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Boeing to Develop Large Lightweight Wings to Accommodate Fuel-efficient Engines

January 20, 2023 @ 12:17 PM

Boeing is leading a team tasked to develop a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) to accommodate advanced propulsion systems for fuel-efficient aircraft. The technologies demonstrated and tested as part of the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) program will inform future designs and could lead to breakthrough aerodynamics and fuel efficiency gains
AI-Enabled GA-ASI Avenger Paired with ‘Digital Twin’ Aircraft Chases Target

January 12, 2023 @ 11:20 AM

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) said an Avenger UAS flown by Artificial Intelligence (AI) pilot was paired with a digital twin aircraft autonomously chased a target while avoiding threats
Rheinmetall to Modernize International Customer’s Skyguard 35mm Air Defence Systems

January 11, 2023 @ 09:05 AM

An international customer has contracted with Germanys Rheinmetall to modernize its 35mm cannon-based air defence systems. The order also includes ammunition and other components for the modernized Skyguard air defence batteries
U.S. Space Force asks Raytheon to Develop Medium Earth Orbit Missile Tracking...

January 5, 2023 @ 07:52 AM

Raytheon Intelligence & Space will develop a prototype Missile Track Custody system, which will be U.S
Hungary to set up RDX Plant due to Explosives Shortages in Europe

January 5, 2023 @ 05:58 AM

Hungary is building a new explosives plant to produce RDX (Research Department eXplosive) at Várpalota. Rheinmetall Denel Munition Pty (Ltd) from South Africa is supplying the necessary plant technology
India’s Bharat Forge to Produce UAV Components for General Atomics

January 5, 2023 @ 05:40 AM

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has partnered with Indias Bharat Forge Limited to manufacture main landing gear components, subassemblies, and assemblies of remotely piloted aircraft
Egypt Orders CH-47F Chinook Helicopters

January 4, 2023 @ 09:43 AM

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Russia’s Mi-171A2 Helicopter Cleared for Flight 5,000m Above Sea Level

December 30, 2022 @ 12:26 PM

Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Rostec has completed flight tests of the Mi-171A2 multi-purpose helicopter on Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus Mountains. During flights in various modes, specialists collected and analyzed information about the operation of the main components and assemblies of the rotorcraft in the highlands
Ukraine Utilizing Starlink Satellite System for Communications as Russia Bombs Mobile Towers

December 28, 2022 @ 03:45 PM

Ukrainians have made use of Elon Musks Starlink satellite internet systems for communications as Russia continues to target mobile towers in what is touted to be the first major war of the internet age. Ukraine has some 30,000 mobile-phone towers, and the government is now trying to link them to generators so they can keep working when airstrikes damage the power grid
Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Receives first Upgraded Mi-26T2 Heavy Helicopter

December 28, 2022 @ 05:36 AM

Rostecs Russian Helicopters holding handed over the first modernized Mi-26T2 heavy helicopter with new on-board radio-electronic equipment (avionics) and a "glass cockpit" to the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Modern equipment and new electronics have made it possible to reduce the number of crew and ensure the possibility of flights at any time of the day

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