Airbus Helicopters has been awarded the certification of the increased maximum take-off weight (MTOW) for the H145 by European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in December last year. With this enhancement, the helicopter can carry an extra 50kg, raising the MTOW to a total of 3
A new DARPA program aims to develop an implantable neural interface able to provide unprecedented signal resolution and data-transfer bandwidth between the human brain and the digital world. The interface would serve as a translator, converting between the electrochemical language used by neurons in the brain and the ones and zeros that constitute the language of information technology
Saab will deliver three UAV systems comprising of air vehicles equipped with day/night sensors and a ground station to the Swedish Police. The system also includes spare parts, consumables, documentation, training and technical support
China is close to batch production stage of its fifth-generation J-20 stealth fighter aircraft. Peoples Daily Online news daily cited Song Xinzhi, a Chinese military expert on air force equipment in a media interview that the J-20 fighter is close to batch production stage and its yellow painting implies that its stealth performance has possibly passed the test
The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has selected BAE Systems to develop new electronic warfare system for the fleet of C-130J aircraft. The contract, worth more than $20 million, is the first phase of a multi-phase program to upgrade aircraft system survivability and the capability to detect, identify, locate, deny, degrade, disrupt and defeat threat systems in operational significant environments
Russia will equip its fifth generation fighter PAK-FA with an advanced Radio-Optical Phased Array Radar (ROFAR). KRET will be developing the new electronic systems for the aircraft, deputy general director of concern Radio-Electronic Technology (KRET) Vladimir Mikheev was quoted as saying by Sputnik news daily Wednesday
Russia is developing Tuf-MA and Tuf-M2 communication systems for its S-400, S-500 and Vityaz air missile defense systems to evade enemy surveillance. “The new S-400, S-500 and ‘Vityaz missiles will have the Tuf-MA and Tuf-M2 systems installed in them
Russian-built Buk-M3 medium-range air defense missile system will get a new cutting-edge missile that will further boost the capability of the system. "The self-propelled systems transport and firing boxes are designed to hold six missiles
The Indian Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) has cleared the purchase of Russian S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems for an approximate $6 billion (INR 40,000 crore). The DAC chaired by Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday cleared to buy five S-400 systems along with other buys that include six regiments of Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launchers for an approximate $2
A partnership between Rolls-Royce and Honeywell, Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company (LHTEC) has signed an agreement with Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) to provide military and civilian helicopter engines to Turkey. LHTEC will supply CTS800 turbo-shaft engines for the Turkish Light Utility Helicopter, Honeywell said in a statement on Dec