As the delivery of Russian-made S-400 missile systems continues smoothly, the Indian Defence Ministry has said their induction will “significantly enhance” the air defence capability of the nation. Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India for a bilateral meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 6
NASA awarded contracts to companies to build first-of-its-kind commercial space station. The first three member team consisting of Nanoracks, Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin won $160 million to build the space station
French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly announced a new project to design a new laser satellite communication system at the Defense Innovation Forum held recently. The KERAUNOS project aims to experiment with an innovative, high-speed optical communication link between a 10 kg nanosatellite and a compact ground station
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General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) said it has upgraded the spacecraft it is designing for the United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Weather System (EWS) satellite program. The spacecraft has been up-scoped from a one year on orbit sensor demonstration to a three-to-five-year prototype spacecraft...
Serbia is set to receive the first Russian-made Kornet anti-tank missile launchers before the end of 2021. "The first deliveries will be carried out before the end of the year
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the military satellite that was launched on Thursday from the Plesetsk spaceport by a Soyuz-2.1b rocket has reached the desired orbit
MBDA Germany signed an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to cooperate in the field of ground-based air defense system. “IAI and MBDA plan to develop joint solution concepts for this security-critical segment in accordance with the needs of the armed forces
Russia will use a combination of S-500 air defense system and its less powerful newly unveiled version, the S-550, to destroy hypersonic targets. "The S-550 system will not replace S-500, because it is not more advanced that its predecessor
Northrop Grumman announced today that L3Harris Technologies has joined the team of satellite communications providers working to deliver the Commonwealth the sovereign capability solution for JP9102, the Australian Defence Forces Satellite Communication System project. As part of the team, L3Harris will provide in-country, ground station capability including the Australian Wide Multi-Band Terminal (WMBT), pronounced WOMBAT, delivering exponential growth in capability and upgradeability over existing systems, while occupying the same ground footprint
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The first Airbus-built Inmarsat-6, I-6 F1, satellite has been shipped to Tanegashima in Japan, ready to be launched on an H-IIA launch vehicle built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in December. Inmarsat-6 F1 is based on Airbus ultra-reliable Eurostar E3000 spacecraft and will be the 54th Eurostar E3000 launched