Safran’s Q3 Core Sales Rise 11.4%
PARIS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - France's Safran (SAF.PA) posted an 11.4 percent rise in underlying third-quarter sales, led by aerospace and defence, and said it was "well on track" to meet full-year targets with the…
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Harris & L3 To Merge, Become 6th Largest US Defence Contractor
By Jarrett Renshaw and Harry Brumpton (Reuters) - Military communication equipment providers Harris Corp (HRS.N) and L3 Technologies Inc (LLL.N) announced on Sunday an all-stock merger that will create the United States' sixth-largest defence contractor…
Boeing, Embraer To Build KC-390 Military Cargo Jet
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - U.S. planemaker Boeing and Brazil's Embraer are in talks to set up an assembly line to build KC-390 military cargo jets in the United States, Brazilian newspaper Valor…
Boeing Unit Launches New Military Drone
Sept 17 (Reuters) - Insitu Inc, a unit of Boeing Co, on Monday launched a military drone enabled with satellite communications and an extended range of operations aiming to land both U.S. and international customers.…
U.S. Approves Sale Of 6 Boeing P-8A Poseidon’s To South Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Thursday said it supported the sale of six Boeing Co P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft to South Korea for an estimated $2.10 billion and had notified Congress of…
Israel’s Elbit Systems Speeds Up Drone Race
REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems on Thursday unveiled a 1.6 ton unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) designed to fly in airspace currently reserved for piloted civilian planes as a race heats up…
Airbus Warns On European Fighter Programme
BERLIN (Reuters) - European efforts to develop a next-generation military combat jet will end in disaster if individual governments insist on dictating specific suppliers or sites, the chief executive of European aerospace firm Airbus (AIR.PA)…
Was DB Cooper a Former Military Paratrooper?
The mysterious plane hijacker known as "D.B. Cooper," who has eluded authorities for more than 45 years, was an ex-military paratrooper from Michigan who boasted about the daring heist to a friend, a publisher plans…
At least 257 dead in Algerian military plane crash
At least 257 people were killed Wednesday when a military plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Algeria, officials said. Broadcasters showed images of body bags lined up in a field with mangled plane parts visible in…
Germany raises fears over Airbus A400M capabilities
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's military fears that the Airbus (AIR.PA) A400M aircraft will not fulfill its needs in time as the troubled program faces further problems, a report seen by Reuters reveals. The confidential German…