The global community of C-130J Super Hercules operators recently surpassed 2 million flight hours. These hours were logged beginning with the C-130J's first flight on April 5, 1996, through the end of July 2019.
The United Republic of Tanzania has signed a firm purchase agreement for a Dash 8-400 aircraft. The aircraft, which will be leased to and operated by Air Tanzania (The Wings of Kilimanjaro), will join three that are already in service and another previously ordered one, to increase the airline's fleet of Dash 8-400 aircraft to five. It will be delivered in a 78-seat, dual-lavatory configuration.
Mack Defense introduced the Mack® Granite®-based 40-ton capacity all-terrain crane, the ATC-40T, built in partnership with Manitowoc Crane at AUSA earlier this week.
CAE announced at AUSA that it will be delivering the first Abrams M1A2 engine maintenance trainer to the U.S. Army’s Armor School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
The new design increases turret reliability by 40 percent and drastically improves aircraft availability through a variety of flight line maintenance enhancements.
North American Aerospace Defense Command regions are conducting synchronized flights this week throughout the Alaskan, Canadian, and Continental U.S. NORAD regions.
Brian Johnston, Chair, Atlantic Canada Aerospace and Defence Association presented awards to GEOSPECTRUM TECHNOLOGIES, ULTRA ELECTRONICS MARITIME SYSTEMS, 3D PLANETA and REDspace at the 3rd annual ACADA Dinner held October 2nd, 2019 at the Halifax Convention Centre.
The first Airbus C295, purchased by the Government of Canada for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) Fixed Wing Search and Rescue Aircraft Replacement (FWSAR) program, rolled out of the paint shop
On October 2nd, 2019, the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries announced the election of a new chair of its Board of Directors.
JSK Naval Support has announced a collaboration with marine technology company Kraken Robotic Systems Inc. to develop an enhanced autonomous underwater sonar solution.
CDR’s Aviation Editor, Joetey Attariwala, captured this rare sight of the world famous RAF (Royal Air Force) Red Arrows flight demonstration team, last week, as they flew over Victoria, British Columbia, while en route to Vancouver as part of an 11 week North American tour. It’s been 11 years since the Red Arrows last visited North America, with the current tour being the biggest ever visit to Canada and the United States by the iconic aerobatic team.
Raytheon and Rheinmetall Defence have established a joint venture to offer the Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle for the U.S. Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, or OMFV, competition.
Revision has sold its protective eyewear business to ASGARD Partners & Co., a private investment firm based in New York. “This divestiture supports our strategy to sharpen our portfolio and fund expanded capabilities and growth initiatives around enhanced warfighter survivability and lethality,” said Revision CEO, Jonathan Blanshay.
Mack Defense and Sherwin-Williams General Industrial Coatings have partnered to implement multiple solutions for applying Chemical Agent Resistant Coatings (CARC) for use on the Mack Defense M917A3 heavy dump truck (HDT) model.
Elbit Systems’ Canadian subsidiary, GeoSpectrum Technologies (GTI), announces the successful Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) trial of its Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar (TRAPS) on board the HMCS Glace Bay of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN),
It is expected that the Asterix will be docked alongside Pier 23 (Cunard Centre) in time for the opening VIP Reception on Tuesday evening and to be open for tours for the attendees of the DEFSEC Atlantic trade show.
In accordance with Finland’s Ministry of Defence’s proposition, the Government of Finland has selected Saab as the combat system provider and integrator for the Finnish Navy’s four new Pohjanmaa-class corvettes within the Squadron 2020 programme.
Commerce Decisions, a QinetiQ company, has secured a strategically important contract with the Government of Canada to support the procurement process on the Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) program.
Marinvent has delivered its Synthesis® compliance software tool to the Government of Canada for testing under Innovative Solutions Canada, formerly known as the Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP).
Cyient has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS), to offer avionics products for its unmanned target systems in India.
CAE has recently been awarded a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to upgrade and expand the capabilities of the Naval Warfare Training System (NWTS) located at the Swedish Naval Warfare Centre (NWC) in Karlskrona, Sweden.
The United States Air Force F-35 Lightning II Demo Team – featuring two F-35As in flight – is the star of this year’s AERO Gatineau-Ottawa 2019 Air Show.
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) and Airbus Defence and Space today informed the Government of Canada of their decision to withdraw from Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP). The decision is the result of a detailed review of the Request for Proposal (RFP), following its release on 23 July 2019
RENK AG a manufacturer of drivetrain technologies, has made a strategic investment in Modest Tree to create immersive training solutions without coding.
