Ogden Air Logistic Complex (ALC) and Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, Ltd., recently signed a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Agreement defining how the two entities will collaborate during prospective contract opportunities to bring the best possible services and solutions to the warfighter
Alenia Aermacchi has successfully conducted the first release of a Storm Shadow missile from a Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft as part of its missile integration programme. The trials took place in November and saw the missile being released from the aircraft and tracked by radar up to impact
The US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) became the first intelligence agency to host an operational capability within Amazon Web Services' Commercial Cloud Services (C2S) environment after Lockheed Martin deployed the interactive map for NGA's Map of the World to the C2S environment. The Map of the World initiative acts as an interface for NGA's most comprehensive and accurate geospatial intelligence data
QinetiQ has secured a contract to provide support for the testing and acceptance trials for Artful, the third and latest Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine of the Royal Navy. QinetiQ will support four separate work packages addressing a variety of trials to support Acoustic, Magnetic signatures, weapon discharge and electronic warfare calibration which will be conducted on QinetiQ managed ranges and in the open sea
The Russian Defense Ministry has approved a program for developing a concept on military robotics, according to Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper. "This year, a complex program 'Creating of Advanced Military Robotics for 2025' has been developed and approved," Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov was quoted as saying in the report
A Russian MiG-29 Fulcrum trainer jet has crashed outside Moscow and both pilots survived, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday. “A MiG-29 jet fighter crashed near the settlement of Chemodurovo in the Voskresensky region
Russian Helicopters has launched flight tests on the first prototype of the multirole Mi-171A2 helicopter, the company's most ambitious helicopter project ever. The first prototype of the Mi-171A2 was designed for tests on its in-flight operability and safety when using the KBO-17 avionics suite, including its interoperability with the new VK-2500PS-03 engines, and to test the new powerplant
Rockwell Collins announced that it will debut RealFires transportable trainer along with its newest mobile training and electronic publications capabilities for the first time at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), which takes place Dec. 1-4 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando
Aircraft crashes in the Indian Air Force (IAF) have shown a declining trend over the last three years. From a high of 30 in fiscal 2011-12, they have declined to 6 in 2012-13 and an equal number in 2013-14
US and British intelligence agencies have been linked to Regin, a top-tier espionage tool ,indentified by Symantec, that enables stealthy surveillance. Regin was reportedly was used to spy on governments, businesses, researchers and individuals since 2008, Symantec said in its official blog post Monday