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  • Airbus-Built Cargo Aircraft Completes Aerial Refueling Mission With Spanish F-18 Jets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus-Built Cargo Aircraft Completes Aerial Refueling Mission With Spanish F-18 Jets

    An Airbus-built military transport plane refueled multiple F-18 fighter jets of the Spanish air force during an aerial refueling mission that took place Dec. 13. Airbus said Thursday its A400M aircraft completed an AAR human factors certification flight with six F-18s from Spain’s Center of Logistics for Armament and Experimentation and the Torrejon-based 12th Operational Wing. The AAR […] More

  • Report: US Expresses Optimism on Germany’s Tornado Fighter Jet Replacement Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: US Expresses Optimism on Germany’s Tornado Fighter Jet Replacement Program

    A U.S. military official said the country is confident that there are U.S.-manufactured fighter jets that can compete to replace Germany’s fleet of 85 Tornado fighter aircraft, Reuters reported Thursday. The official’s statement came days after the German defense ministry said it considers the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft as its primary option to replace its Tornado jets by 2025. The […] More

  • Report: Germany Eyes Eurofighter Typhoon as Potential Tornado Fighter Jet Replacement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Germany Eyes Eurofighter Typhoon as Potential Tornado Fighter Jet Replacement

    Germany’s defense ministry said it considers the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft as its primary option to replace its fleet of 85 Tornado fighter jets by 2025, Reuters reported Tuesday. The European country’s parliament would need to approve the procurement of new fighter jets over the next two years with a plan to have the contract signed by […] More

  • Hensoldt Demos Counter-UAV Platform at Airbus Airfield in Germany - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hensoldt Demos Counter-UAV Platform at Airbus Airfield in Germany

    Germany-based sensor provider Hensoldt has tested its counter unmanned aerial vehicle system designed to defend airports and other infrastructure from potential threats. The company said Wednesday its Xpeller counter-UAV system was demonstrated at the Airbus airfield in Hamburg, Germany for spectators that included airport operators and representatives from armed forces, industrial companies and police forces. […] More

  • UK Allocates Nearly $73M for Aerospace R&D Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Allocates Nearly $73M for Aerospace R&D Projects

    The U.K. government plans to invest nearly $73 million in seven research and development projects meant to support innovation in the British aerospace sector. The funds will be awarded through the Aerospace Technology Institute as part of the British government and industry’s commitment to invest as much as $5.3 billion in civil aerospace R&D initiatives by 2026, […] More

  • Esri Agrees to Expand Airbus Defense & Space Unit's GIS Tech Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri Agrees to Expand Airbus Defense & Space Unit’s GIS Tech Access

    Esri has signed an enterprise agreement to extend Airbus‘ access to a geographic information system to support the intelligence program line of the latter’s defense and space business. Airbus seeks to expand its use of Esri-built ArcGIS platform in efforts to help address  environmental, social and economic challenges globally with the use of the mapping and geospatial analysis […] More

  • BAE, Asco Form Advanced Manufacturing, Eurofighter Typhoon Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Asco Form Advanced Manufacturing, Eurofighter Typhoon Partnership

    BAE Systems and Asco Industries have agreed to partner across the areas of composite materials, additive layer manufacturing, advanced manufacturing and engineering. Both companies will also pursue potential airframe assembly and manufacturing work on Eurofighter Typhoon should Belgium pick the aircraft to replace its fleet of F-15 fighter jets, BAE said Nov. 21. BAE and […] More

  • PwC Report Shows $12B Increase in US Aerospace, Defense R&D Spending - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PwC Report Shows $12B Increase in US Aerospace, Defense R&D Spending

    A study by PwC’s consulting arm shows that U.S. aerospace and defense companies’ spending on research and development efforts has climbed by nearly $12 billion so far this year, Defense News reported Wednesday. The Global Innovation 1000 study conducted by Strategy& has found that top U.S.-based A&D firms recorded $11.79 billion in R&D spending, a figure that is […] More

  • Airbus Defense Segment to Build 2 Comms Satellites for Turkish Operator - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Defense Segment to Build 2 Comms Satellites for Turkish Operator

    Airbus‘ defense and space segment has secured a contract from Turkey-based communications satellite operator Turksat to build two new satellites slated for geostationary orbit. Turksat 5A and Turksat 5B will be based on the electric orbit raising variant of the Airbus Eurostar E3000 satellite model powered by electric propulsion technology, Airbus said Thursday. The first spacecraft is designed to […] More

  • Poland Implements CAE, Airbus Co-Developed Simulator for C295 Transport Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Poland Implements CAE, Airbus Co-Developed Simulator for C295 Transport Aircraft

    Poland’s air force has accepted a full-flight simulator developed by CAE and Airbus Defense and Space to help train pilots of the military branch’s C295 transport aircraft fleet. C295 FFS is equipped with CAE’s True six degree-of-freedom electric motion technology, Medallion-6000 visual system and a computer-generated forces tactical environment, the company said Tuesday. The platform also features an architecture based on the […] More

  • IAI to Produce Radars for Canada's Maritime Patrol Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IAI to Produce Radars for Canada’s Maritime Patrol Aircraft

    Airbus Group‘ defense and space business has awarded Israel Aerospace Industries a contract to supply multimode radar systems for integration into Canada’s future maritime surveillance aircraft. The Canadian government ordered 16 C295 MSA units from Airbus that will be equipped with ELM-2022A radars from IAI’s ELTA Systems subsidiary, IAI said Monday. ELM-2022 works to detect, track, classify and identify maritime […] More

  • Airbus, Thales Extend Military Flight Simulator Supply Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus, Thales Extend Military Flight Simulator Supply Partnership

    Airbus has ordered an additional two flight training simulators from Thales for the AM400 military transport aircraft crewmen of the French and German air forces. Both simulators are designed to prepare A400M crews for missions such as in-flight refueling and low-level tactical operations, Thales said Tuesday. Thales has delivered A400M full flight simulators and a pair of flat panel flight training […] More