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Fincantieri, Barzan Holdings Partner on Anti-Drone Radar for Qatar
October 23, 2024 @ 04:04 AMFincantieri Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Barzan Holdings, a company under the Qatari Ministry of Defense, to develop the Omega360 radar system. This radar will serve as the key sensor in Qatars national anti-drone system
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Airbus, Toshiba to Partner on Superconducting Technologies for Hydrogen-powered Aircraft
October 16, 2024 @ 07:59 AMAirbus UpNext has announced a partnership with Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation to develop superconducting technologies for future hydrogen-powered aircraft. This collaboration seeks to advance the aviation industry's decarbonization efforts, targeting net zero emissions by 2050
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Pratt & Whitney Completes Preliminary Design Review of Hybrid-electric GTF Engine
July 22, 2024 @ 11:26 AMPratt & Whitney completed the preliminary design review for a hybrid-electric propulsion demonstrator engine under the European Union's Clean Aviation SWITCH project. The system integrates Collins Aerospace electric motor generators with a Pratt & Whitney GTF engine, aiming to improve efficiency across all flight phases
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Airbus Launches Superconducting Electric Propulsion Demonstrator for Hydrogen-powered Aircraft
May 23, 2024 @ 11:01 AMAirbus subsidiary, UpNext, has launched a technology demonstrator to accelerate the maturation of superconducting technologies for use in electric propulsion systems of a future hydrogen-powered aircraft. Known as Cryoprop, the new demonstrator will integrate and mature a two megawatt-class superconducting electric propulsion system cooled by liquid hydrogen via a helium re-circulation loop and developed by Airbus teams in Toulouse, France, and Ottobrunn, Germany
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Russia Unveils Portable "Suitcase" to Shield Armored Vehicles from FPV Drones
March 18, 2024 @ 04:54 AMKaysant research and production association in Russia has announced the creation of a compact solution to counter the threat posed by FPV drones to armored vehicles. Alena Balandina, the director of development at Kaysant, revealed to state-owned
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New Battery Extends Puma 3 AE Drone Flight Time to 3 Hours
February 15, 2024 @ 06:00 AMAeroVironment's PS2500 battery has been officially approved for integration into the Puma 3 AE unmanned aircraft system (UAS), providing operators with the capability to achieve extended endurance for up to three hours of flight time. Puma customers can now choose between the standard smart battery with two and a half hours of endurance or the PS2500 battery with three hours of endurance
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Israeli Helicopter, Not Hamas Shot at October 7 Concert Audience
November 9, 2023 @ 11:39 AMA police investigation into the October 7 Hamas attack on the Nova festival in Israel has revealed that an IDF combat helicopter that arrived at the scene from the Ramat David base fired at he Hamas operatives and apparently also hit some of the revelers who were there. While most of 4400 participants who attended fled before the Hamas operatives arrived, 364 people were killed,
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Rheinmetall's F-35 Fuselage Factory- Germany's Gain is Turkey's Loss
July 5, 2023 @ 02:08 PMGerman defense firm Rheinmetalls announcement of a brand-new factory to build some 400 fuselage sections of the F-35 fighter jet is bringing back to Europe what was lost when Washington ejected Turkey from the stealth jet program. Turkish Aerospace and other companies manufactured some 937 parts for the F-35 though not the full fuselage, and were to benefit to the tune of $9 billion over the course of the program
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Collins Aerospace Developing 1MW Generator for Air Force Researchers
June 20, 2023 @ 05:32 AMRTX subsidiary Collins Aerospace is developing a 1 megawatt electric generator for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) as part of its Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission-Capability program. The low-spool generator could have multiple applications for future manned and unmanned military platforms
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RTX Tests Hybrid-electric Propulsion Demonstrator with 1MW Motor
June 19, 2023 @ 11:53 AMRTX said it completed a rated power test of the demonstrator's 1 megawatt (MW) electric motor, developed by Collins Aerospace. The 1MW motor will be combined with a thermal engine, developed by Pratt & Whitney, as part of a hybrid-electric propulsion system that aims to demonstrate a 30 percent improvement in fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions compared to today's advanced regional turboprops
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
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Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
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Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
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