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Airbus Defence and Space (DS), Dassault, and Alenia Aermacchi have announced plans to co-operate on the development of a new medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), it was announced on 19 May. The announcement, which ...

company's Articles of Association to adopt its new legal name. The name change to Airbus Group N.V. from European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. previously will take legal effect on 2 June 2014. Since 1 January 2014, the company has ...

Indigenous development of the defence industry is very important and foreign technology, knowhow and finance would enhance the opportunities not only for meeting India's needs, but provide scope for the country to become export hub in decades ahead ...

A potential European entry into the suborbital space tourism industry now has a few flights under its belt. A quarter-scale prototype of SpacePlane, a vehicle being developed by the France-based company Airbus, took to the skies last month, giving ...

Swiss voters rejected a 3.1 billion-franc ($3.5 billion) order for Gripen fighter jets, a setback to Swedish defense company Saab AB. (SAABB) The 22-plane contract, which Switzerland awarded 2 1/2 years ago, was opposed by 53.4 percent of ...

Typhoon fighter proposed to replace F-16 fleet Airbus Defence and Space has submitted its bid in response to the Danish Ministry of Defence´s tender for the replacement of Denmark´s fleet of F-16 fighters. On behalf of Eurofighter it ...

Image Caption: Dropship with rover. Credit: Airbus Defence & Space [ Watch The Video: Dropship Offers Safe Landings For Mars Rovers ] ESA The dramatic conclusion to ESA's latest StarTiger project: a dropship quadcopter steers itself to ...

PR Newswire/Les Echos/ PRESS RELEASE * Companies Agree To Reshape Their Space Launcher Business, Create 50-50 Joint Venture * New Set-up To Increase Sector Competitiveness and Provide Customers With More Cost-Efficient Solutions * ...

The aerospace industry must embrace competition from technology companies such as Google Inc and SpaceX, which are already having a revolutionary impact on the sector, the head of the Airbus Group told reporters in an interview. Describing the ...