Dynetics Unveils ‘Enduring Shield’ Air Defense, Possible Competitor to Israeli ‘Iron Dome’
American firm, Dynetics has unveiled Enduring Shield, a mobile ground-based weapon system designed to acquire, track, engage and defeat unmanned aircraft systems, cruise missiles, and rockets, artillery and mortars. Enduring Shield is capable of firing a range of missiles while, providing current and future growth capabilities
Australian Missile Corporation Announces Partnerships with IAI, Local firms
The Australian Missile Corporation (AMC) today announced the signing of the first partners to the AMC collaboration; Quickstep and Black Sky Aerospace to support the Australian Government realise its vision for a sovereign guided weapons enterprise equipped and ready to support the Australian Defence Force. In addition, AMC and Israel Aerospace...
Russia Claims Turkey did not Expel S-400 Experts, But Returned After Training...
Russia has rejected media reports claiming that Turkey was planning to expel Russian technical experts accompanying the contract on the S-400 missile system to appease the United States. "The return of Russian technical experts who are in Turkey in connection with the S-400 contract will be carried out in accordance with...
General Atomics to Demo Space-to-air Optical communication for U.S. Space Development Agency...
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) won a Space Development Agency contract to demonstrate space-to-air optical communication using GA-EMS Laser Interconnect and Networking Communication System (LINCS) and a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-9 Reaper
Saab Unveils New Guided Multipurpose Munition
Saab said it successfully demonstrated its new Guided Multipurpose Munition (GMM). The GMM System Capability Demonstration was a joint activity between Saab and Raytheon Missiles & Defense, funded under a U
GA-EMS Clears Test to Launch Optical Crosslink Demo
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has successfully conducted a free space interconnect demonstration ground test of its Laser Interconnect and Networking Communication System (LINCS) spacecraft. The fully autonomous acquisition, tracking and pointing of the Optical Communication Terminals (OCT) on both spacecraft marked the final acceptance testing in preparation for delivery of the system to Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL for a June 2021 launch in partnership with the Space Development Agency (SDA)
Israel Aerospace Unveils AI-Powered Satellite Operation and Management System
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed SatGuard an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered system for operating and managing observation and communication satellites. The new SatGuard system is designed to extend the life of satellites deployed into orbit
Russia, China Reach ‘Oral’ Agreement on Integration of One-another’s Manned Space Launchers...
Russian and Chinese Space agencies have reached an ‘oral agreement on the mutual integration of their manned spacecraft to the super-heavy launch vehicles of the two countries, Roscosmos executive director for science Alexander Bloshenko told
Japan's Two Aegis Ships to Cost Twice that of Scrapped Land-based Missile...
The cost of two new Aegis-equipped destroyers that Japan wants to buy is expected to reach 900 billion yen ($8.3 billion), or twice that of its now-scrapped plan to acquire land-based defense system from the U
Russian MoD Reveals Capabilities of its New Buk-M3 Missile System
The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that its upgraded Buk-M3 (export version- Viking) multi-missile medium-range air defense missile system (ADMS) which entered service with an anti-aircraft missile formation in the Altai region in Siberia, has five times more combat capabilities without increasing the number of military personnel. “The fire capabilities of the brigade have increased so significantly due to the increased number of target channels, and the maximum range of destruction of air targets has more than doubled, and this, in turn, allows to more effectively cover a command post, formations and military units of the combined arms formation from enemy's...
Atlas V Rocket Launches Space Force’s 5th SBIRS Geo-5 Missile Warning Satellite...
An Atlas V rocket carrying the U.S
China Second to Land Spacecraft on the Red Planet
An unscrewed Chinese spacecraft landed on the surface of Mars earlier today, making it the second country after the United States to do so. State news agency Xinhua reported that the Tianwen-1 spacecraft landed on a site on a vast plain known as Utopia Planitia in the planets northern hemisphere, "leaving a Chinese footprint on Mars for the first time
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...