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Aviation Week & Space Technology 2014-02-03

Up Front

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Different Directions For Defense Exports

Feb 03, 2014
Two recent events epitomize radically diverging fates in the global defense industry. At the end of 2013, Singapore ordered Type 218SG submarines from German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) for €1.6 billion ($2.2 billion). A month later, the French defense minister awarded a €1 billion contract for the modernization of Dassault's Rafale fighter aircraft (see photo). A good story for both companies? Not quite.

Singapore 2014

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Aeros Struggles To Put Airship Concept Into Production

Feb 03, 2014
Aeros's ML866 airship concept looks promising technically but faces funding challenges