By Pierre Tran Paris. Dassault Aviation is backing its industrial partner Airbus in budget negotiations for a planned European medium-altitude, long-endurance drone, Eric Trappier, chairman and chief executive of the aircraft builder, said Feb. 27. “It is Airbus which leads the negotiations,” he told a news conference on 2019 financial results.…
By Pierre Tran Paris - Arquus, a builder of light and medium armored vehicles, expects to increase 2020 sales by 10 percent, down from a 38 percent rise in 2019, said chairman and chief executive Emmanuel Levacher. That “ballistic” trajectory of a forecast dip in sales offers an “opportunity to…
Media got to see what it’s like to be intercepted by Allied fighters on 14 January 2020 during a NATO Air Policing tour of Europe, over various Allied and partner countries. Climbing aboard a Belgian Air Force Airbus A321-200, they flew from Melsbroek Air Base near Brussels (Belgium) and passed…
A look at some of the events that defined in the Marine Corps in the 2010s. 01.01.2020 Video by Lance Cpl. Audrey Schmitt Alves Communication Directorate
By defenceWeb The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) will take delivery of its JF-17 Thunder fighter jets in November this year, and A-29 Super Tucano turboprops in 2022, according to the Chief of Air Staff. Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, speaking during the graduation of 2 079 new recruits on 15 February…
By Jimmy Bhatia New Delhi: After hard-nosed price negotiations spreading into better parts of two years, HAL has finally agreed to supply Indian Air Force (IAF) with 83 Tejas LCA Mk IA at a cost of Rs 39,000 crore ($5.6 billion approximately). Earlier, HAL had demanded a staggering Rs 56,…
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) is ready and open for business. 2.31.2019 Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gian Prabhudas and Seaman Apprentice Brianna Thompson USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) At the time of the return to sea, Rear Arm. Roy Kelley, Commander,, Naval Air…
By Robbin Laird The strategic shift from the land wars of the past two decades to preparing for the high-end fight is having a significant effect on the dynamics of change affecting the very nature of the C2 and ISR needed for operations in the contested battlespace. An ability to…
