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Rolls-Royce announced today that its all-electric ‘Spirit of Innovation aircraft is officially the worlds fastest all-electric aircraft, having set two new world records which have now been independently confirmed. At 15
The Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT successfully completed Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) mission profile test flights, including confined area landings and low-level flight operations. These flights validate DEFIANTs relevancy to the Armys mission, providing agility at the objective (also known as the “X”), and increased survivability, all while reducing pilot workload, Boeing said in a release
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) will fully unveil Hürjet advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft in two months. TAI head Temel Kotil told
The French Ministry of the Armed Forces Directorate of Aeronautical Maintenance (DMAé) recently awarded Dassault Aviation a contract to support the Mirage 2000 fleet of the French Air and Space Force (FASF). Covering a period of 14 years, the BALZAC contract includes all maintenance activities for the French Mirage 2000s until their retirement
Stratolaunch LLCs Roc – the biggest airplane in the world in terms of wingspan – made its successful third flight on Sunday. Roc is the worlds largest aircraft, with a 385 ft
Thales launched TrustNest Restricted, Frances first and only private cloud platform approved to handle "restricted level" information, on Thursday. Frances chief of defence procurement, Joël Barre, recently visited Thaless Digital Factory for a demonstration of this first restricted level cloud solution and its secure videoconferencing, voice, messaging and document sharing services
Saab will be delivering MS20 Block 2 capability upgrades to Hungarys Gripen fighter aircraft which includes upgrading their radars, enhancing Link 16 functionality and enabling them to carry more weapons. On Thursday, Saab said the Hungarian Government Commissioner Office responsible for defence development and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) successfully completed the negotiations for the MS20 Block 2 capability upgrade to the Hungarian fleet of Gripen jets
Production activities for the first of 2 new-generation submarines, as part of the U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) acquisition program of the Italian Navy, started January 11 at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard, Fincantieri has announced. The program, which also envisages relevant in-service support, an option for 2 additional units, as well as the creation of a Training Center, is led by OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en matiere dArmement, the international organization for joint armament cooperation), in line with the most innovative management procedures, through life management and risk management
Integrated swarm technology developed by a Raytheon BBN-led team under DARPAs fifth OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) project enabled a single operator to control tens of drones. The swarm – composed of 130 physical drone platforms and 30 simulated drone platforms – was controlled by the operator in both indoors and outdoors in an urban setting