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Israeli SPYDER Air Defense System to Counter Tactical Ballistic Missiles

January 4, 2023 @ 05:57 AM

The SPYDER air defense system designed by Israeli firm Rafael is now enhanced with a sophisticated Counter-TBM (tactical ballistic missiles) capability. The introduction of this feature is the product of RAFAELs Counter-TBM SPYDER program, which involved researching and analyzing the lessons learned from recent and ongoing armed conflicts involving extensive use of tactical ballistic missiles
Japan to Replace U-125A Planes with Satellite-based Radio Equipment for SAR Missions...

January 3, 2023 @ 12:28 PM

Japans government wants to phase out the Air Self-Defense Forces U-125A search and rescue (SAR) planes with new satellite-based radio equipment to locate pilots in distress. According to the ASDF, a total of 26 U-125A jets are currently deployed at air rescue units across the country, including in Hokkaido, Miyagi, Akita, Niigata, Ishikawa and Shizuoka, Fukuoka, Miyazaki and Okinawa prefectures
Ukraine Receives U.S.-made Gear to Repair Electric Grid

December 21, 2022 @ 04:50 AM

The United States has sent gear to supply Ukraines electric grid, damaged by waves of Russian missiles. These Russian attacks are exacerbated by Ukraine's winter weather with the high temperature over the next week forecast to be 35 degrees Fahrenheit with lows of around 10 degrees
Sweden, Germany, U.K., to Procure 436 BAE Systems All-terrain Vehicles

December 17, 2022 @ 05:13 AM

Sweden, Germany, and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement with BAE Systems to purchase 436
DARPA to Improve Heat Removal System to Boost RADAR Performance

November 25, 2022 @ 06:13 AM

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France Delivers 2 Crotale NG Air Defense Systems

November 23, 2022 @ 09:23 AM

France has confirmed that it sent two batteries of 12 Crotale NG air defense missile systems owned by the French Air Force and two Multiple Launch Rocket Systems to Ukraine. Sebastien Lecornu, the French defense minister, revealed this in an interview with French publication
Russia’s Il-76 Makes 1st Landing on Antarctic Ice Airfield

November 16, 2022 @ 06:23 AM

Russias Ilyushin Il-76TD-90VD aircraft touched down on the ice airfield Novolazarevskaya outpost in Antarctica for the first time, after coving a distance of 5,300km in 6.5 hours
U.S. to Provide HAWK Missiles for Ukraine’s Spain-Delivered Air Defense Systems...

November 11, 2022 @ 06:56 AM

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UK to Deliver 1,000 Additional Surface to Air Missiles to Ukraine

November 10, 2022 @ 08:26 AM

The United Kingdom will shortly complete the delivery of approximately 1,000 additional surface to air missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This comes in response to Ukrainian requests for more air defence capabilities, and the missiles will play a vital role in the provision of air defence for Ukraine and the protection of its critical infrastructure which is being continually targeted by Russia, the UK defence ministry confirmed in a statement
DARPA to Revolutionize Radar Processing with Non-linear Technology

October 26, 2022 @ 11:29 AM

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched Beyond Linear Processing (BLiP), a program to improve radar performance by applying innovative signal processing methods. Radar systems have seen many technology improvements in apertures (antennas) and associated hardware and software since the nascent operational versions in World War II

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