DefenceTalkAirbus Military and Thales UK have signed an 18-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence to supply training services for the A400M Atlas , the Royal Air Force’s next-generation military transport aircraft. The multi-million pound training services programme will be operated by A400M Training Services Ltd, a joint venture between Airbus Military and Thales […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-mod-awards-a400m-training-contract-47036/

DefenceTalkBritain’s most advanced attack submarine HMS Ambush has officially joined the Royal Navy fleet following a ceremony. Head of the Navy Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope attended the service at Faslane naval base on the Clyde where the 7,400-tonne sub was granted her official title. HMS Ambush, the second of the Navy’s Astute-class attack submarines, was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/royal-navy-commissions-2nd-astute-ssn-47034/

DefenceTalkSagem (Safran) has signed a new contract with French naval shipyard DCNS, main contractor, for EOMS-NG (Electro-Optical Multifunction System – New Generation) systems that will be installed in 2014 on four large French navy amphibious & projection vessels: three Mistral class BPC ships and the Siroco TCD1). Each ship will be equipped with two EOMS-NG […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sagem-wins-new-french-order-for-eoms-ng-shipborne-optronic-systems-47031/

DefenceTalkOn 1 March 2013, Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, officially inaugurated the Metal Structures Manufacturing Unit (UFEM), which comprises all the industrial facilities and special tooling needed to manufacture the outfitted hull sections of Scorpene submarines under the PROSUB programme (PROgrama de SUBmarinos). The ceremony was attended by Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, Celso Amorim, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazil-opens-new-submarine-shipyard-47028/

DefenceTalkThe Navy’s first mobile landing platform ship, USNS Montford Point (T-MLP 1), was christened at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, March 2. Owned and operated by Military Sealift Command, Montford Point was christened by its sponsor, Alexis “Jackie” Bolden, the wife of current NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Gen. James F. Amos, Commandant […]https://www.defencetalk.com/usns-montford-point-christened-in-san-diego-47025/

DefenceTalkEffective 21st-century warfare requires the ability to conduct airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike mobile targets anywhere, around the clock. Current technologies, however, have their limitations. Helicopters are relatively limited in the distance and flight time. Fixed-wing manned and unmanned aircraft can fly farther and longer but require either aircraft carriers or large, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/darpas-new-tern-program-aims-for-eyes-in-the-sky-from-the-sea-47038/

DefenceTalkBased on an analysis of the European land defence industry, the European Defence Agency has identified distinct areas for prioritised common actions on European demonstrator programmes, on key enabling technologies and technologies of dual nature as well as on further activities to support and strengthen the land related European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB). […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eda-shows-the-way-for-future-land-systems-47041/

DefenceTalkBrazil is set to join the select group of countries that have nuclear-powered submarines, President Dilma Rousseff said Friday. Rousseff stressed Brazil was committed to peace but also needed its defense deterrent, as she inaugurated a naval shipyard in Rio de Janeiro state where the country’s first nuclear-powered sub is set to be built in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazil-to-get-its-first-nuclear-subs-47022/

DefenceTalkCassidian handed over the 100th Eurofighter to the German Air Force today, at the Military Air Systems Centre in Manching. The anniversary aircraft with the identifier 31×00 took off in the afternoon on its delivery flight to Boelke Fighter Bomber Wing 31 in Noervenich. Speaking to invited delegates who included politicians, representatives of the public […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cassidian-delivers-100th-eurofighter-to-the-german-air-force-47011/

DefenceTalkAlong with al-Qaida, nuclear proliferation and cyber threats, budget instability and the prospect of further deep spending cuts are among the nation’s most pressing national security challenges, top defense intelligence officials told a congressional panel yesterday. Michael G. Vickers, undersecretary of defense for intelligence, and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn […]https://www.defencetalk.com/officials-cuts-unstable-budget-threaten-intelligence-mission-47004/