• Steering Board: EDA Key Initiatives Make Progress (4/23/2013) At the meeting of the Steering Board on 23 April 2013, Ministers of Defence noted the good progress some of the European Defence Agency’s key initiatives made in recent months. ...>> • Eurocopter delivers the first Tiger HAD version to the French DGA (4/22/2013) Eurocopter’s first production Tiger helicopter in the HAD attack configuration was delivered to France’s DGA armament procurement agency today for operation by French Army Aviation...>> • Portugal: 50 years with Alouette III (4/20/2013) On April 20 was held in the premises of 552 Squadron "HORNETS", based on the Air Base No. 11 , in Beja, the event commemorating the 50 years of operation of the helicopter Alouette...>> • Raytheon: No US block on Patriot sales to Turkey (4/17/2013) Looking to sweeten the pot before a multibillion dollar tender, Raytheon says there would be no US block on a defense transfer to Turkey if it wins the bid....>> • Boeing pays penalty for Turkish AWACs (4/17/2013) Defense Minister İsmet Yılmaz has admitted that major delays in Turkey’s multibillion-dollar program for the purchase of four airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) a...>> • Boeing Successfully Completes 1st Flight of Newest UK Chinook Helicopter (4/15/2013) Boeing recently completed the first flight of the newest CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter for the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force....>> • France ‘to buy US drones’ (4/11/2013) Paris is reportedly mulling the purchase of the US-made surveillance Reaper drones in a bid to grow its military capabilities, according to a French defence ministry source....>>
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