GATINEAU, Quebec — Following an open and competitive process, Anita Anand, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, and the Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, announced that the Government of Canada has awarded a contract to General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada, from Ottawa, On…

WARSAW – — Fitch Ratings has downgraded Airbus SE’s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘BBB+’ from ‘A-‘/ The Outlook is Negative. Fitch has also downgraded Airbus’s and Airbus Group Finance BV’s senior unsecured debt to ‘BBB+’ from ‘A-‘. Airbus’s Short-Term IDR has been affirmed at ‘F1’.

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MOODY AFB, Ga. — The 23rd Wing and 347th Rescue Group leadership received the Air Force’s first two HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters at Moody Air Force Base, Nov. 5.

Aircrew from the 41st Rescue Squadron out of Moody AFB and the 413th Flight Test Squadron and 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron,…

The Brazilian Air Force (FAB), through a technical and multidisciplinary team coordinated by the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (DCTA), concluded, on October 30, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), the last phase of the Campaign of In-Flight Refueling Tests (Air-to-Air Refueling, AAR), between t…

The [South Korean] arms procurement agency said Monday it completed the delivery of new medical helicopters to the Army last week to improve the military’s capabilities to carry out evacuations of troops and citizens in emergency situations.

The chopper was developed from 2014 to 2016 by adding e…

The defence ministers from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and the minister for foreign affairs of Iceland met to discuss the situation in the Arctic, the Nordic defence cooperation and to sign agreements concerning security of supply and export control.

The Nordic defence cooperation, NORDEF…