USAF Sees Launch Of Advanced Extremely High Frequency-3 Satellite
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Advanced Extremely High Frequency-3 (AEHF-3) satellite for the United States Air Force lifted off from Space Launch today. This was ULA's 9th launch of an ambitious 12-mission schedule for the year and marks the 40th Atlas V mission and the 75th...
USAF To Launch Third Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite
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Thales Successfully Launches Amos 4 Satellite
The Amos 4 telecommunications satellite, featuring radio frequency (RF) equipment built by Thales Alenia Space under contract to Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI), was successfully launched today
Largest Delta IV Heavy U.S. Rocket Successfully Launched
A giant 21 stories tall Delta IV Heavy rocket has been launched for the second time from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, on a covert mission for the US governments National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The launch used three main engines with one powered by RS-68 liquid hydrogen and oxygen...
India To Launch Its First Military Satellite On Friday
Indias very first naval satellite GSAT-7 will be launched this Friday from Kourou, French Guiana which is to be operated from an orbital location of 74 degrees East. The 2,650 kg satellite with transponders in Ku-band, S-band, C-band and ultra high frequency band will improve communication among various warships, including...
Pentagon Awards Two Contracts Worth $1 Billion
Boeing has won a firm-fixed price, option eligible, multi-year contract estimated at $904 million for 36 new Block III Apache Helicopters (AH-64E) for the Republic of Korea to include logistical support, spares and one Longbow crew trainer. Northrop Grumman Corp has also won a $152 million contract modification which incorporates twelve outstanding contract changes which consist of requests for equitable adjustment (REAs); change order proposals (COPs); engineering change proposals (ECPs) at an increase in estimated cost and fixed fee of $137 million and $15 million respectively
Thales Wins $400 Million Satellite Contract
Thales Alenia Space has won a contract worth about $400 million to build a satellite for Brazil's developing space programme. The order, placed by Visiona is for a geostationary satellite for civil and military use
Astrium, South Korea To Produce GOCI-II Satellite System
Astrium has recently signed a contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), to jointly design and manufacture the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager II (GOCI-II) for the future Korean mission GEO Kompsat 2B. The GOCI-II instrument, designed to provide detailed observations of the colour of the seawater, will contribute to a number of services associated with fishing, ecology and meteorology
Astrium Pips Lockheed Martin In UAE Surveillance Satellite Deal
UAE yesterday ordered two military surveillance satellites from France in a deal worth more than 700 million euros (US $913.2 million)
Northrop Grumman Advances B-2 Satellite Communication System
Northrop Grumman announced the risks and cost reduction plans associated with production of an extremely high frequency satellite communications system for the U.S
DARPA Announces First-Ever AI-Controlled F-16 In-Air Combat Tests
S-400 Air Defense System in Crimea Destroyed by ATACMS Missile
Philippines to Receive BrahMos Cruise Missiles on April 19
Australia, Anduril Unveil ‘Ghost Shark’ Autonomous Undersea Vehicle Prototype
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...
How Indian MQ-9B SkyGuardian Acquisition Plan Changes Drone Equation in South Asia
India has recently gained U