Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)

European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) selects Airbus and its partner IAI for Maritime Aerial Surveillance with Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)

Contract awarded following several successful trials over the past years for Maritime Aerial Surveillance services with RPAS.


Successful partnership between Airbus Defence and Space Airborne Solutions (ADAS) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).


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GA-ASI SELECTS TWO BELGIAN COMPANIES FOLLOWING INDUSTRY PRESENTATIONS AT BLUE MAGIC EVENT   Hexagon and ScioTeq Will Support MQ-9B SkyGuardian® Development

GA-ASI SELECTS TWO BELGIAN COMPANIES FOLLOWING INDUSTRY PRESENTATIONS AT BLUE MAGIC EVENT Hexagon and ScioTeq Will Support MQ-9B SkyGuardian® Development

GA-ASI is pleased to announce the selection of two Belgian companies – Hexagon’s Geospatial division and ScioTeq – from its “Blue Magic Belgium” (BMB) industry solicitation event that took place the week of 21 September.
The goal of BMB is to identify Belgian technology suppliers to support GA-ASI in the…

MQ-9B SkyGuardian
Airbus forms Team Maier to increase Australia’s sovereign industrial capability

Airbus forms Team Maier to increase Australia’s sovereign industrial capability

Call for suppliers to engage with Airbus bid for Australian next generation military SATCOMs

Airbus has formed Team Maier and will partner with key Australian space and technology companies, and academia, as it launches its solution to Joint Project (JP) 9102 to provide a complete Defence Satellite…

WTO to authorise tariffs on $4 billion of US exports to the European Union in the Boeing Subsidies Case

WTO to authorise tariffs on $4 billion of US exports to the European Union in the Boeing Subsidies Case

The WTO has announced its decision that the European Union will be authorised to impose tariffs on USD 4 billion of US goods exported to the European Union every year. This follows four previous WTO panel and appellate reports from 2011 to 2019 confirming that subsidies to Boeing violate WTO rules. The decision…

HNLMS Pelikaan back in Curaçao after midlife upgrade  by Damen in the Netherlands

HNLMS Pelikaan back in Curaçao after midlife upgrade by Damen in the Netherlands

Since October 1, HNLMS Pelikaan is back again in the familiar waters of the Caribbean. On September 17, Damen Shipyards Den Helder  delivered the HNLMS Pelikaan to the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) following a mid-life upgrade lasting eight months. Following the work, the vessel, which Damen

H135 helicopters

Two Airbus H135 helicopters delivered to support space exploration at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

The aircraft will provide aerial security and support of the upcoming SpaceX Crew Dragon launch to the International Space Station (ISS) scheduled for late October.

Airbus continues to expand its portfolio of products supporting the future of space exploration with the delivery of two new H135…

 Navy Recognition Bofors 40 Mk4 naval gun system BAE Systems 40mm

BAE Systems awarded naval guns contract for U.K.’s Type 31 frigate program

BAE Systems will produce and deliver Bofors 40 Mk4 and Bofors 57 Mk3 naval guns for the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Type 31 general purpose frigate program.

The agreement, through a contract with Babcock International, will supply the Royal Navy with a set of advanced, multi-purpose gun systems for its…

Bofors 57 Mk3
MBDA gets international recognition for its management of innovation

MBDA gets international recognition for its management of innovation

MBDA has been accredited as Investor in Innovations Standard by the Institute of and Knowledge Exchange Innovation (IKE Institute) as a recognition of its good practices and adherence to the newly published ISO 56002 Innovation Management System standard. This rewards an Innovation Management. Creating…

Embraer awarded ANAC and FAA certification of Synthetic Vision Guidance System for Praetor 500 and Praetor 600

Embraer awarded ANAC and FAA certification of Synthetic Vision Guidance System for Praetor 500 and Praetor 600

Embraer today announced that the Synthetic Vision Guidance System (SVGS) for the midsize Praetor 500 and super-midsize Praetor 600 business jets was awarded certification by both the civil aviation authority of Brazil, Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC), and the civil aviation authority of the United…

Praetor 600

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