BAE Systems introduced the latest 6x6 variant of the RG35 family of vehicles – the RG35 multi-purpose blast protected fighting vehicle – at the 2012 Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition (AAD). “The RG35 family of vehicles incorporates 30 years of experience in tactical mobility and protection,” said Johan Steyn, managing director, Land Systems South Africa
The U.S’ second Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite has reached geosynchronous reached orbit after a four-month journey
Thousands of Japanese civilians who were protesting against the deployment of the U.S Osprey can heave a sigh of relief now
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Legged Squad Support System (LS3) program today demonstrated two robotic pack mule prototypes for the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Earlier this year DARPA and the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) began a two year platform-refinement test cycle with the first DARPA/MCWL-hosted test planned for December 2012 on a military base
General Atomics Aeronautical System announced that it has completed the integration and operational testing of its Lynx Multi-mode Radar. The next-generation facility, it integrates Synthetic Aperture Radar, Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI), and Dismount Moving Target Indicator (DMTI) radar into one
Brazil has taken up India’s offer to review its notes on selecting a winner for the MMRCA (medium multi-role combat aircraft) competition, as the emerging South American nation looks to add 36 fighter aircraft to its Air Force. While visiting New Delhi, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff met with Indian officials on the sidelines of the BRICS conference to confer over India’s selection of the Rafale
In a major milestone for Boeing, the AH-64 Apache helicopter fleet has completed 3.5 million flight hours with the U
India today test fired its nuclear capable ballistic missile, the Prithvi II, in a user trial conducted by the Strategic Forces Command of the Indian Army, off the coast of Odisha. Monitored by the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the firing of the indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile met all mission objectives and was hailed “successful”
Raytheon has introduced a powerful, integrated radar system that can detect, tract and target a large number of threats allowing combatant commanders engage swarming boats and incoming cruise missiles, around the clock, from hundreds of miles away. The first class of U
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will soon receive its first M-346 advanced trainer from Alenia Aermacchi. ST Aerospace, the prime contractor, teamed with Alenia Aermacchi and Boeing in 2010 to supply 12 M-346 aircraft and ground based training system for the RSAF’s Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) programme