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DARPA Initiates Design Phase of Liberty Lifter Seaplane Project

February 3, 2023 @ 05:56 AM

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has initiated design work on America's most ambitious and revolutionary transport plane ever, the Liberty Lifter Seaplane.Two teams -- General Atomics working with Maritime Applied Physics Corporation and Aurora Flight Sciences working with Gibbs & Cox and ReconCraft -- will develop designs for DARPAs Liberty Lifter Seaplane Wing-in-Ground Effect full-scale demonstrator
Ukraine Orders France-made Air Defence Systems, GM200 Radars

February 2, 2023 @ 08:07 AM

French defence minister Sébastien Lecornu and his Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov signed a contract on Wednesday for the delivery of a complete short-range air defence system, including a Ground Master 200 radar, to help protect Ukraine. The agreement was inked at the Thales site in Limours, south of Paris
DARPA's Hypersonic Weapon Concept Reaches Mach 5 in 2nd Test

January 31, 2023 @ 03:42 AM

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Portugal Opens Talks with Turkey to Purchase Bayraktar Drones

January 30, 2023 @ 03:20 PM

Portugal is mulling over buying Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat drones and has begun talks with Baykar, the company that produces them. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said this during a
BAE Systems to Supply 20 Additional CV90 Mjolner Mortar Systems to Swedish

January 30, 2023 @ 07:01 AM

BAE Systems is providing 20 more CV90 Mjölner mortar systems to the Swedish Army under a fresh contract signed between the two parties. This new $30 million order brings the total fleet to 80 vehicles, planned to be in service by 2025
Czech Republic to Hard Sell Military Gear to Japan as Tokyo Hikes...

January 28, 2023 @ 04:12 PM

Czech Republic will persuade Japan to buy some of its weapons, since it has hiked its defense budget by 2%. On January 25, the First Deputy Minister of Defence František Šulc discussed the opportunities for cooperation with his Japanese counterpart Toshiro Ino
DARPA, NASA Collaborate on Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine

January 25, 2023 @ 04:14 AM

DARPA, via its Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program, is collaborating with NASA to build a nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) engine that could expand possibilities for the space agencys future long-duration spaceflight missions. The goal is to test an NTR-enabled spacecraft in Earth orbit during the 2027 fiscal year
Aurora Flight Sciences Proceeds to Phase 2 of DARPA Project to Build...

January 18, 2023 @ 06:32 AM

DARPA has selected Aurora Flight Sciences to move into the detailed design phase of the
Ukraine War Effect? Kalashnikov's 2022 Production Surpasses Past 20 years' Record

January 13, 2023 @ 06:57 AM

Kalashnikov Concern said it produced 40% more weapons last year than in 2021, setting a new record, likely fueled by the ongoing Ukraine War. In 2022, the company completed 45 state defense order contracts, 24 military-technical cooperation agreements, and also carried out the planned work to organize licensed production under one contract
Rheinmetall Launches Production of Lynx IFVs in Hungary

January 12, 2023 @ 01:07 PM

Rheinmetall has begun low-rate initial production (LRIP) of Lynx infantry fighting vehicle in NATO member nation Hungary, the vehicles first customer. Pre-series production is an important milestone, one which also encompasses fabrication of the Lance medium-calibre turret as well as additional variants of the Lynx

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