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October 28, 2020  

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Romania Committed to Sign €1.2Bn Contract with France’s Naval Group
BUCAREST --- Romania is ready to sign the deal with French company Naval Group for the purchase of multi-role corvettes worth EUR 1.2 bln as soon as the court litigation related to this contract ends,

Boeing Promises C$61Bn Returns if Canada Chooses Super Hornet
OTTAWA, Canada --- Through five new agreements, Boeing and its Canadian aerospace partners are preparing to deliver C$61 billion and nearly 250,000 jobs to the Canadian economy. “Canada is one of B

Poland Confirms Italian Offer to Develop New Tank
PARIS --- Italy is looking for foreign partners to develop and build a modern main battle tank, and has made a formal offer to Poland to join this project. “The Italian Ministry of Defense turned t

 


While it will give its Ariete main battle tanks a mid-life upgrade, Italy is looking for partners to jointly develop its successor, and has to date offered Poland and Spain to form a partnership to develop it. (Italian Army photo)
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Romania Committed to Sign €1.2Bn Contract with France’s Naval Group
BUCAREST --- Romania is ready to sign the deal with French company Naval Group for the purchase of multi-role corvettes worth EUR 1.2 bln as soon as the court litigation related to this contract ends,...

Boeing Promises C$61Bn Returns if Canada Chooses Super Hornet
OTTAWA, Canada --- Through five new agreements, Boeing and its Canadian aerospace partners are preparing to deliver C$61 billion and nearly 250,000 jobs to the Canadian economy. “Canada is one of B...

Poland Confirms Italian Offer to Develop New Tank
PARIS --- Italy is looking for foreign partners to develop and build a modern main battle tank, and has made a formal offer to Poland to join this project. “The Italian Ministry of Defense turned t...

China Says Aircraft Carrier Shandong Will Be Operational by Year-End
China's first domestically made aircraft carrier, the Shandong, has completed regular testing and training missions at sea that focused on actual combat after serving in the People's Liberation Army (...

Raytheon to Cut 20,000 Jobs As Commercial Market Nosedives
Raytheon Technologies Corp., the biggest aerospace supplier by sales, said it is cutting 20,000 jobs this year—up from a previously announced 15,000—as it adjusts to the shrinking airline industry and...

China ‘Strongly Opposes’ US Arms Sales to Taiwan: Spokesman
BEIJING --- China firmly opposes U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and has lodged solemn representations to the US side, said Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense...

Fincantieri Teams with India’s Cochin Shipyard
TRIESTE, Italy --- Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, has signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), the leading shipbuilder in India. ...

Argentine Minister Visits Brazil to Discuss Guarani 6x6 Purchase
BUENOS AIRES --- The Minister of Defense, Agustin Rossi, traveled today to the Federative Republic of Brazil where he was received by the ambassador to that neighboring country, Daniel Scioli and - un...

Otokar Sells Armored Vehicles to African Country in $110M Deal
ISTANBUL --- Turkish defense company and automotive manufacturer Otokar has signed a new export agreement worth $110 million for the sale of military vehicles to an undisclosed African country. The co...

US Navy Details $550M Contract for Six CH-53K Helicopters
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --- A contract to build six CH-53K King Stallion helicopters was signed this week between the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and Sikorsky Aircraft, a Lockheed Martin Company. ...

IAI Unveils Stealth-Busting Passive Radar
TEL AVIV --- ELTA Systems, an IAI Group subsidiary, unveils its new Passive Coherent Location System (PCL). The system enables the creation of an air situation picture that tracks non-emitting targets...

French Navy Selects RapidFire 40mm Turret for Ship Point Defense
Naval forces are exposed to several threats with complex behaviours, such as unmanned air and surface vehicles, light aircraft and missiles. RAPIDFire leverages the combined expertise of Thales and Ne...

B-1B Lancer Bombers Return to Guam
ANDERSEN AFB, Guam --- Approximately 200 Airmen and four B-1B Lancer aircraft with the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, arrived at Andersen AFB, to conduct Bomber Task...

Airbus Delivers First Two H145s to Ecuadorian Air Force
DONAUWORTH, Germany --- Airbus Helicopters has delivered two H145s to the Ecuadorian Air Force, the first military customer in South America for this multi-purpose twin-engine helicopter. A total of s...

RAAF Pulls Out of Middle East, Hands Over Base to US Air Force
The former home of the ADF’s air operations in the Middle East has been handed over to the United States Air Force. The transfer of Camp McNamara VC, which was established seven years ago as a crit...

Northrop Begins Building First Australian MQ-4C Triton
MOSS POINT, Miss. –-- Northrop Grumman has initiated the build process for Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton, a game-changing unmanned maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraf...

Thai Army Orders Third Hensoldt TRML-3D Radar
ULM, Germany --- The sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT will equip the Royal Thai Army with a new TRML-3D. This is the third TRML-3D ordered by the Royal Thai Army, and it will be delivered in 2022. ...

GM Defense Delivers First Infantry Squad Vehicle to US Army
MILFORD, Mich. --- GM Defense LLC, a subsidiary of General Motors, is celebrating the first delivery of the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) – a light and agile all-terrain troop carrier intended to trans...

Russian Special Forces Train Against Terrorists in North Caucasus
In the North Caucasus, the special forces of the Southern Military District (SMD), using modern armored vehicles "Tiger-M", liquidated a secret camp of a mock illegal armed group (IAF) as part of a sp...

Belarus, Russian Defense Ministers Attend Joint Defense Board
Today, a meeting of the joint board of the ministries of defence of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus was held via video conference. It was attended by Russian Defence Minister Genera...

RUAG Australia Wins New US Navy Contract for MH-60R Seahawk
RUAG Australia has been awarded new contracts by the United States Navy for component maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) on MH-60R Seahawk helicopters. The contracts are authorized under the AUSMI...

Chinese Army Debuts Qualification Training and Certification on UAV Operations
BEIJING --- Recently, the PLA Army (PLAA) launched its first occupational qualification assessment on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operation at the Ordnance Sergeant School of PLA Army Engineering Un...

Bombardier Cuts Price of Short Bros. Sale to Spirit AeroSystems
WICHITA, Kan. --- Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. today announced that it entered into an amendment to the definitive agreement between Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. and Spirit AeroSystems Global Holding...


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