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Technical personnel at Argentine state-owned aircraft plant FAdeA have begun work to modernize 19 AB 206 B1 helicopters of the Argentine Army. The helicopters were delivered to Argentina secondhand from …
FAdeA to Modernize 19 Helicopters of the Argentine Army Read More CIAC has completed the manufacture, delivery, and installation of six shielding kits for the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter fleet of the Colombian National Army. The CIAC armoring team carried out …
CIAC Delivers Black Hawk Armor to Colombian Army Read Moreby Stuart Slade, Senior Naval & Marine Power Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad has been beached and abandoned following a collision with an oil tanker in …
Norwegian Frigate a Total Loss? Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. As part of a broad strategy to streamline its operations, Bombardier announced that it would sell off a number of …
Bombardier to Layoff 5,000, Sells Q400 Turboprop Program Read More by Shaun McDougall, Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. The Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives following Tuesday’s midterm elections, setting the stage for what could be a prolonged battle …
Pentagon Budget Faces Increased Pressure After Elections Read More A Russian Soyuz 2.1b launch vehicle carried a GLONASS-M navigation satellite into orbit from the Plesetsk Space Center in northern Russia on November 3, 2018 at 11:17 p.m. Moscow Time …
Russia Launches Latest GLONASS Satellite on Soyuz Rocket Read MoreRecent U.S. DoT Data Reveals Fleet of 7,309 Aircraft Flying as of Year-End 2017 by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. Recently, the U.S. Department of Transportation released its …
An Overview of the U.S. Commercial Aircraft Fleet Read More China has launched one Beidou-3 navigation satellites into space aboard a Long March 3B (CZ-3B) launch vehicle. Liftoff occurred at 11:57 p.m. local time (3:57 p.m. UTC; 11:57 a.m. EDT) …
First 3rd-Gen Beidou Navigation Satellite Launched to Geosynchronous Orbit Read Moreby C. Zachary Hofer, Electronic Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The U.S. Defense Department reports that Saudi Arabia has ordered the modification of two Beechcraft King Air 350 planes to fulfill an intelligence, …
Sierra Nevada to Modify Two King Air 350 ISR/SAR Platforms for Saudi Arabia Read Moreby Andrew Dardine, Electronic Systems Analyst, Forecast International. Under the massive Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP), the U.S. Navy is enhancing the capability of its SLQ-32 electronic warfare system …
U.S. Navy Seeks Nearly $4 Billion for SEWIP, Set to Provide Key Components of the LCS Read More