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France, Germany Advance Integration of KMW, Nexter

France, Germany Advance Integration of KMW, Nexter

PARIS — Five years after its creation by the merger of Nexter Systems and KMW under a joint company owned equally by France, via GIAT Industries, and the Wegmann family, Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery , and Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, announce that …
Boeing Finds Same Flaws in New Locations on 787 Aircraft

Boeing Finds Same Flaws in New Locations on 787 Aircraft

SEATTLE — Boeing Co quality inspections related to previously disclosed production flaws in its 787 Dreamliner found the same issue in other parts of the jet, the company said on Monday.

Boeing said earlier this month that inspections for 787 production flaws were taking longer than expected, h…

Saab Sweetens Gripen Offer to Canada with Aerospace Jobs

Saab Sweetens Gripen Offer to Canada with Aerospace Jobs

Saab is offering to create two new aerospace centres in Quebec that will create and protect thousands of aerospace and related jobs. Announced at Aéro Montréal’s Innovation Forum 2020, the two new aerospace centres are part of Saab’s proposal of Gripen for Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project….
Royal Navy Type 23 Upgrade Program Shifts to Top Gear

Royal Navy Type 23 Upgrade Program Shifts to Top Gear

Out of the shed as her major refit nears an end is HMS Somerset – the latest Royal Navy frigate to undergo the vital overhaul in Plymouth.

The warship has been moved from Devonport’s landmark Frigate Support Centre into the neighbouring basin… as her sister HMS Sutherland prepares to take her pla…

India Launches First of Three Stealth Frigates

India Launches First of Three Stealth Frigates

‘Himgiri’, the first of the three Project 17A ships being built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata, was launched today, 14 Dec 20.

She made her first contact with the waters of Hoogly River at 1335 hours at the launch ceremony, General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defenc…

Chinese Carrier Completes Year’s Third Cruise

Chinese Carrier Completes Year’s Third Cruise

China’s second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, reportedly wrapped up its third voyage of this year, and returned to the Dalian Shipyard in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province on Sunday.

It conducted frequent fighter jet takeoff and landing training, and commercial satellite imagery indicates it m…


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