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Americas Training & Simulation 

Boeing Wins Contract from U.S. Navy to Update P-8A Poseidon Training System

September 13, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Australia, Boeing, Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Training and Simulation, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Boeing has won a contract award from the U.S. Navy to update the courseware and software for the Navy’s P-8A

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Americas Space 

NASA Completes Orion Parachute Tests for Manned Missions

September 13, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Human spaceflight, Interplanetary mission, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Space Launch System (SLS), U.S. Army, USA, Yuma Proving Ground (YPG)

NASA has completed the final test to qualify Orion’s parachute system for flights with astronauts, checking off an important milestone

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Asia-Pacific C4ISR Land 

Thales, Thailand’s DTI to Collaborate on Military Vehicle Communications System

September 13, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Armoured personnel carrier (APC), DataGate (Thailand), Defence Technology Institute (DTI), Royal Thai Armed Forces, Royal Thai Navy (RTN), Thales

Thales, Datagate and the Thai Defence Technology Institute (DTI) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to further enhance collaboration

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Air Americas Europe Naval 

Integrated Test Force Prepares to Embark Two F-35B Jets On Board UK Royal Navy’s Newest Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth

September 13, 2018October 20, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aircraft Carrier, Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, NAS Patuxent River, Queen Elizabeth-class CV, Royal Navy, UK, USA, Westlant 18

The F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) is nearing another milestone as they prepare to embark two F-35Bs on

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Africa Misc 

Eight Killed in Explosion at Rheinmetall Denel Munition Plant in South Africa

September 13, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Denel SOC, Rheinmetall, Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM), Rheinmetall Waffe Munition, South Africa

An explosion at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM)’s Somerset West plant in South Africa on the afternoon of Monday, Sept.

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

Safran to Provide Vigy Engage Electro-Optic Sensor for Australia’s SEA 1180 Offshore Patrol Vessels

September 13, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Australia, Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR), Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Saab, Safran Electronics and Defense, Safran Vigy Observer / Engage, SEA 1180 OPV, Situational Awareness System (SAS)

Safran Electronics & Defense Australasia has been selected, by Saab Australia, to provide the latest version of its Vigy Engage electro-optic

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Americas Land 

QinetiQ North America Selected for U.S. Army Route Clearance and Interrogation System Type 1 Robotics Contract

September 13, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Buffalo MPCV, JCB HMEE (High Mobility Engineer Excavator), Mine Clearing Vehicle (MCV), Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP), QinetiQ, U.S. Army, Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV), USA

QinetiQ Group plc announced that its US business, QinetiQ North America (QNA), has been awarded a contract for the U.S.

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Americas Naval 

General Dynamics NASSCO Awarded Contract for USS Bonhomme Richard FY 2018 Docking Phased Maintenance Availability

September 13, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Amphibious assault ship, Dry-Docking Phased Maintenance Availability (DPMA), General Dynamics, General Dynamics NASSCO, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), Wasp-class LHD

General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) has been awarded a contract for the execution of fiscal year 2018

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Americas Naval 

ASMAR Starts Construction of Chilean Navy’s New Antarctic Research Vessel

September 13, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Almirante Óscar Viel (AP-46), ASMAR Talcahuano Shipyard, Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada (ASMAR), Chile, Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACh), Chilean Navy, DIPRIDA (Chilean Navy), Icebreaker, Research/ Survey Vessel

Chile’s state-owned shipbuilder, ASMAR has started the construction of Chilean Navy’s new icebreaker Antarctic research vessel during a ceremony held

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Air Americas Deployments 

NORAD F-22 Raptor Fighter Jets Intercepts Russian Tu-95 Bombers Near Alaska for Second Time This Month

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Alaska, Fighter aircraft, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Russia, Russian Air Force, Strategic bomber, Tupolev Tu-95 Bear, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Two U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets, assigned to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), intercepted two

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