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Sagem Wins SIGMA Navigation Systems Contract From Nexter
March 5, 2014 @ 12:24 PMSagem has won a new order from Nexter Systems to supply 37 SIGMA 30 navigation and pointing systems for CAESAR guns, to be delivered to an Asian customer, the company said today. Sagems SIGMA 30 system gives long-range artillery system immediate, high-precision firing capability, since they do not need GPS
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Airbus Group To Have In-House Bank
February 14, 2014 @ 01:43 PMThe Airbus Group has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Raiffeisenverband Salzburg to acquire Salzburg München Bank AG, in order to provide additional financing options for the aeronautics and defence company. Salzburg München Bank, owned 100% by Raiffeisenverband Salzburg, is a small fully-licensed bank based in Munich serving small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and private clients
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Tata-Lockheed Made Aerostructuctures To Fly In C-130s Worldwide
February 7, 2014 @ 08:25 AMIndia-based firm Tata Advanced Systems has partnered with Lockheed Martin to co-produce major aerostructure components to fly in all future C-130J Super Hercules. At the Defexpo 2014, Lockheed Martin will highlight its 20-year history with India and discuss new areas for partnership and collaboration with its valued customers, in addition to display of various programs including C-130J Super Hercules, Aegis Combat System and tactical missiles like Javelin and DAGR
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Airbus Group Bets Big on LCA
February 6, 2014 @ 11:34 AMThe Airbus Group which is a design consultant to India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)Project, is betting big on supplying critical parts and systems to the LCA. The LCA which completed its Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) late last year, is on way to its Final Operational Clearance (FOC) within the next two years after which it will be cleared for full-scale production
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AgustaWestland’s India Scandal Threatens To Envelop Other European Companies
January 31, 2014 @ 09:21 AMIndias decision to cut ties with Finmeccanica, parent company of AgustaWestland looks like it will suck in other European companies as well. The Indian MoD is reported to be looking at linkages between Finmeccanica and other European defense companies which may have a bearing on current procurements in India
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Airbus Group To Procure 20 UH-72A Lakota Helis
January 20, 2014 @ 05:00 PMThe US government gave a nod to Airbus Group to continue the contract order for 20 UH-72A Lakota helicopters. “This continuation of the government contract orders for the Lakota demonstrates the value of affordable, cost-effective programs in a constrained budget environment,” said Sean OKeefe, Chairman and CEO of Airbus Group, Inc
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Spanish Army Receive Two EC135 Helicopters
January 16, 2014 @ 08:00 AMAirbus Helicopters has delivered the first two EC135 helicopters to the Spanish Army Airmobile Force (FAMET) early this week, under a contract signed for eight in total on December 27, 2013. The contract also includes a logistics package that will support fleet sustainability in the coming years
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Will ‘Airbus Helicopters’ Fare Better than ‘Eurocopter’ in India?
January 10, 2014 @ 10:48 AMEurocopter, now officially Airbus Helicopters, has in the past struggled to gain a foothold in the Indian military helicopter market. The company has lost out on various tenders for a horde reasons including high price tags on its choppers
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Eurocopter Officially Named Airbus Helicopters
January 9, 2014 @ 08:39 AMEurocopter has been rebranded as Airbus Helicopters, effective today, which joins Airbus and Airbus Defence & Space, within the new parent company, Airbus Group. Airbus Helicopters will benefit from and enrich the Airbus brand as it develops, manufactures, markets and supports a diversified and highly capable rotorcraft product line
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3D Printing Could Cut Down Military Hardware Maintenance Costs
January 6, 2014 @ 12:30 PMWith the recent successful demonstration by BAE Systems of its Tornado fighter jet fitted with metal components created on a 3D printer, the aerospace and defence industry is excited over the prospect of a technology which may reduce its spares warehousing and logistics cost. Procuring and stocking spares and moving them to bases form a huge part of the running cost of maintaining military hardware such as aircraft, tanks and ships
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