A number of supercomputers used in research institutes across Germany and the United Kingdom have been attacked by hackers, since January this year. In Germany, at least six systems are said to be compromised
Raytheon Missiles & Defense has begun the development of XM1155 Extended-Range ramjet-powered artillery projectile for the US Army. The first phase of developing the XM1155 commenced under a $7
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has signed an agreement with software firm HAVELSAN to carry out software development and embedded training among others to speed up development of the TF-X National Combat Aircraft (Milli Muharip Uçak, MMU) program. The agreement was announced by Dr
A Boeing 787-800 airplane operated by Qatar Airways collided with an Airbus A350-900 after strong winds dislodged the aircraft from chocks that secures its wheels. "During extreme weather conditions, with storms and high winds of 70 knots, a parked Qatar Airways 787-800 briefly shifted from its chocks and made contact with a QR A350-900 on Thursday 30 April," Qatar Airways posted on its Twitter account
Lockheed Martin has won a $67.6 million contract to provide electro-optical sensors for integration onto AH-64E Apache attack helicopters of the Indian and Taiwanese forces
It is not only headwinds caused by the Coronavirus pandemic proving problematic for Japans airline industry, but also heavy winds that forced a parked airliner to spin around in Narita International Airport on April 13. The approximately 50-tonne Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 737-800 airplane spun around 90 degrees clockwise with the tip of its left wing hitting an aerobridge and damaging it, Mainichi reported Tuesday
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has opened a new spacecraft development, integration and test factory in Centennial, Colorado. The 33,514 square foot facility triples GA-EMS capacity for satellite production, integration and testing for single to constellation-sized orders, and also houses an expanded mission operations center to support on-orbit satellite and customer payload commissioning and operations, the company said in a statement Thursday
Japan Coast Guard (JCG) today ordered of two H225 helicopters which will take its Super Puma fleet to 15, comprising two AS332s and 13 H225s. The new helicopters will be utilized for territorial coastal activities, security enforcement, as well as disaster relief missions in Japan
General Atomics has completed the first flight of the production-representative MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) meant for the UKs Royal Air Force (RAF) on March 30 “With first flight of the production-representative aircraft, we remain on schedule for delivering MQ-9B Protector to the RAF,” said Linden Blue, CEO, GA-ASI. Protector RG Mk1 is being procured for the UK RAFs configuration of SkyGuardian
The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin $818.2 million to supply 790 JASSM-Extended Range (ER) missiles