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BAE Systems Wins $314 Million PIM Contract from US Army

BAE Systems (LSE:BA) will continue working on the US Army Paladin Integrated Management programme (PIM), after being awarded a USD $313 million contract modification last week. It was announced on…

January 23, 2012No CommentRead More

Competition Body Approves Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines Co-operation

Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlineshave been given the green light to co-operate on all aspects of their Australia – Singapore routes, including codeshare, pricing, marketing and sales. The Australian Competition…

December 2, 2011No CommentRead More

Five Powers Complete Military Exercise in South China Sea

Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom have just completed a military exercise in the South China Sea named BERSAMA LIMA 2011. The Five Power Defence Arrangements Exercise tested a…

November 7, 2011No CommentRead More

SpaceX Gets Funding to Restore US Ability to Launch Astronauts

With the retirement of a space shuttle in 2011, the United States had to rely on the Russian Federation to ferry American astronauts to the International Space Station. However, Senate…

September 16, 2011No CommentRead More

Teledyne Technologies Win $595 Million Missile Defence Simulation Contract

A subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies has won a $595 million contract to deliver a test and simulation framework to the United States’ Missile Defence Agency. Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. will…

August 31, 2011No CommentRead More

New York Flights Suspended as Hurricane Irene Skirts East Coast of United States

New York’s JFK airport is expected to close around noon on Saturday 27th August 2011 and passengers are being advised check with their travel provider before travelling to the airport…

August 27, 2011No CommentRead More

BAE Systems Awarded $449.9 Million Ground Combat Vehicle Contract

BAE Systems has been awarded a $449.9 million contract to conduct a preliminary design review for the U.S. Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle program. The work involves 24 months of design ahead…

August 19, 2011No CommentRead More

Satellites Launch Successfully Aboard Ariane 5 from French Guiana

The ASTRA 1N and BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R satellites have launched successfully aboard the Ariane 5. The launch took place in Kourou, French Guiana, on August 6th at 19:52 pm local time. The rocket…

August 7, 2011No CommentRead More

Government of Singapore Purchases High Speed Aerial Target Drones

The Government of Singapore has invested in a “multimillion dollar” contract for High Speed Aerial Target Drones from the California-based engineering company, Composite Engineering Inc.. The Ministry of Defence in Singapore has…

August 4, 2011No CommentRead More

New Entebbe – Mombasa Direct Flight Route Opening 3rd July 2011

Zeah Mathan is a Kenyan who schooled in Uganda for her A – Level and university studies. “In the process of struggling to raise school fees,” Mathan says “my eyes…

June 28, 2011No CommentRead More