In the biggest tranche of security assistance for Ukraine to date, the U.S
The “Stop F-35” initiative that opposes the Swiss governments plan to acquire 36 new F-35 Lightning II fighters from Americas Lockheed Martin handed over 103,000 certified signatures to the Federal Chancellery on August 16, to challenge the deal. Swiss parliament in 2019 approved a nearly $6 billion) deal to buy the jets after it evaluated Boeings Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale and Airbus Eurofighter Typhoon
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AeroVironment has acquired Planck Aerosystems, Inc. (“Planck”), a provider of advanced unmanned aircraft navigation solutions
BAE Systems FAST Labs research and development organization has won DARPAs $17.5 million contract for the Generating RF with Photonic Oscillators for Low Noise (GRYPHON) program
The United States said it will deploy ‘strategic assets to the Korean Peninsula if Pyongyang tests any kind of nuclear weapons, at the 21st Korea-U.S
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) tested a PT6 E-Series model turboprop engine from Pratt & Whitney Canada on MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) on July 29
DARPA has launched Ice Control for cold Environments (ICE) program that aims to control the physical properties of ice crystals to protect military assets and personnel for enhanced operational capabilities in extreme cold environments. ICE plans to leverage biological adaptations to cold environments to develop novel biologically sourced and inspired materials to meet this goal
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking proposals to fortify access and restore semiconductor chip supply chains underpinning modern communications, travel, national security, and manufacturing amid global shortages. Longer-term solutions require research, development, and innovative breakthroughs that will transform future technological performance and scalability