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Russian Pantsir Air Defence System Gets Artificial Intelligence Upgrade

July 28, 2020 @ 05:41 AM

Russian Pantsir-S air defense system has received an automated control system capable of firing at airborne targets including loitering munitions, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles without any human intervention. The algorithms will aid the Pantsir in first detecting and classifying targets as per the level of threat they pose
Bell, Sikorsky-Boeing Teams Advance in US Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft...

March 17, 2020 @ 09:42 AM

Bells V-280 advanced tiltrotor and Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 coaxial compound helicopter will now compete to replace the US Armys UH-60 Black Hawks under its Future Long Range Air Assault (FLRAA) programme. On March 16, the Army awarded Competitive Demonstration and Risk Reduction contracts to Bell and Sikorsky-Boeing teams for the next stage of its Future Long Range Air Assault (FLRAA) programme
USAF Awards Northrop $262M F-16 AESA Radar Deal

February 29, 2020 @ 10:37 AM

The United States Air Force has contracted Northrop Grumman to supply Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars for its fleet of F-16 fighter jets for $262.3 million
British Army, Israeli Elbit Working on Battle Tank with 360 Degree View

January 24, 2020 @ 01:07 PM

The British army is working with Israeli firm Elbit Systems and UK-based BAE Systems to build a new main battle tank (MBT) offering 360 degree situational awareness, for urban operations. The British Army released a video showing off its new concept for the Challenger 2 MBT
Leonardo Demos Ultra-light Radar for UK’s Tempest Future jet project

December 18, 2019 @ 06:25 PM

Leonardo UK has demonstrated a new radar receiver, warner technology as part of its development work for the Tempest project, the future combat jet project in which the UK, Italy and Sweden are working together. In a laboratory demonstration for the UK MoD and other Team Tempest partners, the new sensor demonstrated a direction finding performance of four times what is possible with typical radar warning receiver while being just 1/10th the size of a standard system
Rosoboronexport Presents Layered Counter-drone Systems at Dubai Airshow

November 18, 2019 @ 11:20 AM

Syrian combat experience has helped Russias Rosoboronexport to develop counter-drone systems which it revealed today at the Dubai Airshow 2019. “Rosoboronexport has developed a layered point and area system of electronic countermeasures
DARPA To Develop Advanced Tiny Chip-Scale Atomic Clocks For Military PNT Applications

August 22, 2019 @ 08:29 AM

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is presently working on an advanced version of its first-generation, battery-powered, miniature chip-scale atomic clock (CSAC) with 1000x performance improvements for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) applications. DARPAs Atomic Clock with Enhanced Stability (ACES) program aims to build the next-generation atomic clock owing to the limitations of the now commercially available CSACs
US-Russian “Close Encounters" on Sea, Air

June 7, 2019 @ 11:12 AM

A US warship made a ‘dangerous manoeuvre close to a Russian ship in South China Sea on Thursday, which was preceded by a similar incident when a Su-35 jet intercepted an American P-8A surveillance aircraft thrice over the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday. The second interception that happened June 4 is considered “unsafe
Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant Helicopter Completes Maiden Flight

March 22, 2019 @ 08:23 AM

Sikorsky Boeing SB-1 Defiant helicopter completed its first maiden flight at Sikorsky's West Palm Beach, Florida site on Thursday. The aircraft, developed by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, and Boeing, will help inform the next generation of military helicopters as part of the United States (US) Army's Future Vertical Lift program, the company said in a statement
Syrian Buk- M2 Air Defence Systems Destroy Israeli Missiles Targeting Damascus

January 21, 2019 @ 11:58 AM

The Russian-made Buk-M2 and Pantsir air defence systems with the Syrian Army destroyed more than Israeli 30 cruise missiles and guided bombs on Monday. "On January 21, 2019 between 2:11 am and 2:56 am the Israeli Air Force carried out three air strikes on Syrias territory from the western, southwestern and southern directions

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