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DCNS achieves automatic UAV landing on frigate
October 13, 2008 @ 12:00 AMDCNS successfully landed a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in automatic mode on French Navy frigate Montcalm while the ship was under way in the Mediterranean on 9 and 10 October 2008. Until now, unresolved challenges involving UAV recovery by ships at sea have limited their deployment for safety reasons
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World First: DCNS Achieves Automatic UAV Landing On Frigate
October 13, 2008 @ 12:00 AMPARIS --- On 9 and 10 October 2008, DCNS successfully landed a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in automatic mode on French Navy frigate Montcalm while the ship was under way in the Mediterranean.>> Until now, unresolved challenges involving UAV recovery by ships at sea have limited their deployment for safety reasons
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MBDA Otomat Scores Another Direct Hit
October 10, 2008 @ 12:00 AMOn 23rd September 2008, a live firing of a TG2 (guide mode 2) OTOMAT missile was successfully carried out from the Royal Malaysian Navys (RMN) Laksamana-class corvette Nadim>> The firing satisfied a contractual obligation requiring MBDA to validate the OTOMAT TG2 system (over the horizon re-vectoring system) installed on board the Super Lynx helicopters supplied to the RMN by AgustaWestland.>> The firing, carried out in an open sea scenario, was planned against a target beyond the launch ships radar horizon with the missile flight comprising two phases
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Embraer Debuts at England's RIAT Air Show
July 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSO JOS DOS CAMPOS, Brazil --- Embraer will participate, for the first time, in Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), July 11 to 13, the worlds largest military air show. More than 25 countries will attend RIAT 2008, held at Fairford Royal Air Force (RAF) base, in Gloucestershire, England, which marks the 90th anniversary of the RAF
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Successful 2nd Qualification Firing and Worldwide First for Infrared Terminal Guidance AASM
July 2, 2008 @ 12:00 AMPARIS --- On June 12, the French defense procurement agency, the DGA, successfully carried out the second qualification firing for the infrared terminal guidance version of the modular air-to-ground AASM weapon at the DGAs missile test center in Biscarrosse.>> This so-called metric AASM version is equipped with the following:> -- An inertial/GPS guidance system identical to that of the qualified decametric version> -- An infrared imager that automatically identifies the target several seconds before impact and corrects the trajectory>> The AASMs GPS was deactivated in order to demonstrate the weapons capability of striking its target with metric precision without using...
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First A400M Military Transporter Rolled Out
July 1, 2008 @ 12:00 AMIn a ceremony presided over by His Majesty Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, Airbus Military has rolled out the first complete A400M military transport aircraft from the Final Assembly Line facility in Seville, Spain on June 26, 2008.>> Designed initially to a recognized requirement for a new airlifter for European air forces, the A400M incorporates the state-of-the-art materials and technology that are being continuously perfected in todays civil aircraft fleets
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
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Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
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