News

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Remote Ocean Systems unveils new premiere LED Floodlight for ROVs

  10th February 2010

  Remote Ocean Systems (ROS) unveiled their new Q-LED III Floodlight at this year's Underwater Intervention Show. A long time leader in underwater lighting development, the …

• Land Warfare

  Army positioning for RECAP of 60,000 Up-Armored HMMWVs

  10th February 2010

  The US Army is preparing for a projected March 2010 release of a draft Request For Proposals (RFP) for the recapitalization of thousands of Up-Armored …

• Land Warfare

  Industry awaits FMTV announcement

  10th February 2010

  This week’s 2010 Tactical Wheeled Vehicles Conference, sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Agency (NDIA), brought nearly 1000 attendees to two days of briefings and …

• Military Logistics

  Tracer Repair & Overhaul and Messier Bugatti complete ownership transaction of MBT

  10th February 2010

  Tracer Repair & Overhaul, a provider of commercial aviation aftermarket parts and military aviation wheel and brake repair and management services, announced the sale of …

• Defence Notes

  Lufthansa Systems navigation charts for Air Dolomiti

  9th February 2010

  Air Dolomiti is to use navigation charts from Lufthansa Systems with the two companies having recently signed a 10-year-contract for the usage of Lido/RouteManual. The …

• Defence Notes

  easyJet selects WorkBridge ground planning software

  9th February 2010

  easyJet has selected WorkBridge to supply resource planning software for all the airline’s ground handling operations. WorkBridge and its software platform will provide planning support, …

• Defence Notes

  airBaltic adds frequency on Riga?Brussels

  9th February 2010

  airBaltic has announced an increase in the number of flights it will offer from Riga to Brussels during the summer of 2010, with two services …

• Defence Notes

  GOL selects Rockwell Collins datalink and MMR for 737s

  9th February 2010

  GOL has selected Rockwell Collins to provide CMU-900 Communications Management Units (CMU) for its fleet of Boeing 737NGs, which will also be equipped with the …

• Defence Notes

  JetBlue begins Orlando?Montego Bay route

  9th February 2010

  JetBlue Airways has inaugurated service between Orlando International Airport and Montego Bay's Sangster International Airport (MBJ) in Jamaica. The new daily flight becomes JetBlue's 23rd …

• Defence Notes

  airBaltic reports 12% traffic increase in January figures

  9th February 2010

  airBaltic carried 199,085 passengers in January 2010 from its main bases in Riga, Vilnius and Tallinn, an increase of 12% over the same month in …

• Defence Notes

  Jazz Air announces 2009 profit

  9th February 2010

  The Jazz Air Income Fund has announced its 2009 results featuring a net income of C$92.6 million. Operating revenue for the year reached C$1,473.9 million, …

• Defence Notes

  Latvian government approves new airBaltic terminal

  9th February 2010

  The Latvian government has approved the construction of a new terminal by airBaltic at Riga International Airport. airBaltic president and CEO Bertolt Flick commented, “The …

• Defence Notes

  Jazz signs LoI for up to 30 Q400 NextGens

  9th February 2010

  Jazz Air has signed a Letter of Intent with Bombardier Commercial Aircraft subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, to finalise a binding purchase agreement …

• Defence Notes

  AirTran?TWU agreement ratified

  9th February 2010

  AirTran Airways and the Transportation Workers Union (TWU) have announced the successful membership ratification by an overwhelming margin of a new 48-month collective bargaining agreement. …

• Land Warfare

  US Army awards General Dynamics $253 million for Stryker logistic support

  9th February 2010

  The US Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command recently awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, $253 million for contractor logistics support …