International

L-3 Communications [LLL] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire a civil aircraft simulation and training business from France’s Thales for $132 million in cash on hand. L-3 said the […]

It would be “virtually impossible” for Embraer to deliver its A-29 Super Tucano turboprop aircraft by the first half of 2013 if it wins the new Light Air Support (LAS) […]

Britain’s Cobham yesterday said it is offering $428.3 million to acquire the rest of a Danish satellite communications (SatCom) firm that it currently holds a minority stake in. The offer […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn.––Part of the work of the Army’s new Fixed Wing Aircraft office is divesting the fleet of C-23 Sherpa cargo aircraft that provided intra theater personnel and cargo lift […]

The Coast Guard this week said it has exercised a $78.5 million contract option with the North American division of European Aeronautical Defence and Space Co. (EADS) to purchase two […]

Britain’s Cobham yesterday said that it has acquired a nearly 26 percent stake in the Danish satellite communications company Thrane  & Thrane A/S just weeks after it announced that it […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn.–At a time of fiscal austerity and ruthless pruning of non-performing programs, the UH-72A light utility helicopter, a commercial-off-the-shelf procurement, has been “performing admirably,” says the project officer for […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) yesterday said it received a $7.6-million Foreign Military Sales contract to provide three MD 500E single engine turbine helicopters to the Salvadorian air force, Fuerza […]

France’s Thales yesterday said it has completed the acquisition of Florida-based Tampa Microwave, boosting its capabilities and products in wideband tactical satellite communications (SATCOM) for defense, government and commercial customers. […]

Major system elements of the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) are in integration testing in preparation for its first flight test later this year, an official with MEADS […]