Archive: 2016

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natopart // Blog | 2016

QinetiQ and Thales select Textron AirLand Scorpion jet...

2016-07-15
Two years after its surprise unveiling, the Textron-Air Land Scorpion has found its first prospective customer, as Thales and QinetiQ have selected it for their bid for a Royal Air Force training...
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F-35 Wins Denmark Competition Over Super Hornet and...

2016-06-29
Denmark has officially agreed to buy 27 F-35A joint strike fighters to replace its fleet of aging F-16s. The selection puts an end to Denmark’s delayed fighter modernization decision that was in...
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Turkey's Shipbuilding Set for a Boost

2016-06-20
The Turkish government has announced that it intends to buy scores of naval assets in the next years, potentially giving a major boost to the country’s flourishing shipyards and their foreign...
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Boeing Wins $668M Army Deal for Apache Helicopters

2016-06-09
The Boeing Co. has won an undefined fixed-price-incentive contract for foreign military sales (“FMS”) to Qatar, worth $667.5 million, from the U.S. Army. Contracting activity is the Army...
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Norway Reviewing Submarine Base Infrastructure

2016-05-29
The Norwegian Defense Forces are reviewing options to improve general base infrastructure and capacity for the navy’s submarine fleet. The facilities’ review has come into focus in the wake of a...
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Poland Eyes Surveillance, Maritime Patrol Aircraft

2016-05-23
The Polish Ministry of Defense has launched negotiations on its planned acquisition of new surveillance and maritime patrol aircraft, the Ministry’s Armament Inspectorate (IU) said in a statement....
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Airlander 10, formerly known as LEMV to fly again

2016-05-17
Airlander 10, formerly known as the Army’s Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) is preparing to fly as early as next month in the UK, according to Hybrid Air Vehicles officials. The...
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Australian submarines to be built by DCNS

2016-05-03
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on Tuesday morning that France’s DCNS consortium will be awarded the multi-billion-dollar contract to build the 12 submarines that will succeed...
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Airbus Helicopters launches HForce Generic Weapon System

2016-04-25
Airbus Helicopters has unveiled a common weapons system for its range of civil-derived military helicopters, giving operators an affordable and incremental upgrade path: it offers operators the...
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Saudi Arabia seeks to acquire new heavy tanks, and the...

2016-04-18
The Saudi Ministry of Defence would seek to acquire 200 heavy armored vehicles, including 50 "spare" (reserve). The French Leclerc is in the running, reportedly presented to the Saudis on 25...
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