Raytheon Completes First Testing of Lower Tier Air-Missile Defense Sensor
Raytheon today announced the completion of the first round of testing of the first partially populated radar antenna array for the U.S
Northrop Demos Mobile, Mini-AESA radar to Track Drones
Northrop Grumman Corporation has demonstrated its mobile Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar (HAMMR) system against a target drone to the US Army at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. During the successful live fire demonstration, Northrop Grumman used the HAMMR system, mounted on a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (Humvee) as an Integrated...
Thai Army Selects Israeli HarTech’s Wargaming System
Israel based HarTech Technologies and its Thai partner M-Landarch have been selected to provide a Wargaming Solution to the Royal Thai Army. The team led by HarTech Technologies was awarded the US$8
Lockheed Wins $155M Moroccan Apache M-TADS/PNVS Contract
Lockheed Martin has won a contract $155 million for Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor System (M-TADS/PNVS) systems for the Apache attack helicopter in support of the Moroccan government. The Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) is a long-range, precision engagement and pilotage solution for day,...
CIA Waged Cyber War on China for 11 years: Chinese Anti-virus Firm
Chinese anti-virus firm Qihoo 360 revealed that a hacking group related to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has launched cyber-attacks against China for the past 11 years. Qihoo 360 discovered and revealed cyber-attacks by the CIA hacking group (APT-C-39)
USAF Awards Northrop $262M F-16 AESA Radar Deal
The United States Air Force has contracted Northrop Grumman to supply Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars for its fleet of F-16 fighter jets for $262.3 million
France Selects Rheinmetall to supply Airbus A400M Cargo Hold Simulators
Rheinmetall has been chosen to supply Airbus A400M cargo hold simulators for Frances Cargo Training Centre near Toulouse. Having successfully passed the on-site acceptance test, the French armed forces' new cargo hold simulator for the Airbus A400M transport plane officially entered service on 31 January 2020
Military-grade Cybersoftware Exports to be Brought Under International Arms Control
The export of military-grade cybersoftware and manufacturing technologies used to build semiconductor parts for weapons will be controlled, in order to curb proliferation of military tech into China, North Korea and Iran. The United States, Russia, Japan, India, Britain and South Korea are among the 42 member states of Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies (WA) who agreed to bring the export restrictions in place in December, Kyodo News reported citing its sources
First Radar Antenna for US Army’s LTAMDS to defeat Hypersonic Threats Built...
Raytheon has announced that it has finished building the first radar antenna array for the US Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, a next-generation radar that will defeat advanced threats like hypersonic weapons. The newly built primary array, similar in size to the Patriot radar array, will provide more than twice its performance, the company said in a
New Rules for Chinese Military to Guard Against US Cyber Attacks
New rules on confidentially will be introduced in the Chinese military to guard against cyber-attacks largely originating from the United States. President Xi Jinping, who is also chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently signed an order to publish the new military confidentiality regulation, which will come into force on March 1, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Daily reported on Wednesday
USAF U-2 "Dragon lady" Planes Field Updated EO Sensors
The latest variant of Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System (SYERS) sensor, the SYERS-2C, has been fitted on US Air Force's fleet of U-2 ultra-high altitude reconnaissance aircraft. "The US Air Force, Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies, and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works recently completed flight testing and deployment of the latest variant of the Collins Aerospace Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System (SYERS) sensor, SYERS-2C, on the U-2," Lockheed Martin said in a statement Tuesday
LONGBOW awarded US Army's Apache Fire Control Radar Support Contract
The US Army recently awarded LONGBOW, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract to provide post production support services for the AH-64 Apache helicopter AN/APG-78 LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) to international customers. The five-year sustainment indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract valued up to $235
Poland’s First Locally Built AW149 Helicopter Takes Flight
Chad Receives Chinese-made FK-2000 Air Defense Systems from U.A.E.
Senior Russian General Killed In Moscow Suburb Car Blast
Netherlands Selects Oshkosh DXPV Patrol Vehicles for Marine Corps Use
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...
