Chinas FH-95 electronic warfare UAV, developed by the Aerospace Times Feihong Technology Co (ATFTC) under the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC), recently passed performance test held at an undisclosed test base. The FH-95 series drone has a ton-class takeoff weight, can carry more than 250kg of a wide selection of mission payloads, and has an endurance of more than 24 hours, allowing the operator to conduct complex combat missions including comprehensive reconnaissance in highly contested battlefield environments, as well as electronic warfare and pinpoint elimination, Beijing-based magazine Unmanned Vehicles reported on Monday
Airbus has tested a removable firefighting demonstrator kit on the A400M new generation airlifter during a flight test campaign in Spain. The test campaign took place in daylight conditions with a minimum operating height of 150ft, flight speeds as low as 125 knots and drops involving up to 20 tons of water from the current tank in less than 10 seconds
Russias Rostec-owned Ruselectronics holding has developed electronic components to replace American-made communications equipment of SSJ-100 Superjet and MC-21 aircraft. The technical parameters of the new devices make it possible to completely replace American products in the on-board radio communication equipment, state-owned Rostec said in a
BAE Systems unveiled two new unmanned aircraft concepts at this year's Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) being held at the Royal Air Force's (RAF) base at Fairford in the United Kingdom. The first of BAE's newly revealed designs, currently referred to as the
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DARPAs Operational Fires (OpFires) program that aims to develop a ground-based hypersonic missile system has successfully executed its first flight test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The OpFires system achieved all test objectives, including first ever use of a U
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BAE Systems Robotic Technology Demonstrator (RTD) fired laser-guided rockets at multiple ground targets, with a human decision in the loop, during the U.S
The Pentagon announced the sale of Puma 3 AE Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to the U.S
Russia's Shipunov Instrument Design Bureau has revealed a new version of the Pantsir-SM air defense system (ADS) called Pantsir-SM-TBM that does away with its 30mm cannons and radar; instead it doubles the number of missiles to 24 besides receiving targeting data from networked sources.A scale model of the new system was displayed at the "Engineers of the Future," forum in Tula, Russia this week