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Northrop Taps Firefly Aerospace to Replace Antares Rocket’s Russian Engines
August 9, 2022 @ 06:33 AMNorthrop Grumman has asked rocket startup Firefly Aerospace to build a new version of its Antares rocket without Russian-made engines. “Through our collaboration, we will first develop a fully domestic version of our Antares rocket, the Antares 330, for Cygnus space station commercial resupply services, followed by an entirely new medium class launch vehicle,” said Scott Lehr, vice president and general manager, launch and missile defense systems, Northrop Grumman
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Fully Armed Chinese Bombers Cross Taiwan Straits from Two Different Directions
August 8, 2022 @ 07:17 AMSeveral Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) bombers fully loaded with live ammunition crossed the Taiwan Straits from two different directions during what it calls Taiwan lockdown drills. The “realistic combat-scenario joint exercises” were held from August 4-7 in six different areas that encircle Taiwan from all directions after U
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Taiwan 'Locked Down' as China Conducts Sea, Air Drills Surrounding Island
August 5, 2022 @ 07:32 AMIn what it calls a ‘Taiwan lockdown drill, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) fired advanced weapons from six large maritime areas all around the island nation. The heightened tensions between China and Taiwan comes after U
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Russian MoD Takes Delivery of T-90M Tanks, BREM-1M Armored Vehicles
August 5, 2022 @ 04:42 AMUralvagonzavod, a subsidiary of Russias state-owned Rostec, has handed over T-90M Proryv tanks and BREM-1M armored recovery vehicles to the Russian defense ministry. T-90M and BREM-1M are created by design engineers of the Ural Design Bureau of Transport Engineering of Uralvagonzavod
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Buk-M3 Air Defense Intercepted Rockets Fired by U.S.-made HIMARS in Ukraine...
August 4, 2022 @ 12:58 PMThe Russian Army appears to have innovated a means to track and intercept rockets fired by the America-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in Ukraine.An officer of the anti-aircraft forces from the group "O" ("Brave") of the Russian army claimed how the air defense forces learned to shoot down missiles of the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system using the Buk-M3 air defense system, reports RIA Novosti
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F-15EX Fires Missiles at a Longer Range than Any Other U.S. Fighter...
August 4, 2022 @ 06:39 AMThe U.S
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Russia’s Almaz-Antey Develops Multipurpose Drone
August 3, 2022 @ 01:30 PMAlmaz-Anteys All-Russian Research Institute of Radio Equipment (VNIIRT) said it is completing work on a new multi-purpose light quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV as high strength and low weight due to the use of modern materials such as carbon fiber and filled polymers
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Athens Requests S-70B Helicopter Support
August 3, 2022 @ 08:55 AMGreece has received the U.S
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U.S. OKs $5.3B Sale of THAAD, Patriot Missile Interceptors for Saudi Arabia,...
August 3, 2022 @ 08:10 AMThe U.S
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Turkey to Establish Facility to Improve TF-X MMU Jet’s Stealthiness
August 2, 2022 @ 01:03 PMTurkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is setting up a facility to test the radar cross section (RCS) of homegrown air platforms, including the TF-X National Combat Aircraft (MMU). In a statement Tuesday, TAI said the facility will be the biggest of its kind in Turkey and the fifth-largest around the globe in terms of capacity
Trump Tariffs Could Impact F-35 Global Supply Chain, Other Defense Projects
U.S. to Deploy Korea-based Patriot Missile Systems to Middle East
Avantel to Equip Indian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessels with Satcom Equipment
Kuwait to Upgrade Patriot Missiles in $400M U.S. Deal
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...