5h Astute Class Submarine Named Anson at Barrow-in-Furness
The fifth Astute class submarine has officially been named Anson in a ceremony at BAE Systems’ Submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. In line with tradition, Anson was blessed by The Venerable...
View ArticleHMAS Melville Returns to Work
After a number of weeks of critical maintenance, HMAS Melville has this week resumed her role of surveying the Australian coast. The LEEUWIN Class Hydrographic ship has been in service for 20 years and...
View ArticleFramework Contract: Rheinmetall Supplying the Bundeswehr With New Combat Helmet
Rheinmetall and its strategic partner, the North-American helmet maker Galvion, have won an order to supply the German Bundeswehr with an advanced combat helmet. Awarded in November 2020, the framework...
View ArticleAerojet Rocketdyne Powers ULA Launch of NRO Payload
Aerojet Rocketdyne powered the recent successful launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket yesterday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The rocket launched a...
View ArticleBabcock Invests in Technically Advanced Shipbuilding Facility
Babcock, the Aerospace and Defence company, has awarded a £31.5 million contract to Robertson Construction for the development of a new Assembly Hall at its Rosyth site. The construction project will...
View ArticleHuntington Ingalls Industries Authenticates Keel of Virginia-Class Attack...
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division hosted a keel authentication ceremony today for Virginia-class attack submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798). Due to the...
View ArticleLM Awarded F-16 Depot Sustainment Program
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $900 million contract to provide sustainment support and depot-overflow services for F-16 aircraft. The contract value is estimated over a total...
View ArticleThales and Army Headquarters to Jointly Develop Close Combat Family of Weapons
Thales and Army Headquarters have started jointly researching, developing and designing options for the next generation Close Combat Family of Weapons. To support Army’s emerging requirements this will...
View ArticleThales Alenia Space Delivers the High Gain Antenna for the Euclid Space...
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has delivered the K-band high gain antenna to be integrated with the rest of the Euclid satellite in its plant in Turin....
View ArticleULA Successfully Launches NROL-44 Mission to Support National Security
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on Dec. 10 at 8:09 p.m. EST. To...
View ArticleSustainable Fuels to Power RAF Jets
Aircraft including F-35s, Typhoons and Wildcat helicopters currently use conventional fuel, but could use up to 50 per cent sustainable sources in the future, after MOD’s changed aviation fuel...
View ArticleElbit Awarded $27M Contract to Upgrade Romanian AF's IAR-99 Aircraft
Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT) (TASE: ESLT) ("Elbit Systems") announced today that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $27 million from the Romanian-based company, Avioane Craiova...
View ArticleLittoral Combat Ship 23 (Cooperstown) Completes Acceptance Trials
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 23, the future USS Cooperstown, completed acceptance trials in Lake Michigan. Trials included a full-power run, maneuverability testing, and surface and air detect-to-engage...
View ArticleLM Flies Real-Time, Mission Enabling Kubernetes Onboard U-2
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) successfully conducted a flight test mission featuring distributed processing onboard the U-2 Dragon Lady via Kubernetes containerization technology. The demonstration is a...
View ArticlegatewayONE and attritableONE Test Moves Joint Force One Step Closer to...
On Dec. 9, the joint force took another step toward achieving a military Internet of Things when fifth-generation aircraft overcame long standing connectivity limitations to share actionable...
View ArticleHeli-Union Calls on Thales to Train Helicopter Pilots for Mongolia's Civil...
The French government is helping to strengthen Mongolia's civil defence capabilities through a concessional loan granted by the Treasury Department. The country's first helicopter search and rescue...
View ArticleThales Alenia Space Selected by ESA to Undertake a Scientific Study for a New...
In the UK, Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead one of two parallel studies for the Comet...
View ArticleNASA, ESA Choose Astronauts for SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to Space Station
NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have selected three astronauts to serve as crew members for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, which is expected to launch in the fall...
View ArticleHubble Pins Down Weird Exoplanet with Far-Flung Orbit
A planet in an unlikely orbit around a double star 336 light-years away may offer a clue to a mystery much closer to home: a hypothesized, distant body in our solar system dubbed "Planet Nine." This is...
View ArticleDARPA Gremlins Project Completes 3rd Flight Test Deployment
Attempts at airborne retrieval of three unmanned air vehicles, nicknamed Gremlins, were just inches from success in DARPA’s latest flight test series that started on October 28. Each X-61A Gremlins Air...
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