Airbus has secured a contract from Europe’s organisation for the management of cooperative armament programmes – OCCAR – on behalf of NATO Support & Procurement Agency (NSPA) to provide an Airbus A330 MRTT Multi Role Tanker Transport. The order follows the announcement in February of Belgium’s official accession to the European/NATO ...
His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge has visited RAF Coningsby in his role as the Honorary Air Commandant to the Station. During the event the Duke visited 29 Squadron and spoke with personnel who fly and maintain the world-class Typhoon aircraft, including trainee pilots learning to fly the aircraft. The Duke ...
Two Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) interceptors successfully intercepted two tactical ballistic missile targets recently in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The PAC-3 CRI intercepts support the US Army’s Field Surveillance Program (FSP) ensuring the reliability and readiness of fielded PAC-3 missiles. The test also marked ...
MBDA Deutschland and Lockheed Martin has announced a new joint venture to pursue the next generation Integrated Air and Missile Defense System, TLVS, for the German Bundeswehr. The joint venture is expected to become the prime contractor for the new system, which is currently being negotiated with Germany’s procurement office for ...