DARPA Begins Work on Low-Earth Orbit Satellite ‘Translator’
DARPA has chosen 11 teams for Phase 1 of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node program (Space-BACN) project that aims to create optical intersatellite communications terminal to connect satellite networks. Space-BACN aims to create a low-cost, reconfigurable optical communications terminal that adapts to most optical intersatellite link standards, translating between diverse satellite
Northrop’s New Utah Facility to Triple GEM Solid Rocket Booster Production
Northrop Grumman is expanding its solid rocket motor manufacturing facilities with the groundbreaking of new facilities to support nearly every phase of solid rocket motor manufacturing, including case manufacturing, propellant mixing and casting, and final assembly. The infrastructure investment and expansion of solid rocket motor manufacturing will more than triple the...
Russia Launches Iran's highest-resolution Remote Sensing Satellite into Orbit
An Iranian high resolution remote sensing satellite,' Khayyam' was launched into orbit by a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday morning.Irans Minister of Communication and Information Technology Eesa Zarepoor, who is in Kazakhstan, described the launch of the satellite as the “beginning of strategic cooperation between...
Northrop Taps Firefly Aerospace to Replace Antares Rocket’s Russian Engines
Northrop Grumman has asked rocket startup Firefly Aerospace to build a new version of its Antares rocket without Russian-made engines. “Through our collaboration, we will first develop a fully domestic version of our Antares rocket, the Antares 330, for Cygnus space station commercial resupply services, followed by an entirely new medium...
Lockheed Tests Prototype Communications Radio Tech for Next Gen Interceptor
Lockheed Martin said it recently validated prototype communications radio technology for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) during a recent test milestone. The NGIs mission is to protect the U
U.S. OKs $5.3B Sale of THAAD, Patriot Missile Interceptors for Saudi Arabia,...
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China Shows off DF-17 Hypersonic Missile from Mobile Launcher
A video showing off the Chinese Armys military might, released just ahead of the Army Day, showed a DF-17 hypersonic missile from a transporter erector launcher on a highway. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) celebrates ‘Army Day on August 1 every year to commemorate the founding of the PLA during the 1927 Nanchang Uprising
Russia Puts New Defense Satellite into Orbit
Russias Soyuz-2.1v light carrier rocket carrying a spacecraft for the defense ministry blasted off from Plesetsk launch facility on Monday
S. Korea Plans Three-Axis Defense to Counter Nuclear, Missile Threats
South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has outlined a total of 197 projects in a recent parliamentary session to establish the "three-axis" defense system. The "three-axis" defense system is being developed to cope with North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, Elbit Systems Sign MoU to Work on Rocket Artillery
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), Elbit Systems Land and Elbit Systems Deutschland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide for cooperation in the area of rocket artillery. The MoU comes as a step to address the growing interest for Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) capabilities by European customers
Northrop Wins $3.3B Develop Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Weapon System Program
The Pentagon awarded Northrop Grumman $3.3 billion to design, manufacture and deliver the next-generation Ground-Based Midcourse Interceptor for the Missile Defense Agency
British Army Declares Readiness to Counter Russian Threats
Australia Delivers Guardian-Class Patrol Boat to Fiji
Australia, India Agree on Air-to-Air Refuelling Cooperation
New Dutch-made Satellite to Strengthen Military Intelligence by 2027
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...