Chinese media on Monday revealed a new conventional submarine believed to be that of the Type 039 with improvements that include stealth features. The submarine is believed to be an improvement over the Type 039A and 039B; local media predicted this could be a Type039C submarine because of its unique angled sail
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Leonardo and BAE Systems announced UK-Italy collaboration on developing a demonstrator aircraft as part of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme at the Farnborough Airshow. This approach allows the companies of the two countries to identify shared areas of collaboration and begin joint analysis on possible activities of shared interest, after the two companies reached a collaboration agreement within the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme
Leonardo will develop a Sample Transfer Arm for NASA and European Space Agencys (ESA) Mars Sample Return mission under an agreement signed at the Farnborough International Airshow. The mission to return samples of the Martian surface back to Earth for the first time will see a 2
The Airbus A330 MRTT has become the worlds first tanker to be certified for automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) boom operations in daylight after testing with the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF). Certified by the Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA), this capability is part of the new SMART MRTT developed by Airbus
Embraer and BAE Systems agreed to jointly develop a defence variant of Eves electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle. At the Farnborough Airshow, two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed between the two companies
A new supersonic aircraft tailored to provide quick-reaction capabilities will be offered through a collaborative agreement between Northrop Grumman and Boom Supersonic signed Tuesday. The agreement to together propose special mission variants of Booms Overture supersonic aircraft was finalized at the Farnborough International Air Show
European MBDA presented at the Farnborough Airshow its vision for weapon effects optimisation in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS). As part of its involvement in the FCAS programme, MBDA is developing a Weapon Effects Management System
The Moroccan Forces Royales Air have ordered a fleet of Airbus H135s for military primary training missions. The light twin-engine H135, a reference helicopter in the segment, will be used for training pilots to perform a wide array of demanding missions including utility and search and rescue
British laser weapon Dragonfire designed under Laser Directed Energy Programme (LDEW) led by MBDA, has successfully begun a series of trials. The first of these trials recently conducted by the Dragonfire consortium – a joint industry and UK MOD collaboration between MBDA, Leonardo, QinetiQ and Dstl – at low power proved the system can track air and sea targets