The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking proposals to fortify access and restore semiconductor chip supply chains underpinning modern communications, travel, national security, and manufacturing amid global shortages. Longer-term solutions require research, development, and innovative breakthroughs that will transform future technological performance and scalability
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Lockheed Martin said it recently validated prototype communications radio technology for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) during a recent test milestone. The NGIs mission is to protect the U
Indonesias state-owned PT Dirgantara Indonesia has signed a deal worth $150 million with Unity Accipiter Corporation (UAC), a subsidiary of California-based Unity Resources Group to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) support to the C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Indonesian Air Force. Dirgantara will ensure the readiness of C-130 planes in delivering important cargo to the different areas of the country
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Airbus Helicopters and VRM Switzerland agreed to co-develop a Virtual Reality (VR) training device for the twin-engine H145 helicopter. This new training tool will offer H145 operators a compact training solution with realistic flight behavior and full-body immersion, as well as the 3D vision and high-resolution scenery of VR technology
The Z-15 (AC352) medium-sized, multipurpose helicopter developed by France-based Airbus and Chinas AVIC, has received a qualification certificate, making it eligible to enter China's civilian market. The certificate was awarded by Civil Aviation Administration of China
An air-launched missile created by Northrop Grumman managed to identify ‘hostile air defense systems during third captive flight tests held recently. Completed at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, the internally-funded test successfully validated the capability to identify and discriminate modern, integrated air defense systems and successfully tracked the intended targets during a series of captive flight maneuvers using the companys test aircraft