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Hyundai Bags $563 Million Order to Build Two Frigates for South Korea

December 14, 2018 @ 08:34 AM

Hyundai Heavy Industries has bagged a 634 billion won ($563 million) order to build two frigates. Under the deal with South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration, Hyundai Heavy will deliver the two 2,800-ton ships by 2023 to the country's Navy, Hyundai Heavy Industries said in a statement Thursday
Leonardo Tests Falco UAS as Part of EU Surveillance Research Program

December 6, 2018 @ 11:52 AM

Leonardos Falco EVO Remotely-Piloted Air System (RPAS), in a maritime patrol configuration, has been deployed from Lampedusa airport (Lampedusa Island) as part of the Frontex surveillance research programme to test its ability to monitor the European Unions external borders. Frontex is exploring the surveillance capability of medium-altitude, long-endurance RPAS as well as evaluating cost efficiency and endurance
Spain Formally Expresses Interest in Franco-German Stealth Fighter Jet Program

December 5, 2018 @ 01:37 AM

Spain has formally expressed interest in joining French-German Next Generation Weapon System, or NGWS project. The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles has requested the Spanish incorporation be formalized through the signing of a Letter of Intentions (LoI) or a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
DARPA Device to Provide Physical, Electromagnetic, Cyber Situational Awareness

December 4, 2018 @ 02:33 PM

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencys (DARPA) Squad X Experimentation program demonstrated the ability to extend and enhance the situational awareness of small, dismounted units. The US Marine squads improved their ability to synchronize maneuvers, employing autonomous air and ground vehicles to detect threats from multiple domains – physical, electromagnetic, and cyber – providing critical intelligence as the squad moved through scenarios, DARPA said in a statement late November this year
General Atomics’ SkyGuardian MQ-9B Aircraft Receives Airworthiness Certification

November 30, 2018 @ 01:25 PM

General Atomics has received a Special Airworthiness Certification in the Experimental Category from the FAA for its second MQ-9B SkyGuardian aircraft. The company-owned Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) – registered as N191FP and known as YBC02 – joins the first SkyGuardian in support of the MQ-9B development program
Belgium Buys Nine Dutch Squire Radar Systems to Replace ITERAR Surveillance Radar

November 30, 2018 @ 12:00 PM

The Belgian defense ministry is buying nine Squire high-tech radar systems from the Dutch armed forces. The Belgian Defense Minister Sander Loones and his Dutch counterpart, Ank Bijleveld, signed an agreement on Wednesday
Saudi Arabia, US Sign $15B Agreement for 44 THAAD Missile Systems

November 29, 2018 @ 09:53 AM

Saudi Arabia has signed a letter of offer and acceptance with the United States for the procurement of 44 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile systems for an approximate $15 billion. Saudi officials alongside their US counterparts signed the government-to-government agreement earlier this week,
BAE Systems Wins DARPA Contract to Apply Machine Learning to Radio Frequency...

November 28, 2018 @ 03:59 PM

The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems a contract valued at $9.2 million for its Radio Frequency Machine Learning System (RFMLS) program
China Commences Work on Third Aircraft Carrier: Reports

November 26, 2018 @ 01:38 PM

China has commenced work on its third aircraft carrier, Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday without giving any details. In an article published on its WeChat account, Xinhua identified a “new-generation carrier” as being constructed at the China State Shipbuilding Corps shipyard as per schedule
DARPA Demos Drone Collaboration Without Human Direction

November 20, 2018 @ 10:15 AM

In recent tests, the United States Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) demonstrated the ability of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) to autonomously adapt and respond to unexpected threats in an anti-access area denial (A2AD) environment. The UASs were equipped with a DARPA system called Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program

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