Europe

Europe Misc 

First Female RAF Regiment Officers Graduate

August 8, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments RAF Honington, RAF Regiment, Royal Air Force (RAF), UK

The first female RAF Regiment Officers have successfully completed the 25-week course required to become members of the RAF Regiment

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Europe Artillery 

Nexter’s Katana Ammunition Tested in ONERA’s Wind Tunnel

August 7, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Artillery Ammunition, France, Nexter Katana, Nexter Systems, ONERA

The 155mm KATANA technical team successfully tested the guidance function and ballistic behavior of the ammunition in this wind tunnel

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Europe Air 

French Air Force’s First ALSR “Vador” Light Surveillance and Reconnaissance Aircraft Arrives at Évreux-Fauville Air Base

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Avions légers de surveillance et de reconnaissance (ALSR), Évreux-Fauville Air Base, France, French Air Force, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Surveillance aircraft

French Air Force’s first of the two ALSR “Vador” (Vader) light surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft has arrived at the -Fauville

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Europe Air 

RAF Poseidon Completes Its First Operational Mission, Shadows Russian Warship

August 7, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Royal Air Force (RAF), Russia, UK, Vasily Bykov (Project 22160)

A Royal Air Force P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) completed its first operational mission this week shadowing a Russian

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Europe Misc 

Airbus to Provide Communication Service for German Troops Worldwide

August 7, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space, German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), Germany

Airbus has been awarded a contract by the Bundeswehr for the provision of welfare media services for the next 2

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Europe Air 

Spain Selects Indra as National Company for Eurofighter Radar Development

August 6, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA), CAPTOR-E AESA radar, Eurofighter Typhoon, Hensoldt, Indra Sistemas, Spain

Spain has selected Indra as the national company to perform the development of the radar for the Eurofighter in consortium

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Europe Misc 

INSIS Awarded European Tender for Programmable EO/IR Seeker Emulator

August 6, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Fincantieri, INSIS SpA, Italy

INSIS, a Fincantieri Group company, has been awarded, under the restricted procedure, the European tender for the supply of a

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Europe Misc 

Kazan Helicopters Certifies Ansat Simulator According to International Standards

August 6, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Helicopter, Kazan Ansat, Kazan Helicopters, Russia, Russian Helicopters, Zhukovsky Central AeroHydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI)

Kazan Helicopters of the Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has received positive qualification of Ansat helicopter

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Europe Air 

French MOD Receives First ALSR Light Surveillance and Reconnaissance Aircraft

August 6, 2020August 7, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Avions légers de surveillance et de reconnaissance (ALSR), Beechcraft King Air, Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) France, France, French Air Force, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Sabena technics, Surveillance aircraft, Thales

French defense procurement agency DGA received the first of the two ALSR light surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft on July 31.

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Europe Industry 

Saab Divests QPS

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Mergers and Acquisitions, Netherlands, Quality Positioning Services BV (QPS), Saab, Total Specific Solutions (TSS)

Saab announced it has divested the Dutch-based company QPS (Quality Positioning Services), a provider of hydrographic software solutions within the

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