Leonardo's Polish subsidiary PZL-Swidnik, has been awarded a contract by the Polish Ministry of Defence worth 8.25 billion PLN gross (approximately €1
Maiden flight of the Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator was carried out by Indias state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Aeronautical Test Range, Chitradurga, Karnataka, today. Operating in a fully autonomous mode, the aircraft exhibited a perfect flight, including take-off, way point navigation and a smooth touchdown
The French General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) has qualified the Fardier vehicle as part of its Float project intended for airborne troops and special forces, the first eight of which should be delivered by the end of the year.A small air-transportable, air-droppable and helicopter-portable all-terrain transport vehicle, the Fardier will make it possible to rapidly deploy commandos, to lighten the dismounted combatant in any zone, and to facilitate the self-defense of the deployment zones
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) aims to develop an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) aircraft that will reportedly be 25-40% smaller than standard-size aircraft by 2024. KAI said it will later develop a full-scale UAM aircraft that can be used as a standardized model for the air taxi business in Korea amid the governments push to commercialize air taxis by 2025
Turkeys Baykar said it will gift three Bayraktar TB2 combat drones to Ukraine, even as Russia claims it shot down tens of such drones in the ongoing war. Ukraine had bought more than 20 Bayraktar TB2s from Turkish company Baykar in recent years and ordered a further 16 on January 27
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LIFT Airborne Technologies has been chosen by the U.S
Rosoboronexport, part of Russias Rostec said it will present a wide variety of equipment, including rifles at the Belarus-2022 exhibition to be held from June 22-25 in Minsk. At its stand, Rosoboronexport will showcase and hold presentations on a range of equipment for law enforcement agencies, counter-terror units and special services involved in the protection of borders, critical government, social and transportation infrastructure facilities
Thales and SYRLINKS, a French company based in Rennes, Brittany, have signed a multi-year contract with the French defence procurement agency (DGA) to develop a new generation of very small, high-performance atomic clocks. Code-named CHRONOS, these new quantum clocks will meet the requirements of numerous civil and military applications
Russias Kalashnikov Group is all set to establish a rifles production plant in Venezuela. “We will complete the construction of the plant for our colleagues in Venezuela, this will definitely happen,” Alan Lushnikov, owner of Kalashnikov said, speaking at a panel discussion at SPIEF