Asia Recorded 17 Percent Rise in Piracy, Armed Robbery: Report
KUALA LUMPUR: Piracy is on the increase again, globally. A total of 97 incidents of piracy and armed robbery were reported in Asia in 2020, representing a 17 percent rise … Read More
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BAE Systems Wins Contract to Provide New Turret for Netherlands’ CV90s
BAE Systems will provide the Royal Netherlands Army with a new turret for 122 CV90s as part of an extensive mid-life upgrade programme. BAE Systems has signed an extensive mid-life … Read More
Airbus Skynet 6A Successfully Passes Preliminary Design Review
Airbus has successfully completed the first key phase of the Skynet 6A project with the achievement of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The project now has permission to move into … Read More
Anti-Submarine Exercise Sea Dragon 2021
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM: The US and several participating nations — Royal Australian Air Force, Canadian Air Force, Indian Navy, and Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force — have kicked off … Read More
Elbit Systems’ Contract to Supply Seagull USVs to Asia-Pacific Navy
Elbit Systems Ltdannounced that it was awarded a contract to supply an unspecified number of Seagull unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to the Navy of a country in the Asia-Pacific. The … Read More
BAE Systems and Vertex Aerospace Signs Agreement to Enhance Availability of AV-8B Harrier II fleet
The US Department of the Navy awarded Vertex Aerospace LLC the $123 million Contracted Maintenance, Modification, Aircrew, and Related Services (CMMARS) task order in July 2020 to provide aircraft maintenance … Read More
CAE Wins Competitive Recompete of USAF KC-135 Training System Contract
Global training systems integrator, CAE announced that it was awarded a contract by the United States Air Force (USAF) a contract to continue providing comprehensive KC-135 training services. The eight-year … Read More
France Buys E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Command and Control Aircraft
The government of France has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) with the US government signifying their intent to purchase Northrop Grumman Corporation’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. The LOA … Read More
Australia’s Supply Ship Official Acceptance
The Defence Department’s contract with Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has reached a major milestone with Ship Acceptance of the Royal Australian Navy’s First Supply-class vessel, NUSHIP Supply. Minister for Defence, Linda Reynolds … Read More
Saab Signs MUMNS Contract for Franco-British Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) Programme
Saab has received the first order from prime contractor Thales, acting as System Integrator of the end to end solution, for the Multi-Shot Mine Neutralisation System (MuMNS). The order value … Read More