Patriot Defends Japan
The dry Texas desert air is quiet, but that will soon change. As dawn breaks, a caravan of nearly 50 soldiers from the land of the rising sun arrive for what has become a yearly tradition. For decades,...
View ArticleHensoldt Modernises German Air Force Identification Systems
As part of the modernisation of all NATO identification-friend-or-foe (IFF) systems to the particularly secure new "Mode 5" standard, sensor solution provider HENSOLDT is equipping air surveillance...
View ArticleElbit TORCH-X Based Battle Management Application Deployed in NATO's Recent...
Elbit Systems UK concluded a successful participation in NATO’s Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exercise 2021 (CWIX 2021), deploying its TORCH-X based Battle Management Application system (BMA) to...
View ArticleThe Rise of Drones in Modern Warfare
Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) commonly referred to as drones have become the weapon of choice in modern warfare, with both state and non-state entities employing them. And because of the...
View ArticleMulti-million Pound Tempest Funding Set to Advance the UK's Future Combat Air...
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a contract worth approximately £250m to progress the design and development of Tempest, the UK’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS). The contract, signed by BAE...
View ArticleJupiter Mission Passes Space Vacuum Test
ESA’s Juice mission to Jupiter has successfully endured a month of space-like conditions inside the Large Space Simulator, the largest vacuum chamber in Europe. At 10 m wide and 15 m high, the Large...
View ArticleNavy Conducts 1st MQ-4C Triton Test Flight with Multi-Intelligence Upgrade
The Navy conducted its first test flight of the MQ-4C Triton in its upgraded hardware and software configuration July 29 at NAS Patuxent River, beginning the next phase of the unmanned aircraft’s...
View ArticleGBP250M Contract for Next Phase for Future Combat Air System
The Ministry of Defence has signed a £250 million contract with British industry ‘Team Tempest’ partners, driving forward the next phase of the major national and international endeavour to develop the...
View ArticleGround System for NASA's Roman Space Telescope Moves into Development
When it launches in the mid-2020s, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will revolutionize astronomy by building on the science discoveries and technological leaps of the Hubble, Spitzer, and Webb...
View ArticleAirbus Completes Integration of 3rd Copernicus Sentinel-2
Airbus has finished the integration of the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite. It is the third of its kind and will now be shipped to Munich to undergo extensive environmental tests to prove its...
View ArticleE-7A Wedgetail Controlling the Air, Land and Sea
Air power has been on display with two RAAF E-7A Wedgetail aircraft from No. 2 Squadron, based at RAAF Base Williamtown, participating in Exercise Talisman Sabre (TS21). Engaged in the largest...
View ArticleCondor Selects Airbus A330neo for Fleet Modernisation
German airline Condor Flugdienst GmbH has chosen the A330neo to renew its long-haul fleet with plans to introduce 16 aircraft of this new and more efficient type. The airline has signed an agreement...
View ArticleHensoldt Investigates Modernisation of Eurofighter Self-protection System
Sensor solution provider HENSOLDT has been commissioned by the German procurement authority BAAINBw to investigate the modernisation and performance enhancement of the Eurofighter self-protection...
View ArticleSaab Receives Order to Modernise German Navy' s F123 Frigates
Saab has signed a contract with the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), and has received an order to deliver and integrate new naval...
View ArticleMQ-4C Triton Completes 1st Flight in Multi-Intelligence Configuration
A Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC)-built MQ-4C Triton took to the skies for the first time in the highly upgraded multi-intelligence configuration known as integrated functional capability four...
View ArticleNGC Continues Production of Launcher Subsystem Hardware
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is continuing production of Launcher Subsystem hardware in support of the Columbia and Dreadnought common missile compartment (CMC) program. The company was...
View ArticleIsrael - CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopters with Support
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Israel of CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopters with Support and related equipment for an estimated...
View ArticleThailand - Javelin Missiles
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Thailand of Javelin Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $83.5 million....
View ArticleAriane 5 Launches Pioneering Reprogrammable Telecommunications Satellite
Europe’s Ariane 5 has delivered two telecom satellites Star One D2 and Eutelsat Quantum into their planned transfer orbits. Arianespace announced liftoff at 22:00 BST (23:00 CEST, 18:00 local time)...
View ArticleNavy Christens Future USS Hyman G. Rickover
The Navy’s newest Virginia-class attack submarine, future USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795), was christened during a ceremony at General Dynamics’ Electric Boat shipyard facility in Groton, Connecticut,...
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