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China's First Type 075 Amphibious Assault Ship Stages Helicopter Drill
June 23, 2021 @ 06:59 AMThe Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navys first Type 075 Yushen-class amphibious assault ship Hainan recently conducted helicopter takeoff and landing training. The ship has a two-digit number 31 on its hull, indicating its likely role as a small aircraft carrier
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Northrop Grumman Flight Tests Digital Wideband AESA Sensor
June 22, 2021 @ 05:55 PMNorthrop Grumman has successfully flight demonstrated its new ‘Terracotta sensor – a digital open mission systems (OMS)-compliant wideband active electronically scanned array (AESA). Terracottas nearly 200 wideband digital channels can be molded cooperatively or segmented for unique purposes, including electronic warfare, airborne early warning radar, active and passive sensing, and communications
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Demos On-demand Thrust Termination of Hypersonic Missile Motor
June 22, 2021 @ 10:37 AMAerojet Rocketdyne has demonstrated a technology that allows on-demand thrust termination of a rocket motor to advance the realization of hypersonic missiles. DARPAs Operational Fires (OpFires) program, which is developing and demonstrating new technologies for ground-launched medium-range hypersonic weapons, successfully completed full-scale static test firing of a unique second stage propulsion system
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U.S. Navy Receives First TH-73A Training Helicopter
June 11, 2021 @ 12:24 PMLeonardo delivered the first TH-73A training helicopter to the U.S
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Huawei Opens Global Cybersecurity Center to Hinder Data Hacking from Smartphones
June 10, 2021 @ 05:01 AMChinese communications gaint, Huawei launched a Global Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection Transparency Center in Dongguan, South China on Wednesday which Chinese media said will make it difficult to steal information off its mobile handsets and other devices. "Huawei's decision to open such a cybersecurity transparency center aims to dispel the security concerns of some Western countries
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Russian Mi-171A2 Choppers to Have 4 Additional Seats
June 9, 2021 @ 06:46 AMThe Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) gave its nod to Russian Helicopters for the installation of four additional passenger seats in the Mi-171A2 cabin. The increase in the number of seats from 20 to 24 will give additional advantages to operators when performing passenger transportation, a Rostec release on Tuesday said
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Boeing’s MQ-25 Unmanned Tanker Performs First Ever Aerial Refueling by a Drone...
June 7, 2021 @ 03:50 PMA Boeing-owned MQ-25 unmanned ‘Stingray aerial tanker today refueled a U.S
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USMC Demos Link-16 Connection between AH-1Z Viper, Ground Station
June 7, 2021 @ 03:33 PMThe United States Marine Corps (USMC) has demonstrated in flight testing a two-way connection between the AH-1Z Viper helicopter and a ground station using new Link-16 hardware and software. Link-16 enables the AH-1Z—unlike any other helicopter in the world with its integrated anti-air capability and AIM-9 Sidewinder -- to quickly obtain and share information from its sensors with other weapons systems using its onboard digital architecture
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Thales, Atos Form JV for Big-data, AI in Defense
June 1, 2021 @ 03:27 AMFrench firms-Atos and Thales announced a new joint venture, Athea that will develop a sovereign big data and artificial intelligence (AI) platform for public and private sector players in the defense, intelligence and internal security communities. Athea will draw on the experience gained by both companies from the demonstration phase of the ARTEMIS programme, the big data platform of the French Ministry of Armed Forces
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French DGA Receives SCORPION Combat Information System
June 1, 2021 @ 03:05 AMThe French General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) received the first operational version of the combat information system for the SCORPION program (SICS) developed by French firm, Atos. Its deployment is planned before the summer following the success of the operational assessments of the Army
First Dutch Mine Countermeasures Vessel of Netherlands-Belgium Program Enters Testing Phase
Netherlands Pledges €500M for Ukraine Drone Project
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Airbus to Build Key Systems for ExoMars Lander for Europe’s Mars Mission...
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...