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GA-ASI awarded contract for advanced battle management system

Air October 9, 2020

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been awarded a $950,000,000 ceiling Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the maturation, demonstration and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software and algorithm development in order to enable Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). This contract for GA-ASI ...

First UK space census launched to survey sector

Air October 9, 2020

The first ever UK Space Census launched to survey the diversity of the UK space sector and help inform future space policy. Coming during World Space Week, the 2020 Space Census will collect for the first time anonymous information from space sector professionals to build a comprehensive picture of the UK ...

First Airbus C295 aircraft for the RCAF arrives in Canada

Air October 5, 2020

The first Airbus C295 aircraft, purchased by the Government of Canada for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) Fixed Wing Search and Rescue Aircraft Replacement (FWSAR) project, has arrived at 19 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Comox, in British Columbia, Canada. The aircraft, designated CC-295 for the Canadian customer, landed at its home ...

Saab delivers second GlobalEye to the United Arab Emirates

Air October 5, 2020

Saab delivered the second GlobalEye Swing Role Surveillance System to the United Arab Emirates on 30 September 2020. This follows delivery by Saab of the first GlobalEye aircraft in April 2020 to the United Arab Emirates, which has ordered three GlobalEye aircraft. The initial contract was signed in late 2015. “Completing the ...