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Thales today unveiled the TSA6000, the world's first Identification Friend-Foe (IFF) interrogator to use flat fixed-array active antenna technology that will provides 360° coverage around the vessel, with no trade-off in range capabilities, along with a fast identification capability. Based on all-digital flat fixed-array technology, the TSA6000 IFF identification system provides a smart 360° electronic scanning (or e-scan) capability enabling extremely fast identification of new types of threats
Over thirty sailors aboard UK Royal Navys HMS Vigilant (S30) nuclear submarine have contracted COVID-19 virus following a port visit to US Navys East Coast SSBN hub. A US official confirmed British media reports that said crew members of the submarine violated isolation rules and caught the virus
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The F-35A jet crash at Floridas Eglin Air Force Base this May was caused by the pilot trying to land at an excessive speed, and a flight control logic glitch that left its tail unresponsive. The
The Space Development Agency awarded L3Harris and SpaceX contracts worth $342 million combined to build satellites to provide missile tracking data for hypersonic glide vehicles and next generation advanced missile threats. The two companies won bids to build out Tranche 0 of the tracking layer for the National Defense Space Architecture
Boeing entered into a patent and technology license with Florida-based Healthe Inc. today under which Healthe will manufacture an ultraviolet (UV) wand designed to sanitize airplane interiors
Goodrich Corp has been won a $64.2 million contract to build surface ship sonar domes for Taiwan, Egypt, Japan and Spain
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BAE Systems has received a contract from Aerion Supersonic to supply flight control system for its new AS2 supersonic business jet that will fly at a maximum speed of Mach 1.4 (about 1728 kilometers per hour)