Aerospace and Defense News

Aerospace Industry Association of Canada pleased with F-18 maintenance contract renewal The Aerospace Industries Association of Canada is pleased with the Government of Canada's decision to extend the maintenance contract granted to L-3 Communications MAS to support and maintain the CF-18 fleet up to 2020.

Charles Campbell, longtime Playa del Rey resident and aerospace industry employee, dies at 85 Longtime Playa del Rey resident Charles Campbell has died. He was 85. Campbell, who was born in Highland Park on Sept. 30, 1924 lived in Playa del Rey for 36 years.

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Tata-Sikorsky to start manufacturing NEW DELHI, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The Tata-Sikorsky joint venture for manufacturing aerospace components and systems in India will start production in November, 14 months after their agreement was signed. India - Business - Sikorsky Aircraft - Aerospace and Defense - Manufacturing

Harper, Ignatieff spar over fighter jets The prime minister and the Opposition leader did battle Wednesday over Canada’s fleet of fighter jets, with Stephen Harper accusing Michael Ignatieff of playing politics with a contract that could boost the country’s aerospace industry.

Northrop Grumman, National Defense Industry Association Showcase Small Business Opportunities in San Diego SAN DIEGO -- Northrop Grumman Corporation and the San Diego chapter of the National Defense Industry Association hosted an event for approximately 100 small businesses to provide them with valuable information about how they might play a role in future opportunities.

What the Russian papers say Russian defense industry losing ground despite demand / Russian foreign ministry warns Russians against going to Georgia / Russia and challenges of the new decade / NATO may open counterterrorist center in Tajikistan / Ukraine will lose out from Russia's South Stream

’Working Girl’ Big Idea Needed for 1990s Redux: Caroline Baum “The U.S. economy remains almost comatose....The current slump already ranks as the longest period of sustained weakness since the Great Depression....Once- in-a-lifetime dislocations...will take years to work out. Among them: the job drought, the debt hangover, the defense-industry contraction, the (banking) collapse, the real estate depression, the health-care cost explosion and the runaway ...

Arms producers show their wares Anatoly Hrytsenko, head of the parliamentary committee on national security and defense, inspects military equipment at the inaugural All-Ukrainian Defense Industry Forum on Aug. 31.

Defense industry rivals seek joint IAF trainer bid IAI and Elbit Systems want to jointly maintain the IAF's next generation jet trainer.

Defence industry gets 500M roubles subsidies - Ivanov MOSCOW, September 2 (Itar-Tass) -- Three Russian defence industry enterprises got subsidies of over half a billion roubles under the state programme for the support of defence complex, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said at the government’s presidium on Thursday.

UK defence industry asks who will pay for nuclear deterrent Britain's biggest defence industry trade body urged the government on Friday to clarify who will pay for a new nuclear deterrent voicing fears that its high cost could hit orders for other military equipment.

National security dividend The Indian Navy’s reported preference for imported submarines over domestically manufactured ones because of delays in getting the latter is understandable. If the navy’s requirement is that it needs 24 submarines to deal with extant maritime security requirements, while it has only seven or eight that are actually operational out of a fleet of 15, then there is good justification to shop around ...

Research and Markets: India Defence and Security Report Q3 2010 DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "India Defence and Security Report Q3 2010" report to their offering.

Antony visits South Korea amid row with China Defence Minister A.K. Antony Thursday embarked on a two-day visit to South Korea to boost military ties with the East Asian nation amid a hushed row with China over visa denial to an Indian army officer and the presence of its forces in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Turkey halts Black Sea gas imports as prices peak Turkey has halted shipments through a pipeline laid by Russian gas giant Gazprom under the Black Sea, a Gazprom official said on Friday, bringing fresh woes for the problem-plagued $3 billion project.

Turkish Tourism Industry Sees Jump in Reservations Izmir-Antalya, TURKEY, April 27, 2003 - Representatives of the Turkish tourism industry have announced that the occupancy rate of hotels would reach 70 percent in May if a shortage in the number of aircraft was rectified and if the government would make some basic decisions.