Defence`s Feeds

The UAE Air Force and Air Defence (UAE AF & AD) signed a USD1.27 billion contract for the procurement of two new Saab surveillance aircraft and the upgrade of two others, the company said on 9 November. The contract, which was announced at the Dubai Airshow 2015, will see the UAE receive two of

The Polish Armament Inspectorate has signed a PLN199 million (USD50 million) contract with local firm Rosomak for the delivery of 27 wheeled heavy recovery vehicles (CKPEiRTs). Rosomak has teamed with Scania Power Polska and Cargotec for the contract, which will see the delivery of 8x8 vehicles

The Azerbaijan Coast Guard's Ship Construction and Repair Center in Turkan has built the first of up to six Saar 62 offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), as well as the coastguard's sixth Shaldag Mk V fast attack craft (FAC). The developments were confirmed in a press release from the Azeri Border Guard

UAE Major General Abdullah Al Hashimi (left) shakes hands with Saab Group Presid

Serco has reached an agreement with the Australian Government to amend the terms of its contract to provide in-service support to the fleet of Armidale-class patrol boats (ACPB).

The USs Navy's Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) has conducted a successful test flight of a Trident II D5 Missile aboard the navy's Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), the USS Kentucky.

The UK Royal Navy frigate HMS Richmond has rescued more than 130 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea as part of a day-long operation by European navies.

The navies of the US and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have started the annual bilateral training event, Exercise Clear Horizon 2015, in a bid to improve cooperation and enhance capabilities in mine countermeasure operations.

The US Navy's latest Virginia-class attack submarine (SSN 798) will be named USS Massachusetts, navy secretary Ray Mabus has announced.

An undisclosed international defence contractor has commissioned Kraken Sonar Systems to supply a Katfish sonar system.

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has decommissioned its Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate, HMAS Sydney, after serving the country for over three decades.

The US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) Atlantic has selected CACI International to continue providing defence health readiness engineering support for its Theater Medical Information Programme (TMIP) for a period of three years.

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British Swingfire Anti-Tank Guided Missile

The complex requirements imposed on short and very short-range air and surface defence have become much more complex in recent years.

Source : © European Union, 2015 - EP

The French Navy has awarded a six-year contract to Thales Group to provide through-life support (TLS) for its simulators.

Sikorsky Aircraft has successfully completed the preliminary design review (PDR) of the VH-92A presidential helicopter replacement programme.

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Task Group has conducted exercises with the French Navy in South China Sea, as part of its deployment to North and South East Asia.

Saab has agreed to jointly work with the Naval Shipyard in Gdynia, Poland, to provide naval solutions for the Polish Navy's Orka submarine programme.