Celestia TTI and Indra, the national industrial coordinator of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program in Spain, have entered into a collaboration agreement to jointly develop next-generation antennas. This partnership aims to design communication systems for the FCAS program
Elbit Systems has been awarded a contract worth $190 million to supply its Iron Sting laser and GPS-guided mortar munitions to the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMoD). The contract will be performed over a period of 2 years
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) introduced the WIND DEMON, a new air-to-surface cruise missile, at the Farnborough International Airshow in the U.K
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Lockheed Martins updated Sniper targeting pod is expected to enhance interoperability among F-35 Lightning II, F-16 fighters, ground-based artillery systems such as HIMARS, and the MLRS family of munitions. For NATO partners, the interoperability could extend to other 4th Generation jets as well as new mobile rocket launchers built in Europe
The Oostende, the first mine countermeasures vessel in the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program, commenced its sea trials from Concarneau on July 17. The trials aim to assess the vessel's performance ahead of its expected delivery in summer 2025
Rostec has delivered a new batch of modernized artillery to the Russian Defense Ministry, including 2S12A Sani mobile mortars, 2B11 towed mortars, and 2B24 light mortars. The corporation is ramping up production to meet state requirements
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Pratt & Whitney completed the preliminary design review for a hybrid-electric propulsion demonstrator engine under the European Union's Clean Aviation SWITCH project. The system integrates Collins Aerospace electric motor generators with a Pratt & Whitney GTF engine, aiming to improve efficiency across all flight phases
MBDA announced that it has advanced its Orchestrike AI, with the SPEAR missile family becoming the first to integrate AI-driven collaboration while keeping human oversight. Orchestrike technology is designed to enhance the performance of SPEAR missiles by enabling AI-driven coordination and cooperation between the missiles and the pilot of the launch aircraft