Day: November 21, 2019

Europe Industry 

IAI Supplies MiniPOP EO/IR Systems for Guardia di Finanza Patrol Boats

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR), FB Design, IAI MiniPOP EO/IR, IAI TAMAM Division, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Italian Guardia di Finanza (GdF), Italy, Patrol boat

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has provided MiniPOP EO/IR systems fitted with an advanced command and control unit to FB Design,

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Africa Air 

Morocco Cleared to Buy AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters

November 21, 2019November 23, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Attack helicopter, Boeing AH-64 Apache, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Morocco, Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF), USA

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of 36 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and related equipment

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Europe Industry 

MBDA Signs Agreement to Purchase GDI Simulation from Airbus

November 21, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, GDI Simulation, MBDA Missile Systems, Mergers and Acquisitions

MBDA has signed an agreement to purchase GDI Simulation from Airbus with closing subject to regulatory closing conditions. Terms of

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Air Europe 

First NATO Global Hawk Arrives in Sigonella, Italy

November 21, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Italy, NAS Sigonella, NATO, NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS), Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, Surveillance aircraft, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

The first of five NATO Global Hawk Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) aircraft landed in Sigonella, Italy at 1646 hours local

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Air Asia-Pacific 

Two U.S. Service Members Killed in Apache Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan

November 21, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Afghanistan, Attack helicopter, Boeing AH-64 Apache, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, U.S. Army, USA

Two U.S. service members were killed when their AH-64D Apache attack helicopter crashed in Logar Province, Afghanistan on Nov. 20,

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Europe Industry 

Navantia Signs MoU with UK’s InfraStrata for FSS Program

November 21, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Fleet Solid Support Ship (FSS) UK, Harland and Wolff, Infrastrata, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Navantia, Northern Ireland, UK

Navantia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the British company InfraStrata PLC for collaborating for the Royal Navy

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Air Americas 

Two U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon Trainer Aircraft Involved in “Mishap”, Two Airmen Killed

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Northrop T-38 Talon, Trainer aircraft, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, USAF 71st Flying Training Wing (71 FTW), Vance AFB

Two U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon trainer aircraft, assigned to the Vance Air Force Base, were involved in a mishap

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Asia-Pacific Ballistic Missiles 

India Test-Fires Prithvi II Nuclear-Capable Short Range Ballistic Missile

November 21, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Ballistic Missile, Chandipur Integrated Test Range (ITR), India, Indian Armed Forces, Indian Strategic Forces Command (SFC), Prithvi II, SRBM, Surface-to-surface missile (SSM)

India successfully conducted a dual test-launch of its indigenously developed Prithvi-II nuclear-capable short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) on Nov. 20. The

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Middle East Naval 

Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Transits Strait of Hormuz

November 21, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, Aircraft Carrier, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)

The u.S. Navy’s Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) completed a scheduled transit through the Strait of Hormuz and into

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Air Asia-Pacific 

New Zealand Cleared to Procure Five C-130J Super Hercules Aircraft

November 21, 2019 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules, Military transport aircraft (MTA), New Zealand, Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), USA

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of five C-130J Super Hercules aircraft and related equipment to New

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