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BAE Wins US Navy $955M Missile Canister Contract

BAE Wins US Navy $955M Missile Canister Contract

The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a contract to produce multiple types of Vertical Launching System (VLS) canisters with a total lifetime maximum value of $955 million. The initial contract was awarded in February with $24 million funded, followed by contract modifications of $99 million and $43…
Serbia Tests 40mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun

Serbia Tests 40mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun

The Minister of Defence, Aleksandar Vulin, attended the verification testing of the phase 2 prototype of the advanced anti-aircraft L-70 Bofors gun (PASARS) at the “Miokovci” firing range near Čačak, namely the segment related to firing at ground targets with time ammunition.

Assistant Minister f…

Aero Offers L-39NG Joint Pilot Training to Slovakia

Aero Offers L-39NG Joint Pilot Training to Slovakia

The Czech Republic and Slovak Republic can follow on a joint history and benefit from cooperation on building air defence. AERO Vodochody Aerospace, with the support of the Czech Ministry of Defence, offered to Slovak side long-term cooperation in training of Slovak tactical pilots in the Czech Repu…
Rolls-Royce Delivers 8,000th Engine from Dahlewitz, Germany

Rolls-Royce Delivers 8,000th Engine from Dahlewitz, Germany

Rolls-Royce has delivered the 8,000th engine made at our site in Dahlewitz, Germany. The engine, a BR725, will be shipped to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation in Savannah, Georgia, USA, to power its current flagship business jet, the G650ER.

The Dahlewitz site, located south of Berlin, started pro…

Israeli AF Marks 40th Anniversary of Apache Squadron

Israeli AF Marks 40th Anniversary of Apache Squadron

The “Magic Touch” squadron celebrates 40 years since its establishment. Its name was given not because of any magical abilities, but rather thanks to its wide variety of capabilities that it developed throughout the years, and its ability to overpower the battlefield. “The squadron operates the Boei…
Raytheon Delivers First JPALS Landing System to US Navy

Raytheon Delivers First JPALS Landing System to US Navy

ARLINGTON, VA. — Raytheon Intelligence & Space delivered the first production unit of the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, or JPALS, to the U.S. Navy 20 days ahead of schedule.

This delivery follows the completion of 12 engineering development models. JPALS, a differential GPS prec…

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