Chinese Leasing Company CMIFL Signs Agreement for 100 H125/H130 Helicopters Over Five Years
CM International Financial Leasing Corp.,CMIFL is to acquire 100 Airbus Helicopters Ecureuil-series rotorcraft over five years, with the initial order of 10 units to be delivered in 2016. CMIFL plans…
MIT Group’s HEMS999 Provides China’s First Highway Accident Helicopter Rescue Services with Purchase of Seven H130s
HEMS999, an air ambulance operator under the MIT Group, signed an agreement on the 9th of September with Airbus Helicopters, for an order of seven H130 light helicopters. Scheduled for…
Lockheed Martin Announces Workforce Reductions for IT Services Business
Lockheed Martin announced on the 9th of September that its Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS) segment will reduce its workforce by approximately 500 positions by mid-November 2015. This action…
The Science of Sound: BAE Systems Adapts Bone Conduction Technology to Aid Soldiers on The Battlefield
BAE Systems has developed an innovative communication device to aid armed forces personnel on the battlefield. The prototype system is designed to improve soldier safety and drive mission success by…
General Dynamics to Lead U.S. Coast Guard Rescue 21 Alaska Communications System Update
The U.S. Coast Guard awarded on the 8th of September General Dynamics the Alaska Phase 2 contract to update the communications equipment and physical infrastructure for the Rescue 21 Alaska…
Raytheon, US Navy Demonstrate New Electronic Attack Architecture Using MALD-J Aerial Jammer
The U.S. Naval Research Lab and Raytheon Company have demonstrated on the 9th of September successful captive flights of a modular, rapid replacement architecture for electronic warfare (EW) payloads on…
Welding Process for Next Orion Spacecraft Begins
Lockheed Martin and NASA engineers have successfully welded on the 8th of September the Orion spacecraft’s tunnel and forward bulkhead together. The tunnel is the passageway astronauts crawl in and…
New International Training Center Will Respond to Global Pilot Demand
Lockheed Martin is meeting the increasing global demand for C-130J military and LM-100J commercial flight training with a new International Training Center (ITC) to be located at the corporation’s Marietta,…
Netherlands Orders Raytheon Excalibur Ib Precision Munitions
The Netherlands Ministry of Defense is adding Raytheon Company’s Excalibur Ib artillery rounds to its arsenal under a previously announced foreign military sales agreement, underscoring growing international interest in the…
BAE Systems Submits Land 400 Phase 2 Bid
BAE Systems has offered a highly protected armoured vehicle integrated with a combat proven turret as the solution that will best meet the Australian Army’s mounted combat reconnaissance requirements. As…