Rolls-Royce today signed a nine-year, $900 million agreement with Alenia Aeronautica to be the exclusive propulsion system provider for the C-27J Spartan medium-lift transport aircraft.The twin-engined C-27J is powered by AE 2100D2 turboprop engines with Rolls-Royce responsible for the propulsion
Lockheed Martin officials briefed reporters today at the Farnborough Air Show about new configurations and new technologies for the C 130J Super Hercules. Attendees where given insight into the new HC-130J and MC-130J configurations, recently selected by the U.S. Air
On 15th July 2008, the first of two Class 209PN submarines for the Portuguese Navy was launched at Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft in Kiel. The submarine was named N.R.P. TRIDENTE by Dr. Alda Taborda, wife of the President of the Portuguese Parliament
The officer alleged she had been "physically and mentally tortured" by her three of her superiors and said she filed a written complaint on July 13. The officer, who is unmarried, was posted at Kalka from Misamari in Assam on
The Boeing Company has completed a major communications upgrade on the first of five Saudi E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft as part of a $49.2 million contract.Installation and checkout of the aircraft were performed at the Boeing
Infotech Enterprises Limited (IEL), a Global Technology Solutions provider, with global headquarters at Hyderabad and Dassault Aviation, one of the major players in the civil and military aviation industry, have signed an MoU at Dassault Aviation Headquarters in France to
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted Airbus the certification for the OnAir mobile telephony system on-board its whole A320 Family. The approval granted by the Agency covers all single-aisle types, the A318, A319, A320 and A321, and follows the
Ufazed by tantrums thrown by certain Indian Army officials, Indian defence establishment is looking forward minimum orders for 500 Arjun Tanks for project break even. Since the recent Summer trials were successful with DRDO outsmarting elements in Indian Army by
The Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 has achieved a significant milestone, logging 100,000 flight hours powering the UK Army Air Corps' fleet of AgustaWestland Apache helicopters.The landmark comes almost exactly ten years after the RTM322 was fitted to the Apache for trials.
Raytheon Company has received a $156 million Foreign Military Sales award from the U.S. Army to provide the State of Kuwait with Patriot Configuration-3 radar upgrade kits and related engineering and technical services.The award for Kuwait Patriot upgrade kits follows
The Government of Israel, this morning (Tuesday), 15 July 2008, decided to ratify its decision of 29 June 2008 on the release of abducted soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, in accordance with the parameters specified in the decision.Photo of
Raytheon Missile Systems has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products a $22 million contract to produce gun systems for the Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon System and the Centurion Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System.The Phalanx Block 1B Gun System is
The first Boeing 777 Freighter, the twin-engine cargo airplane, today successfully took to the sky for the first time and completed an initial series of tests during a flight lasting more than three-and-a-half hours. The Boeing says that he airplane
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye System Development and Demonstration Program has successfully completed its 125th test flight, flying out of the Northrop Grumman East Coast Manufacturing and Flight Test Center in St. Augustine, Fla. Conducted by a U.S. Navy test squadron, OA
Alliant Techsystems and RUAG Aerospace of Emmen, Switzerland have signed a teaming agreement to provide full-service and upgrade support of the AIM-9P-3/4/5 Sidewinder family of infrared air-to-air missiles. The agreement will provide the international user community with a primarypoint of
The high-level team is headed by Vice Chief of the Land Forces Lt. Gen Valery Evnevich. Russia, which is for the first time raising its mountain units on the insurgency-infested Caucasus frontiers, had requested Army Chief Gen. Deepak Kapoor to
