French, Netherlands Warships Carry out Cooperative Naval Watch Experiment
France and the Netherlands successfully carried out a joint experimentation at sea of the cooperative naval watch (French acronym- VCN), a new capacity for establishing a tactical situation based on the exchange and fusion of raw information from radars of an air-sea force. Each VCN-equipped vessel can benefit from radar data...
Airbus to Monitor Vessels within U.K. Exclusive Economic Zone
The UK Royal Navy has awarded a 12 month contract extension to Airbus covering the continued provision of satellite-based maritime surveillance services for the Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC). The contract follows the successful completion of a proof of concept phase, and will ensure the continued monitoring of areas of interest...
Northrop Grumman Flight Tests Digital Wideband AESA Sensor
Northrop Grumman has successfully flight demonstrated its new ‘Terracotta sensor – a digital open mission systems (OMS)-compliant wideband active electronically scanned array (AESA). Terracottas nearly 200 wideband digital channels can be molded cooperatively or segmented for unique purposes, including electronic warfare, airborne early warning radar, active and passive sensing, and communications...
Israel Aerospace to Manufacture 69 'WatchGuard' Mobile Radars for German Army
The German Army has placed an order for 69 WatchGuard tactical mobile radar systems manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries Elta Systems subsidiary and ESG Elektroniksystem - und Logistik-GmbH. The agreement, which is worth €36 million, was signed between ESG and The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support...
Raytheon Bags Qatar’s Early Warning Radar Contract
Raytheon has won a contract valued $78 million to support Qatars Early Warning Radars. This contract modification is for contractor logistic support for the Qatar Early Warning Radar for a period of five years
HENSOLDT to Modernize NATO COBRA Artillery Location Radars
The multinational procurement organization Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en matière dArmement (OCCAR) awarded HENSOLDT a contract to modernize the test equipment of the artillery location radar COBRA. Under the OCCAR contract awarded on behalf of Germany and France, HENSOLDT will replace the COBRA Radar Environment Simulator (CRES), indispensable for determining optimum deployment and testing system performance
Naval Group, Singapore's DSTA Sign MoU to Develop Additive Manufacturing Tech
Frances Naval Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapores Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) to jointly explore new technologies such as additive manufacturing for naval applications. Under the agreement, the organisations will jointly identify potential use cases of harnessing additive manufacturing
Northrop Grumman Validates ‘Freedom’ Targeting Pod during Northern Edge 2021 Exercise
Northrop Grumman validated on three separate platforms, its Freedom Pod — a derivative of the LITENING advanced targeting pod that incorporates a Freedom Radio and an infrared search-and-track sensor for passive surveillance and targeting. The demonstration was conducted in partnership with the U
Indian MoD Awards Mahindra Telephonics Airport Surveillance Radars Contract
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a contract to Mahindra Telephonics Integrated Systems Limited (MTIS), a subsidiary of Mahindra Defence Systems (MDS) for the supply of Hi-Tech Airport Surveillance Radars (ASR). The Indian Navy after rigorous products trials and through a competitive process has selected MTIS for manufacture of 11 Airport Surveillance Radars with Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar capability, Mahindra Defense press release said
Elbit Systems Wins $80M to Supply AI-Powered Electro-Optical Systems to Asia-Pacific Country
Elbit Systems announced today that following competitive technical evaluations it was awarded an approximately $80 million contract by a country in Asia-Pacific to supply SPECTRO XR multi-spectral electro-optic (EO) systems for maritime forces. The contract will be performed over a period of four years
Dutch Firms- Damen & CEAD Developing 3D-printed HDPE Workboats
India's Reliance to Supply Explosives & Propellants to Germany's Rheinmetall
Thai-based RV Connex will provide target drones to test Diehl Defence’s IRIS-T...
Mitsubishi, Yamaha Team Up to Develop Hybrid Engine Drone
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...
