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Airbus supplies EU with satellite communications

Paris. 12 May 2020 . Airbus has won the new satellite communications framework contract for military and civil missions of the European Union and its member states. This four-year…Read more ›

Tagged with: Aerospace, Airbus Defence and Space, Dirk Hoke, EU SatCom Market, European Defence Agency, European Union

MBDA to supply Mistral 3 to Serbia

Paris. 03 August 2019. Serbia becomes the 32nd customer country for the Mistral missile and the 10th country invited to join the Mistral user club. This will allow…Read more ›

Tagged with: Emmanuel Macron, European Union, MBDA, Mistral Firing, PASARS vehicles, short-range air defense systems

UK and Oman sign historic Joint Defence Agreement

London. 24 February 2019. The UK and Oman have signed a new Joint Defence Agreement (JDA), signifying Britain’s commitment to security in the Gulf for years to come Defence…Read more ›

Tagged with: Badr Bin Saud Bin Harib Al Busaidi, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson, European Union, historic Joint Defence Agreement, Joint Defence Agreement, Naval Support Facility, Omani counterparts, Omani Minister Responsible, Omani-British Joint Training Area, Saif Sareea, Sayyid Bader bin Saud bin Harib Al-Busaidi, UK and Oman

India trying to reduce Chinese influence on Maldives

Extends USD 1.4 Bn budgetary support By JK Verma New Delhi. 23 December 2018. Prime Minister Modi, after meeting visiting President Mohamed Ibrahim Solih of Republic of Maldives,…Read more ›

Tagged with: Abdul Gayoom, Abdulla Yameen, China Pakistan Economic Corridor, Coco Islands, CPEC, cultural cooperation, European Union, Hambantota port, India-First Policy, Indian Ocean Region, intelligence agency MSS, ISIL, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Maldivian Democratic Party, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of State Security, President Mohamed Ibrahim Solih, President Solih, President Yameen, Prime Minister Modi, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, reduce Chinese influence, Republic of Maldives, Supreme Court judge

Thales and Gemalto are granted regulatory clearance by the commerce commission in New Zealand

Paris. 16 December 2018. Thales and Gemalto announce today that they have received merger control Regulatory Clearance from the Commerce Commission in New Zealand, following Thales’s commitment to…Read more ›

Tagged with: Acceptance Period, Aerospace, AFM, Australia, CFIUS, China, commerce commission, European Union, GP HSM, granted regulatory clearance, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Thales and Gemalto, Turkey

SKELDAR V-200 VTOL UAV selected for multi-million Euro contract with European Maritime Safety Agency

Mohlin, Switzerland. 29 November 2018. UMS SKELDAR’s rotary UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) the SKELDAR V-200, has been selected to fulfil a European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) framework contract…Read more ›

Tagged with: Aerospace, Axel Cavalli-Bjorkman, carbon dioxide, CEO of Nordic Unmanned, CEO of Norut, EFTA, Emissions Monitoring, EMSA, Erling Sandsdalen, European Free Trade Association, European Maritime Safety Agency, European Space Agency, European Union, Hirth Engines, Knut Roar Wiig, Maritime Surveillance, nitrogen oxides, Nordic Unmanned, Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems, RPAS, SKELDAR V-200, UMS AERO GROUP, UMS SKELDAR, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Vertical Takeoff and Landing, VTOL

Airbus-led consortium to provide European Union with seamless satellite-based coverage

Toulouse. 14 July 2018. The European Commission and the European Space Agency have awarded an Airbus-led consortium a contract for the provision of satellite-based seamless coverage of the whole of…Read more ›

Tagged with: Aerospace, Airbus Defence and Space, Airbus-led consortium, CEO and cofounder of Planet, Copernicus Earth Observation programme, Digital Elevation Model, EMSA, European Commission, European Environment Agency, European EO industry, European Space Agency, European Union, Fabrizio Pirondini, François Lombard, Marshall, satellite imagery programme, Will Marshall

Update on impact of Brexit No Deal/Deal scenarios, Airbus

Toulouse. 29 June 2018. Airbus has published a risk assessment outlining the urgent risks to its business arising from the UK exiting the European Union without a withdrawal agreement.…Read more ›

Tagged with: airbus, Commercial Aircraft, COO Airbus, European Union, Latest News, Tom Williams, UK Governments

Airbus issued a stark warning over Brexit

27 JUNE 2018. If Britain crashes out of the European Union in March 2019 without a deal on trading arrangements, Airbus (EADSF) says the outcome would be “catastrophic,” throwing its production into…Read more ›