General Atomics MQ−9B UAV Completes Transatlantic Flight
General Atomics' MQ−9B SkyGuardian UAV completed the first ever transatlantic flight of a medium-altitude long range (MALE) UAV.The unmanned aerial vehicle touched down at RAF Fairford, UK landing, via Canada,...
US Navy Completes First Guided Flight Test Of Raytheon’s Enhanced Ship-Defense Missile...
The US Navy completed the first successful guided flight test of Raytheon's ESSM Block 2 intermediate-range, surface-to-air missile. The ESSM Block 2 missile features a new guidance system with dual mode...
Raytheon Wins $59M NASA Contract For Polar Satellite Ground System
NASA awarded Raytheon's Intelligence, Information and Services business with $59 million for additional work on NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System Common Ground System project, required to launch America's next polar...
Elbit Systems Rolls-out New Hermes 900 StarLiner Unmanned Aircraft
Elbit Systems commences global marketing of the Hermes 900 StarLiner, its new Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), according to a press release dated July 12. The UAS...
Ukraine MOD Signs Agreement For 55 Airbus Civil Choppers
Following the Intergovernmental Agreement signed between France and Ukraine on 8 June, Airbus Helicopters has signed a contract with the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior for the purchase of 55 civil...
Rockwell Collins-DRS Team Offer Secure Air Combat Training Solution To UK MOD
Rockwell Collins and DRS are collaborating to bring Joint Secure Air Combat Training System (JSAS) to the prime contractor teams bidding for the U.K
Leonardo’s New-Gen Communications Intelligence System To Debut At Farnborough
At Farnborough Air Show 2018, Leonardo will unveil a new Electronic Warfare (EW) communications intelligence (COMINT) product, called ‘Spider for the eight Radio Frequency (RF) antennas contained within the system. Spider is able to intercept and...
Leonardo To Debut New E-Scan Radar For Fighter Aircraft At Farnborough Air...
Leonardo will unveil the latest in its portfolio of electronically-scanning (E-Scan) radars, the Grifo-E at Farnborough Air Show 2018 to be held this month. The Grifo-E is the evolution of the well-received Grifo (M-scan) fire control...
Battelle, MRIGlobal, Southwest Research Win $28B Each for CBRN Labs Contract
Battelle Memorial Institute, MRIGlobal, and Southwest Research Institute have each been awarded a maximum $28 billion multiple award research and development contract for the competed Pool 3 unrestricted full and open chemical, biological, radiological, and...
India not to Recognize US CATSAA, will Go Ahead with S-400 Buy
India has rejected a United States delegation's demand that it should not buy the S-400 air defence system from Russia in view of Washington's Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). "We have told the US...
DARPA, Lockheed Martin Demo Connected Warfighter Network Approach
Lockheed Martin and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently performed a series of flight tests demonstrating how a system of systems (SoS) approach enables seamless – and rapid – integration across air, space,...
Israeli Semi-robotic Aircraft Towing Vehicles for Indian Airports
Indian airports in New Delhi and Mumbai will soon get semi-robotic aircraft towing vehicle system, ‘Taxibot manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Israel Aerospace Industries has signed an agreement with India's KSU for operation of the...
Blast in Iranian Port: Negligence or Sabotage?
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
