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UAE pressing ahead with achievements,says Mohamed bin Zayed

The year 2015 saw the United Arab Emirates making several achievements under the wise leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince

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Saab To Train Military Technicians for Gripen and SK60

Saab recently received a military training authorisation from the Swedish Military Aviation Safety Inspectorate. The company can now deliver technician training for both the Gripen fighter and SK60 trainer. Saab has extensive experience in training technicians

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Raytheon Delivers Sonar for DARPA’s Unmanned ASW

Raytheon has completed delivery of its latest Modular Scalable Sonar System (MS3), the fifth-generation hull-mounted sonar system, for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous TrailUnmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program. The delivery is

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Boeing Completes Detailed Design for the 787-10 Dreamliner

Boeing has completed detailed design for the 787-10 Dreamliner, achieving another major milestone in the development of the newest and longest member of the 787 family. Boeing engineers reached the key milestone nearly two weeks

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Cobham Technology Selected for Mars 2020 Program

Cobham recently received two awards totaling $20.5M to provide actuators for the Mars 2020 mission. NASA has again selected Cobham’s actuators to drive the rover wheels and provide steering motion, move the high-gain antenna and

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U.S. Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin $302 Million for JASSM and JASSM-ER Production

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $302.2 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for continued production of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM®) and its Extended Range (ER) version. The Lot 14 contract includes

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MoI Delegation Visits Korea International Safety & Security Expo 2015 in Seoul

A delegation from the Ministry of the Interior; headed by Major General Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, Inspector General of the Ministry of Interior; Vice Chairman of the Higher Organizing Committee of the International Exhibition

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Bell Signs LOI With Horizon International Flight Academy

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, recently signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Horizon International Flight Academy to become the first Bell Helicopter authorized training center in the Middle East. Based at Al Ain International

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P&WC Launches PT6A-140A Turboprop

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) recently announced the launch of the new PT6A-140A turboprop engine and the PT6A-140AG variant - bringing the world’s most popular turboprop family to more than 70 engine models strong. The

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Nexter Displays the Various Capabilities of TITUS®

For the first time since its creation in 2006, the Nexter Group was present at the 19th Internal State Security exhibition held recently at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre. TITUS, Nexter’s versatile 6x6 vehicle, was displayed

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Boeing, Ryanair Celebrate 375th Next-Generation 737-800 Delivery

Boeing and Ryanair celebrated the Irish low-cost carrier’s 375th direct delivery of a Next-Generation 737-800 recently. Ryanair is the largest Next Generation 737-800 customer in the world having ordered more than 530 of the airplane

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Bombardier Welcomes 5 New Latin American Airlines to its Family

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft recently welcomed five Latin American airlines to its family of operators, and congratulated another that has extended its service offerings in the region with Bombardier-manufactured commercial aircraft. Among the airlines that have joined

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Raytheon’s Next Generation Jammer Completes PDR Milestone

Raytheon in partnership with the US Navy has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) program, a key milestone in the acquisition process. “Raytheon and the Navy have made system engineering

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Northrop Grumman, US Army Achieve Milestone for IAMD

The US Army and Northrop Grumman Corporation achieved a major milestone for integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) when the IAMD Battle Command System (IBCS), using tracking data from Sentinel and Patriot radars, provided the

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