Lockheed Martin is all set to launch its In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LINUSS), now that these small satellites completed environmental testing. LINUSS is a pair of LM 50 12U CubeSats -- each about the size of a four-slice toaster -- designed to demonstrate how small satellites can serve an essential role in sustaining critical space architectures in any orbit
BAE Systems won a contract valued at approximately £135 million today, to drive forward the next phase of capability enhancements for Typhoon jet. The investment will improve weapons capability, increasing the variety of precision guided munitions, and further enhance Typhoons defensive systems and datalinks, improving high-speed secure sharing of data
Russias United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has commenced assembling the first prototype of the new Light Strike Fighter (LTS) code-named ‘Checkmate, at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft plant (KAANZ) just a week after the official unveiling of a full-size mock-up of the aircraft at the MAKS 2021 event,
Rafael and Oshkosh Defense have completed a live firing of Rafael's SPIKE NLOS (Non-Line-Of-Sight) missile from an Oshkosh JLTV (Joint Light Tactical Vehicle). SPIKE NLOS 32 km-range missile, with high accuracy achieved by a navigation system and lethal warheads capable of destroying a wide range of targets
The German Bundeswehr has signed a contract with Rheinmetall to supply 130,000 laser light modules worth a potential €178 million. The devices can be mounted via a standard inferface onto all assault rifles, submachine guns, machine guns and sniper rifles currently in the Bundeswehr inventory
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MBDA announced it will for the first time pair a CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missile) missile with an upgraded Sea Viper command and control (C2) system on board the Royal Nays Type 45 destroyers. CAMM offers both close-in and local-area air defence, and will complement Aster 30, strengthening the anti-air defence capability of the Royal Navy
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is integrating offensive and defensive systems including MF-STAR (Magen Adir) radar onto the Navys Sa'ar 6 corvettes. IAI, together with the Administration for the Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure (part of IMoD) and the Israeli Navy, completed the first phase of installing the MF-STAR (Magen Adir) radars on the Israeli Navys Saar 6 corvettes and will continue to integrate the BARAK MX Air Defense System (Raam Adir) on the vessels
Israel-based BIRD Aerosystems said today that it delivered a complete ASIO Maritime Task Force Solution to an undisclosed African government. The ASIO Maritime Task Force Solution provided includes multiple Cessna Citation CJ3 aircraft that the company converted into Maritime Patrol Aircraft, together with BIRDs advanced mission management system (MSIS) which was also installed on a number of vessels as well as at the naval HQ command
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