French firms-Atos and Thales announced a new joint venture, Athea that will develop a sovereign big data and artificial intelligence (AI) platform for public and private sector players in the defense, intelligence and internal security communities. Athea will draw on the experience gained by both companies from the demonstration phase of the ARTEMIS programme, the big data platform of the French Ministry of Armed Forces
European manufacturer of military robotic land systems, Milrem Robotics, and the German producer of tanks and combat systems, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The agreement provides for KMW to acquire a minority stake of 24
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed SatGuard an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered system for operating and managing observation and communication satellites. The new SatGuard system is designed to extend the life of satellites deployed into orbit
The defence ministers of France, Germany and Spain have finalized the next phase of the NGWS / FCAS (Next Generation Weapon System / Future Combat Air System) program, which should culminate by 2027 with the first flight of a combat aircraft demonstrator. Florence Parly, French Minister of the Armed Forces of France, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Minister of Defense of Germany, and Margarita Robles, Minister of Defense of Spain
South Koreas Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has placed an order for hydrogen powered-drones produced by Doosan Mobility Innovation Inc. The contract valued 831 million won ($737,000) was made under the government's rapid acquisition process
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Airbus is introducing autonomous features to its helicopter Flightlab through a project code-named Vertex. The autonomous technologies set to integrate into the Flightlab are: vision based sensors and algorithms for situational awareness and obstacle detection; fly-by-wire for enhanced auto-pilot; and an advanced human-machine-interface - in the form of a touchscreen and head worn display for inflight monitoring and control
NASAs Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet, today. The solar-powered helicopter first became airborne at 3:34 a
Turkeys first homegrown Medium Range Anti-Ship Missile (MRASM) air-breathing engine TEI-TJ300 broke a world record by reaching 1,342 newtons of impulse force with a diameter of 240 mm. On Friday, Mustafa Varank, the countrys industry and technology minister, shared the
Japan Airlines Co. (JAL) wants to replace jet fuel with alternative fuel for all domestic flights from 2040