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The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (UK- MoD) announced the extension of the Hercules Integrated Operational Support (HIOS) contract, agreeing a price of £350 million (US$547 million) for the services to be delivered through to the end of 2015.
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Following agreement between the Governments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, under the Saudi British Defence Co-operation Programme, BAE Systems have been awarded a contract for £1.6 billion (US$ 2.5 billion*) to support the future aircrew training requirements of the Royal Saudi Air Force.
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Long Beach, Calif., Boeing delivered a fifth C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defence earlier this month. The UAE accepted delivery of four C-17s in 2011 and has one more airlifter on order for delivery later this year.
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The Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) today signed a contract with Airbus Military for the acquisition of eight C295 aircraft, five of them configured as tactical transports and three as maritime patrol aircraft (MPA). They will be delivered from next year.
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Long Beach, Calif., Boeing delivered the United Kingdom's eighth C-17 Globemaster III to the Royal Air Force (RAF) today during a ceremony at the company's final assembly facility in Long Beach.
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Paris, Safran is finalizing the merger of its two subsidiaries, SME (specializing in energetic materials) and Snecma Propulsion Solide (a specialist in solid rocket motors for missiles and launchers). In April 5, 2011 Safran’s acquisition of SME, formerly known as SNPE Matériaux Energétiques, was finalized on April 5, 2011.
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Dallas, Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile successfully intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile target yesterday at the Utah Test and Training Range in an interoperability demonstration utilizing the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS) and the PATRIOT system.
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