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Airbus Wins First Syracuse IV Ground Segment Program Contract

WIL BALDWIN March 4, 2021

Paris, France 4 March 2020 – Within the Syracuse IV programme, Airbus (Paris: AIR.PA) has been awarded a 10-year framework agreement called Copernicus for the construction and upgrading of part of the ground segment for the…

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Rolls-Royce Secures UK Funding for Innovative Naval Autonomy Technology

WIL BALDWIN February 26, 2021

Rolls-Royce (London: RR.L) has been awarded funding by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to further develop and demonstrate the Artificial Chief Engineer® technology - an autonomous machinery control system which allows Naval vessels to undertake…

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U.S. Marine Corps Awards BAE Systems $184 Million for Additional ACV’s

WIL BALDWIN February 14, 2021

BAE Systems (OTC: BAESY) has received a $184 million contract option from the U.S. Marine Corps for more Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) under full-rate production. The order demonstrates the Marine Corps’ confidence in a program…

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Saab Receives Order for Two Additional Firefighting Aircraft

WIL BALDWIN January 31, 2021

The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) has exercised an option in their contract with Saab regarding aerial firefighting capability in Sweden. Saab will provide two additional aircraft with associated crew. The order from March 2020…

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The Republic of Mali Orders an Additional Airbus C295

WIL BALDWIN December 2, 2020

The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Mali has placed a firm order for an additional Airbus C295 airlifter in the transport configuration. This second aircraft, to be delivered in 2021, will supplement the…

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Hungary Signs Contract For Two Multi-Mission KC-390 Millennium Airlifters

WIL BALDWIN November 18, 2020

Budapest, Hungary, November 17th, 2020 – The Hungarian Government and Embraer signed today a contract for the acquisition of two new generation multi-mission transport aircraft Embraer C-390 Millennium, in its air-to-air refueling (AAR) configuration, designated…

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Airbus Signs Contract for 38 Eurofighters with Germany

WIL BALDWIN November 15, 2020

Airbus has signed a contract to deliver 38 new Eurofighter aircraft to the German Air Force. This makes Germany the largest ordering nation in Europe's biggest defence programme. The order, also known by its project…

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Airbus Delivers A400M to Luxembourg’s Armed Forces

WIL BALDWIN October 11, 2020

The Luxembourg Armed Forces have taken delivery of its Airbus A400M military transport aircraft, which was accepted at the A400M Final Assembly Line in Seville (Spain) and has performed a ferry flight. It will make…

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NATO Support & Procurement Orders Additional Airbus A330

WIL BALDWIN October 5, 2020

Airbus has received a firm order for an Airbus A330 MRTT Multi-Role Tanker Transport from OCCAR, Europe’s organisation for the management of cooperative armament programmes. The order, which OCCAR has placed on behalf of NATO’s…

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Queensland to Assemble Boeing’s First Australian Designed & Developed Unmanned Aircraft

WIL BALDWIN October 5, 2020

Queensland is poised to take another bold step in aerospace and advanced manufacturing with an historic opportunity to be the final production home for unmanned defence aircraft – the first military aircraft to be designed,…