BAE Systems has responded to a Request for Information (RFI) from the Japanese Ministry of Defence (JMOD), proposing a package of integration support to Japan’s F-X next generation fighter development programme.

The response to the RFI, which was issued by the JMOD’s Acquisition, Technology and L…

The SFO confirms it is investigating Bombardier Inc over suspected bribery and corruption in relation to contracts and / or orders from Garuda Indonesia.

As this is a live investigation, the SFO can provide no further comment.

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Last week, the flag on the “Magen” ship (the “Shield” ship in English) was changed from a German flag to an Israeli flag. Within the coming year, three more Sa’ar 6 ships will be transferred to Israel from Germany.

The ship, which is supposed to arrive in December, will join the Israeli Navy’s f…

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Canada of Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) Block IIIC missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $500 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the requ…

The 64,000-tonne aircraft carrier will be setting sail from her home in Portsmouth in early 2021, accompanied by a pair of Type 45 destroyers, two frigates, support vessels and potentially a hunter-killer submarine.

The operation is expected to involve thousands of sailors and will be the largest…

On Thursday, October 29, 2020, Brig. Gen. Olivier Fabre, commander of the Air Support and Projection Brigade (BAAP) of the Air Forces Command (CFA), visited Air Base 107 at Villacoublay to discover the future helicopter of the French Air and Space Force: the Cheetah, also known as Hélicoptère Intera…