Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) will open a new flight control system integrated test facility called “Iron Bird” to accelerate the pace of its defense projects, including the one to build a fifth-generation indigenous stealth fighter jet. The facility, scheduled to enter operation in February 2022, will speed up the development, certification and production processes of domestic defense products
Four Sukhoi Su-25 (NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) fighters will take part in the CSTO Interaction 2021 exercises with Tajikistan, close to the Afghan border. "Four Su-25 attack aircraft flew from a permanent airfield (Russian Kant airbase in Kyrgyzstan) and landed at the Gissar airfield near Dushanbe
NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSCA) mission, that aims to test the feasibility of using an onboard atomic clock to improve spacecraft navigation in deep space, has been completed. The instrument is hosted on General Atomics-built Orbital Test Bed (OTB) spacecraft that was launched aboard the Department of Defense Space Test Program 2 mission June 25, 2019
China has said that the root cause of the U.S
The Russian Federation and China claimed in a joint statement that the military biological activities of the United States and its allies pose a ‘serious threat to their national security. The two countries stated that they “reaffirm their conviction that the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (BWC) is essential as a pillar of the international peace and security, and their determination to safeguard the authority and effectiveness of the Convention
Sikorskys S-92 medium-lift helicopter has completed its first flight using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), often referred to as Biofuel. The Lockheed Martin company said it has approved the use of biofuel for the S-92 helicopter as an alternative to petroleum-based fuels and the aircraft completed its first flight
Dassault Aviation has awarded Thales a contract to provide its SEARCHMASTER surveillance radar and the mission navigation system for the AVSIMAR programme to renew the French Navy's fleet of maritime surveillance aircraft. The programme includes the acquisition of 12 Falcon 2000 ALBATROS aircraft to replace eight Falcon 50 M and five Falcon 200 Gardian aircraft that will be withdrawn from active service between 2025 and 2030
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BAE Systems said it is working with Dell Technologies on delivering digital capability for the new City-class Type 26 frigates being built for the Royal Navy. The first three frigates in this class include HMS Glasgow, a UK-designed ship currently being built on the Clyde in Glasgow
The British Ministry of Defence employed Rafaels DRONE DOME counter-UAV system to protect world leaders during the G7 Summit held in June 2021 in Cornwall, England from unmanned aerial threats. Three years ago, Britains Defence Ministry purchased several DRONE DOME systems which it has successfully employed in a multitude of operational scenarios, including for protecting both the physical site and participants of this years G7 summit, Rafael said in a statement on September 13