The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded modification contracts to Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman to continue developing hypersonic weapons interceptors, while Lockheed Martin was left out of the competition. Each contract to develop the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) is worth around $41
More than 70 F-16 Fighting Falcons across 12 Air National Guard units are now flying with the new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar that will allow pilots to detect, target, identify, and engage across a spectrum of threats at longer ranges and react with greater precision. “(With the F-16s previous APG-68 fire control radar), I had the ability to target up to two tracks, thats it,” said Lt
Russias Defense Ministry has said that the Il-76 crashed in the western city of Ryazan on Friday after one of its engines failed. According to reports, the Il-76, that took off from Urals city of Orenburg, was attempting an emergency landing in Ryazan shortly after refueling in the city
In one of the single biggest destructions of Ukrainian armored equipment, some 49 tanks and 50 multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) were destroyed in a Russian missile strike in the area of Mykolaiv. "On June 22, high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Nikolaev region destroyed 49 tanks with fuel for military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as up to 50 MRLS located in the hangars of combat vehicles, including those of foreign production," Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian defense ministry claimed during a regular press conference Tuesday
Ukraines airstrike on Snake Island using 15 strike and reconnaissance drones including two Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2s was effectively repelled by the Russian forces, its defense ministry has claimed. Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian MoD, said during a regular press conference today that they spotted a RQ-4 Global Hawk operated by the U
Some ten 155mm M777 howitzers donated by the United States to Ukraine were destroyed in a strike near the city of Nikolaev by kalibr missiles missiles fired by Russian forces."High-precision long-range Kalibr missiles on the territory of the transformer plant in the city of Nikolaev destroyed ten 155-mm howitzers M777 and up to 20 armored combat vehicles delivered by the West to the Kiev regime over the past 10 days," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday
Turkeys Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) has completed a firing test with the domestically developed KGK-SIHA-82 (wing-assisted guidance kit) ammunition. Manufacturer Baykar
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) introduced its new GREEN LOTUS tactical multi-mission, multi-sensor system on Monday at the Eurosatory 2022 exhibition. The GREEN LOTUS features an array of active and passive sensors that maximize situational awareness and countermeasures efficiency and is designed to provide high performance Counter-Rocket, Artillery & Mortar (C-RAM) and Air & Ground Surveillance capabilities to maneuvering as well as stationary forces
Rheinmetall has unveiled its new Remote controlled Natter(adder) weapons system at the Eurosatory defence exhibition. At Eurosatory 2022 Rheinmetall presented the Natter 7
Rheinmetall is debuting its new KF51 Panther tracked vehicle at Eurosatory 2022. All weapon systems are connected to the commander's and gunner's optics and the fire control computer via the fully digitalised NGVA architecture