Analisi difesa number 52
Defense Analisys
Nr. 52
004 - INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
- AERMACCHI AND THE HELLENIC GOVERNMENT SIGN A MoU FOR THE M-346 PRODUCTION
Venegono (Italy) - January 19th, 2005
Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company leader in the field of military training aircraft, and the Hellenic Ministry of Defence signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the potential cooperation of the Hellenic in... - ALENIA AERONAUTICA: FIRST FLIGHT FOR THE C-27J SPARTAN FOR THE HELLENIC AIR FORCE
December 15, 2004 - The first C-27J Spartan series aircraft to be delivered to the Hellenic Air Force, has successfully achieved its first flight in Caselle, after the final integration at Alenia Aeronautica’s plants of Turin-Caselle. After t... - AUSTRALIA SIGNS CONTRACT FOR A330 MRTT
Madrid/Canberra/Amsterdam, 20 December 2004 - EADS, a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services, and the Australian Government have signed a contract today to supply the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) with a fleet of five A330 MRTT... - EADS: ”INFANTRYMAN OF THE FUTURE“ TO BE BETTER PRO-TECTED ON DANGEROUS MISSIONS
Friedrichshafen, 3. December 2004 EADS will be supplying the Bundeswehr with a new Future Soldier System (programme name: ) that aims to decisively improve the protection of individual soldiers on dangerous missions. The company announced on F... - GALILEO AVIONICA AT AERO INDIA 2005
9th February 2005 At Aero India 2005 Galileo Avionica displays at the Finmeccanica stand (Hall C stands 465 - 478) two of its most advanced products:
FALCO UAV model (scale 1:4)
Entirely designed and developed by Galileo Avionica, FALCO tactical u... - GALILEO AVIONICA AT IDEX 2005
11 February
Galileo Avionica at IDEX 2005 International Exhibitions Center in Abu Dhabi from 12th to 17th February, displays a selection of its most advanced products on the Finmeccanica stand (Hall 9, stand 9820):
FALCO UAV
Entirely designed and... - GALILEO AVIONICA AT THE TARGETS, UAVS & RANGE OPERATIONS SYMPOSIUM
16th November 2004 - Galileo Avionica, wholly owned by Finmeccanica, was formed in 2001 employs 2300 3.400 highly skilled staff. With the incorporation of METEOR S.p.A. as Simulators and UAVs Business Unit, Galileo Avionica becomes one of the main p... - IRISH AIR CORPS SELECTS AB139
After the full evaluation programme the Irish Department of Defence has selected the AB139 helicopter for their utility helicopter requirement including troop transport duties, air ambulance, inland search and rescue and VIP transport. Four Bell/Agus... - MARINE ONE WILL BE ITALIAN
The Department of Defense announced today that the team led by Lockheed Martin Systems Integration, Owego, N.Y., has been selected to build the new presidential helicopter (VXX) based on its U.S. 101 medium lift helicopter. This $ 1.7 billion_,_ cost... - ROYAL NAVY SIGN CONTRACTS TO A VALUE OF £76M WITH AMS
25 January 2005 - The Royal Navy have signed two agreements with AMS totalling £76M. The first is for the long term support of the T996 surveillance radar which is used onboard all major UK naval warships. The contract becomes effective from... - TURKEY SELECTS THE ATR72 ASW FOR THE NAVY
Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, has been selected by the Undersecreteriat for Defence Industries of Turkey for the supply to the Navy of ten ATR72 ASW (Anti Submarine Warfare) aircraft, which will carry out maritime patrol and an... - TURKEY TO REOPEN TENDER FOR ATTACK HELICOPTERS
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom
Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia
Ankara, 16 January: The Undersecretariat of the Defence Industry (SSM) is foreseen to make a call to leading helicopter companies of the world in Febru...
005 - NEWS
- ALBANIA FINDS HORDE OF LETHAL CHEMICALS
Albanian Defense Ministry officials recently found at an undisclosed location 16 tons of potentially highly lethal yperite (aka mustard), as well as lewisite and adamsite, which are arsenic-based, stored in hundreds of canisters containing "mill... - EADS RESCUE CENTER IMPROVES SLOVENIAN ARMED FORCES’ MEDICAL CAPABILITIES
Friedrichshafen, 19. November 2004, EADS is supplying the Slovenian armed forces with a mobile rescue center, as well as further paramedic equipment and vehicle platforms. EADS Defence Electronics Forces Support Systems are managing the order. The re... - EU PLANS TO DEPLOY FORCE IN GAZA STRIP
3 November - The European Union has drafted plans to deploy a peace-keeping force in the Gaza Strip. EU officials said Brussels was discussing a proposal to help organize a force to stabilize the Gaza Strip after an Israeli withdrawal in September 2... - HIZBULLAH DEPLOYS FIRST UAV
The Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah has flown its first unmanned aerial vehicle. Israeli military sources said the UAV, described as a small tactical Iranian-built platform, was seen flying on Sunday inside Israeli air space. The sources said the UAV, du... - RUSSIAN GROUND FORCES GET NEW COMMANDER
President Putin on 5 November appointed Colonel General Aleksei Maslov as commander of the country's ground forces, Russian media reported. Maslov replaces Army General Nikolai Kormiltsev. Putin told Maslov that "one of your main tasks will be t...
