China's indigenous multirole helicopter, the AC332, completed its first flight in North China's Tianjin on Friday.Its developer, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) focused on developing a product with performance and operating costs comparable to those of advanced foreign counterparts and realize advantages in terms of its plateau performances, Ma Dequan, general manager of AVIC Tianjin Helicopter Co Ltd, was quoted as saying to Global Times
The Finnish Ministry of Defence has chosen Israel-made Davids Sling system as the next long-range air defence system of Finland. Finland, which became a NATO member on Arpril 4 shares a large land border with Russia
CAS Space, a Chinese commercial spaceflight firm, recently carried out a successful rocket vertical landing test at sea. The firm, partly owned by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), revealed that it successfully carried out the launching-from-land and landing-at-sea flight trial in Haiyang, East China's Shandong Province, which verified the rocket stage recovery at sea, communication and spacecraft tracking and measuring technology under the impact of sea clutters
Argentinian firm Invap delivered two 3D primary air traffic radars to Nigeria, marking the first export of a high tech equipment to the African country from Argentina. According to
A Chinese firm recently tested a type of portable electromagnetic riot gun during which it exhibited low noise, little muzzle flash and low recoil. The gun uses nine coils to accelerate projectiles, which are stored in a magazine behind the coils, Lei Fengqiao, an employee at Chongqing Jianshe Industry (Group) Co Ltd under the state-owned China South Industries Group Co Ltd, said in a program on government-owned China Central Television (CCTV) on Sunday
Russias Buk air defense systems (ADS) has shot down a U.S
AKINCI combat drone, developed by Turkish firm Baykar, fired a IHA-230 supersonic cruise missile capable of hitting targets at a distance up to 140km. The test firing of the missile, Türkiye's first air-to-ground supersonic missile developed by Türkiye's defense giant Roketsan, was completed successfully, Baykar said in a statement
China plans to convert J-8II fighter into a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft before retiring them, a Beijing-based military expert was quoted as saying by Chinese state media. “Before its full retirement, the J-8II has another role, being transformed from a fighter to a scout
Turkeys Aselsan is developing Nokta Air Defense (NHS) System consisting of both missile and cannon components, local media reported. Photos of the newly developed system were shared on social media
The Space Development Agency (SDA) today has conducted initial launch of Tranche 0 (T0) of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), the Transport and Tracking Layer satellites that will demonstrate the low-latency communication links to support the warfighter with a resilient network of integrated capabilities, including tracking of advanced missile threats, from low-Earth orbit (LEO). A SpaceX Falcon 9 reusable, two stage rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, launched the first 10 of the planned 28 satellites