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Boeings Sustainable Flight Demonstrator, the X-66, has completed its first wind tunnel tests, advancing efforts to develop more fuel-efficient commercial aircraft. The X-66 is an experimental jet designed to test new technologies for reducing fuel consumption and emissions
The Russian Navys Project 885M Yasen-M nuclear-powered submarine Perm will be the first regular carrier of the 3M22 Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic missile, according to TASS, citing materials from Russian President Vladimir Putins visit to Murmansk. The submarines design has been modified to accommodate the new missile system
Airbus has handed over first two of six
The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has conducted its first-ever simulation tests to explore the interoperability between helicopters and drones in combat missions. The
Three Russian journalists were killed, and another was seriously wounded when a vehicle carrying media personnel was struck by a HIMARS rocket in Ukraines Luhansk region. Zvezda TVs cameraman Andrei Panov, driver Aleksandr Sirkeli, and Izvestia war correspondent Aleksandr Fedorchak died in the strike near Mykhailivka, about 30 km from the front line
Ukraines HIMARS multiple launch rocket system struck a Russian airfield in Belgorod, destroying four helicopters—two Ka-52 attack helicopters and two Mi-8 transport helicopters—while they were undergoing maintenance, refueling, and re-arming. According to the
South Korea has established an intergovernmental joint consultative body to coordinate the future development, acquisition, and operation of the KUH-1 Surion helicopter, with key ministries and agencies holding an inaugural meeting on March 19 at the Seoul Defense Convention. The
Indra and Rheinmetall Electronics have signed an agreement to propose an upgrade for the Spanish Leopard 2 E main battle tanks combat system, incorporating technologies compatible with future C4I solutions. The companies, which originally co-produced the tanks fire control and C4I systems, will continue their collaboration under a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
The prototype of Russias Superjet passenger aircraft completed its first flight with domestic PD-8 engines in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The aircraft remained in the air for about 40 minutes, reaching a speed of 500 km/h and an altitude of up to 3,000 meters