Indian Army has formally inducted the first batch of next-generation Armored Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicles (AERV), indigenously designed and developed by state run firms DRDO and the Pune branch of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). The vehicles were inducted into the Corps of Engineers at a ceremony held at Bombay Engineering Group (BEG), Pune
South Koreas Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced the development of a Combined Military Information Processing System (MIMS-C) system to improve the performance of the existing combined military information distribution system presently deployed in the armed forces. The existing system was first inducted in 2014 and will be obtaining upgrades in the performance of the three-dimensional situation city function, data automatic classification and search function, and interworking ability through performance improvement from this year
Northrop Grumman said today it is teaming up with AVL, Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Michelin to design a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to transport NASAs Artemis astronauts around the lunar surface. “Together with our teammates, we will provide NASA with an agile and affordable vehicle design to greatly enhance human and robotic exploration of the lunar surface to further enable a sustainable human presence on the Moon and, ultimately, Mars,” said Steve Krein, vice president, civil and commercial space, tactical space systems division, Northrop Grumman
Russias Rostec State Corporation announced that the modernized Ka-32A11M fire-fighting helicopter took off for the first time. During 2022-2023, the helicopter, equipped with new engines, electronic equipment and a fire extinguishing system, will have to undergo preliminary and certification tests, after which it will be available for Russian and foreign customers
MBDA inaugurated its new permanent office in Brussels on Tuesday, strengthening its multinational presence close to the institutions of the European Union (EU) and NATO to better support their initiatives towards more European defence co-operation. The EU is making swift progress on enacting its ambitions for European Defence across its institutions
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced that it has begun development of the artillery battalion fire command system performance improvement (BTCS A2) system to improve the performance of systems presently deployed to the army and navy. The project is scheduled to begin in October of 2021 with an investment of 10
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)s SIGMA+ program, in collaboration with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD), recently concluded a three-month-long pilot study with new sensors intended to support early detection and interdictions of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats. The pilot involved integrating highly sensitive chemical, biological, radiological/nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) sensors into several IMPD vehicles and gathering real-world environmental background data over a large part of the Indianapolis metropolitan region, building on a
GE Aviations is partnering with NASA to research advanced engine cores for single-aisle aircraft. As part of NASAs Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC) project, GE Aviation has been awarded multiple cost-share contracts for engine core development valued at more than $20 million when including both NASA and GE investments
AeroVironment announced the successful maritime demonstration of a Puma 3 AE small unmanned aircraft system and Switchblade 300 tactical missile system sensor-to-shooter (S2S) capability as part of NATO REP(MUS) 21, Europes largest maritime unmanned systems operational experimentation exercise. The exercise was hosted at the Portuguese Navy Centre for Operational Experimentation held in Troia, Portugal in September
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