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The publication of the Ministry of Defence's latest Armed Forces manning figures shows that the UK Armed Forces are currently at 96.8 per cent of their full time trained strength requirement. |
28 November 2008: UK MoD |
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Troops will be able to get an eye on the enemy with the development of new I-Ball technology. |
17 November 2008: UK MoD |
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Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that on November 10 2008, its U.S. subsidiary Elbit Systems of America LLC, acquired all of the shares of Innovative Concepts, Inc. from Herley Industries, Inc. in a $15 million all cash transaction. |
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MoD has signed a £97 million, seven-year contract with Marshall Aerospace of Cambridge for the logistic support of the TriStar fleet. Known as the TRIOS contract (TriStar Integrated Operational Support), it will provide maintenance and engineering and support to the RAF's core passenger fleet until 2015 and will strengthen the airbridge service to and from theatre. |
31 October 2008: UK MoD |
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The UK MoD took another significant step towards becoming a more sustainable department today when the Secretary of State for Defence John Hutton, along with some of defence's key industry partners, signed a Sustainable Procurement Charter. |
27 October 2008: UK MoD |
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NATO's Defence Ministers are meeting in London today to discuss how to deliver a more efficient and effective NATO. |
21 September 2008: UK MoD |
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The Ministry of Defence (MOD) announced today the sale of its remaining ordinary shares in QinetiQ Group plc at a price of 206 pence per share. |
10 September 2008: UK MoD |
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The MoD has announced the winner of the Grand Challenge, its major competition to produce a vehicle capable of identifying threats encountered by UK troops on current operations. |
23 August 2008: UK MoD |
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The National Audit Office today published its report into the Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) programme, which aims to deliver a single, secure, high quality computer infrastructure across the whole of Defence while maintaining essential operational continuity. |
04 July 2008: UK MoD |
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The Type 23 frigate is to get a boost to her top speed in a £9 million overhaul to be carried out by Babcock Marine at Rosyth in Scotland, Defence Minister, Baroness Taylor, announced today. |
18 June 2008: UK MoD |
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Boeing has celebrated the delivery of the 500th U.S. Navy F/A-18 strike fighter modified at the company's Cecil Field facility near Jacksonville, Fla. |
02 November 2007: Boeing |
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The Boeing Company has began modifying the first of three U.S Air Force C-40B transport aircraft with a laser-based countermeasures system that defeats incoming infrared-seeking missiles. |
01 November 2007: Boeing |
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The Boeing Company has broken ground on a new EA-18G Growler Support Center (GSC) at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., that will provide technical and logistics support for the U.S. Navy's premier airborne electronic attack aircraft. |
01 November 2007: Boeing |
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Based in Naples, Florida, Shaw Aero Devices, Inc. was founded in 1956 and has 250 employees. The company, which invented patented safety-lock, flush- mounted fuel and lightning safe caps, also produces other caps and adapters, fuel system components, lubrication and hydraulic system equipment, and water and waste components for aerospace markets, including both commercial and military aircraft and their engines. The business had sales of $45 million in 2007. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to earnings in its first full year of operations. |
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Stork Industry Services has acquired a shareholding of 70% in Exmont Engineering in Bratislava, Slovakia. Both parties recently signed an agreement for this purpose. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of November. Stork also signed a contract today to acquire 100% of the shares of Istimewa Elektro in Vlissingen, Netherlands. Both acquisitions are in line with Stork's growth strategy. |
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The Boeing Company has announced that it continues to log test milestones on its C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP), including some significantly ahead of schedule. |
31 October 2007: Boeing |
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AgustaWestland is pleased to announce that the two AW109 Power light twin helicopters ordered by Ministry of the Interior of Latvia for State Border Guard have entered service. |
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The first monolithic machined panel for the first AgustaWestland Future Lynx was manufactured last week at Oldland CNC's facility in Bristol, United Kingdom. The manufacture of the first component, a lower fuselage bulkhead, was witnessed by representatives from the UK Ministry of Defence Integrated Project Team and AgustaWestland. Oldland CNC is manufacturing 83 of the 147 Future Lynx primary structure monolithic machined components and supplying them to GKN Aerospace for incorporation into the airframe prior to delivery to AgustaWestland. The monolithic machinings that are used in Future Lynx dramatically reduce parts count, assembly time and reduce in service maintenance. |
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Members of FAC, the Farnborough Aerospace Consortium will be heading West next month across the Atlantic to North East Canada as part of an international trade mission to promote UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), a growing area of the UK Aerospace and Defence Market. |
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The Boeing Company has opened its first F-15E Mission Training Center (MTC) for the U.S. Air Force's 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The center will provide aircrews with high-fidelity, simulator-based training without the material and personnel costs associated with training on operational aircraft. |
29 October 2007: Boeing |
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The Boeing Company and Textron Inc. have announced a teaming agreement to compete in the technology demonstration and system development phases and ultimately the production phase of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program for the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. |
29 October 2007: Boeing |
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Bohemia Interactive -- a global simulation software developer noted for innovative and industry-leading solutions -- is pleased to announce a major new training capability made in partnership with Laser Shot Incorporated. |
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General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded the Target Recognition and Advanced Identification Development and Evaluation (TRAIDE) contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The contract is valued at $20 million over a 64-month period of performance. |
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Camp Bastion wins British Construction Industry Awards, 'Judges' Special Award' The award is 'For a building or civil engineering project of any size which the judges consider to be particularly inspirational, in one or more aspects.' |
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BAE Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, have signed a memorandum of agreement to work collaboratively in support of the U. S. Army's Heavy Brigade Combat Team modernization plan, which will upgrade, modernize and achieve commonality on BAE Systems' family of Bradley fighting vehicles and General Dynamics M1 Abrams tanks, the primary combat vehicles of the Army's Heavy Brigades. |
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