General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) kicked off a series of validation flights on October 15 for Japan Coast Guard (JCG) in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
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The British Future Combat Air Programme, Tempest, is expected to create 20,000 jobs every year from 2026 to 2050, and contribute £25 billion to the UK economy. The Tempest programme is being delivered by Team Tempest, a UK technology and defence partnership formed by BAE Systems, Leonardo UK, MBDA, Rolls-Royce and the RAF, and involving hundreds of high-tech companies, SMEs and academia across the UK
Boeing received a Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract award valued at $477 million from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for supplies, full supply chain management and logistics services to ensure long-term, affordable sustainment of multiple weapon systems platforms. Work will be performed under a fixed-price, master services agreement
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that a milestone of 4,492 catapult launches and landing arrestments using the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system has been successfully and safely achieved aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)
US Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T
Iran may have sold its Bavar-373 air defence system and Khordad-3 anti-aircraft missile systems to Syria giving an indication that it plans to become a major arms exporter to regimes under sanctions or those unable to afford US or Russian arms. While news of the two high-tech systems sale has not been revealed by either Iran or Syria; indications that a sale may have taken place came from a statement made by Iran's Army spokesman Abu Fadl Shikaraji, "We have deployed some air defense systems to Syria at the request of the government in Damascus
Avtomatika Concern, a subsidiary of state-owned Rostec, has completed the technical design of a new generation firewall for cybersecurity. The device will be a completely domestic processor module, the firmware of which will allow performing network security functions
Lockheed Martin will provide a study for an integrated and capable payload ship, able to patrol for extended durations, as part of the U.S
Lockheed Martin is awarded an $18.1 million (INR 135