETEE) platform at the European Security and Defence College (E...

India, Singapore Defense Ministers Issue Joint Statement
The 3rd Defence Ministers’ Dialogue (DMD) between India and Singapore was successfully concluded today. The DMD commenced after both countries signed the revised Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) in...

Australia’s DoD Supports Small Business Development
The Liberal-National Government is backing small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help build the nation’s sovereign capability to keep Australia safe and secure. A dedicated annual grants prog...

Russia Presents Mi-171A2 and Ansat Helicopters in Cambodia
Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has presented its Mi-171A2 and Ansat civil helicopters in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) during the South Asian Heli Tour. The delegati...

Outcome of EDA Ministerial Steering Board
BRUSSELS --- The European Defence Agency’s (EDA) ministerial Steering Board met this Tuesday morning under the chairmanship of the Head of the Agency, Federica Mogherini. Defence ministers notably dis...

Diehl Rebrands and Restructures Aerospace Operations
Past strategic action on the part of Diehl’s management continues to boost the firm’s results. Most notably, during the Great Recession, Diehl responded quickly to opportunities, snapping up an Airbu...

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