International
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Cyber
Maritime Partnerships Could Be Impacted By Fiscal Pressures, CNO Says
By Geoff Fein Fiscal pressures on military budgets around the world have the potential to impact advances made in global maritime partnerships if all the parties don’t take on some […]
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Business/Financial
Curtiss-Wright Acquires Maker of Secure Data And Video Recorders
Curtiss-Wright Corp. [CW] yesterday said it has acquired Britain-based Specialist Electronics Services, Ltd. (SES) for $22 million adding to its existing recorder product line. SES designs and manufactures rugged, security […]
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Business/Financial
GD’s U.K. Business Acquires Electro-Optical Systems Firm
General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said its United Kingdom-based business has acquired Kylmar Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of various electro- optical systems used in military, border security, counter-terrorism, covert and […]
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Business/Financial
Aerospace Industry Groups Continue Push For Global Ethical Standards
By Calvin Biesecker Aerospace and defense industry officials from the United States and Europe held their second formal meeting last week as part of an ongoing effort aimed at embedding […]
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International
EADS To Evaluate Creation of Aviation Biofuel Production In Brazil
The creation of an aviation biofuel production facility in Brazil will be evaluated by EADS, Eurocopter and BioCombustibles del Chubut under terms of a cooperative agreement signed at this month’s […]
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International
Teledyne To Acquire U.K. Microwave Electronics Firm
Teledyne Technologies Inc. [TDY] recently said it has agreed to acquire Britain’s Intelek plc for $52 million, including stock options, net and pension debt, to expand its capabilities in microwave […]
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International
Lockheed Martin, EXPAL Consider Pursuing Spanish VBR Program
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and EXPAL recently said they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) intended to facilitate exclusive discussions for exploring the formation of a union temporal de empresa (UTE), […]
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International
Boeing, Netherlands Air Force Make History, AH-64D Flies On Blended Fuel
Boeing [BA] and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) this week made aviation history when a Boeing AH-64D Apache became the first rotorcraft in the world to fly using a […]
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International
BAE Systems, Iveco Defence Vehicles Plan To Pursue Marine Personnel Carrier
BAE Systems and Iveco Defence Vehicles, a Fiat Group company, have signed a licensing agreement to form the basis of a business arrangement for the pursuit of the Marine Corps […]
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International
ATK To Supply More Ammunition To Afghan Forces
ATK [ATK] has received a $41 million contract modification to supply additional non-standard (non-NATO) ammunition to the Afghan Security Forces (ASF) under an existing three-year contract with the U.S. Army. […]