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Lockheed Martin Canada Announces Latest Achievement on New Zealand ANZAC Frigate Systems Upgrade Project

 Lockheed Martin Canada marked an important milestone toward modernizing the Royal New Zealand Navy’s two ANZAC Class ships. The company announced that the ANZAC frigate systems upgrade project has successfully…

U.S. Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin New Contracts for Sensor-Enhanced Sniper Pods and Upgrade Kits

 Lockheed Martin received on the 22nd of October $176.1 million in contracts from the U.S. Air Force for Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod-Sensor Enhancement (ATP-SE) production and upgrade kits that will…

U.S. Navy Awards Raytheon $159M for Phalanx Production

 The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company on the 23rd of October a $159.9 million contract to manufacture, inspect and test Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS). Phalanx 1B encompasses the range…

CEPA Expo 2015 Brings New Perspectives to BusAv in CEE Region

CEPA Expo & EBAA Regional Forum 2015 came to an end last week after two intensive days of presentations and networking. Delegates and organisers alike agreed that the event was…

AJW Aviation to Deliver Power-by-the-Hour Support to Brazilian Operator, Modern Logistics

Modern Logistics has chosen AJW Aviation and AJW Leasing to provide full power-by-the-hour services for its B737-400 freighters and augment dispatch reliability as the fleet expands to fifteen aircraft by…

Peel Ports Sign Contract with Saab to Supply and Integrate Multiple Vessel Traffic Management Systems

 Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract on the 22nd of October with Peel Ports, a leading port group in the UK, for the installation of Saab’s Vessel…

Saab’s Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb Lands at ADEX 2015

 Defence and security company Saab presents, for the first time at ADEX, the newly-developed Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB). Earlier this year Saab and Boeing tested the Ground Launched…

Kuwait and France, Reinforcement of the Defence Partnership

Few months after the announcement of the Kuwait’s will to acquire 24 Caracal by Airbus Helicopters, the Kuwaiti and French Prime Minister, Sheikh Jaber Al Mubarak Al Ahmad Al Sabah…

The South African Red Cross Air Mercy Service (AMS) Orders Three AW119Kx Helicopters

Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland announced that theSouth African Red Cross Air Mercy Service (AMS) of South Africa has signed a contract for three AW119Kx EMS-equipped helicopters to expand their existing fleet of five…

Happy Star with 22 Damen Vessels Arrives in Rotterdam

 On the 20th of October 2015, BigLift Shipping’s heavy-lift vessel Happy Star arrived in the Port of Rotterdam. This is the first time Happy Star has visited the Netherlands, bringing…