2014-09-12 Paramount Group has signed a joint venture agreement with Azerbaijan’s AirTechServices Corporation to form Paramount Aerospace Azerbaijan, which will offer manufacturing capabilities for the modernization and enhancement of helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. The new company was announced in Baku yesterday during the Azerbaijan Defence Expo (ADEX). Paramount said…
2014-09-01 The French have already taken delivery of there first A400Ms and are operating them from the Orleans Air Base in France. The RAF will take delivery this Fall of their first A400M. [caption id="attachment_69333" align="alignnone" width="300"] The first A400M to be delivered this Fall takes off from Seville Spain.…
2014-08-28 The focus of both the commercial and military worlds with regard to space and UAVs is upon payloads. What can deliver the digital content which I need for critical requirements now and be effective in the years ahead? Space and UAVs are in competition with one another for this,…
2014-08-25 By defenceWeb Germany's Economy Ministry has approved plans by defense group Rheinmetall to deliver an armored vehicle assembly plant to Algeria, according to a reply sent by the ministry following a request from a member of parliament. Rheinmetall's delivery to Algeria includes a production line to assemble the Fuchs…
2014-08-20 By defenceWeb The Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding company has launched the first of three new C28A corvettes for Algeria, which will be delivered in mid-2015. The vessel was launched near Shanghai on August 16, according to Naval Recognition, and will be delivered in May next year. Algeria in March 2012 signed…
2014-07-19 Norway, India and China are all first time participants in RIMPAC 2014. According to the basic statement on the Commander of the Pacific’s website: Held every two years by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), RIMPAC 2014 is a multinational maritime exercise that takes place in and around the Hawaiian…
2014-07-06 Washington/ New Delhi. The US Government has notified the Congress of a possible deal to sell 22 more Harpoon Block II anti-shipping missiles to the Indian Navy, this time for its four HDW German made Shishumar class submarines. Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which manages the government to…
2014-07-05 At a presentation in early June 2014 to the Airbus Defence and Space Trade Media briefing held in Spain,the head of the A400M Program within the company, Rafael Tentor-Aunon, noted that 90% of the flight-testing is now done with 6343 flight hours and 2278 flights conducted. And in a…
