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Airbus to Modernize French, Spanish Tiger Helicopters

March 3, 2022 @ 07:43 AM

European intergovernmental organization OCCAR (Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation) has awarded a contract to Airbus Helicopters for the development, production, and initial in-service support of the Tiger MkIII attack helicopter upgrade program. In 2019, a tri-lateral Global Support Contract was signed by Airbus with OCCAR
Eagle Strike Caused S. Korean F-35A Emergency Landing

March 3, 2022 @ 07:04 AM

South Korea has confirmed that a bird strike to the F-35A fighter forced the pilot to make an emergency belly landing in January. A 10kg eagle hit the jet's left air intake and penetrated a bulkhead into its weapons bay, damaging its hydraulic duct and power supply wiring that affected its navigation system and landing gear operation,
U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin Postpones Test of Minuteman III Missile

March 3, 2022 @ 04:44 AM

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Russian Tu-22M3 Strategic Bomber Dropped 16 Precision Missiles on Kharkiv: Ukrainian MoD

March 2, 2022 @ 11:24 AM

Russian strategic bomber Tu-22M3 has fired 16 precision missiles at targets in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv destroying civilian targets, claimed Ukraine's defense ministry. The attack on Ukrainian city took place on February 28
BAE Systems Demos Manned-Unmanned Teaming Capabilities in Flight Test

March 2, 2022 @ 06:46 AM

BAE Systems and the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defenses Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) completed flight test of advanced Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) technology at a Department of Defense flight test range. The technology enables the rapid infusion of new payloads and platforms into the fleet to quickly enhance mission effectiveness and counter adversary technology
Raytheon to Supply Payload for Lockheed Martin’s Missile Warning Satellite System

March 2, 2022 @ 06:07 AM

Lockheed Martin has selected Raytheon Technologies Corporation to provide a second mission payload for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Block 0 missile warning satellite system – also known as NGG. Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman Corporation are each already on contract to provide one mission payload for the three-satellite procurement
U.S. Navy’s USS Gerald R. Ford Prepares for 1st Deployment After Inaugural...

March 2, 2022 @ 05:12 AM

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced today that the companys Newport News Shipbuilding division completed the first planned incremental availability (PIA) for the U.S
Ukrainian General Dies in Strike by Russian, Rebel Forces, Kyiv TV Tower...

March 1, 2022 @ 05:33 PM

In what seems like the first high ranking Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) casualty, a General attached to the UAF's operational-tactical group (OTG) was killed during a strike at the OTG facility in Donetsk by Russian forces besides Peoples' Militia of the Luhansk and Donetsk republics. The high-ranking officer killed was identified as the commander of the OTG North General Krasilnikov, Interfax reported quoting Eduard Basurin, a representative of the People's Militia of the Donetsk Peoples Republic (DPR)
Indian Navy Receives SMASH Fire Control Systems from Israel

March 1, 2022 @ 12:23 PM

Israeli firm SMART SHOOTER said it completed delivery of SMASH fire control systems to the Indian Navy recently. The company will present its SMASH family of fire control systems at the DefExpo exhibition in Gandhinagar Gujarat, India, in a joint stand with its local partner for Make In India – Defsys Solutions Pvt Ltd
Italy Signs €380M Technical-Logistical Support Contact for C-130J Fleet

March 1, 2022 @ 08:09 AM

The Italian Ministry of Defenses Aeronautical Armaments and Airworthiness Directorate (DAAA) recently approved a contract for the technical-logistical support of the Air Forces C-130J Super Hercules airlifter fleet. The agreement, which lasts five years and is worth a total of €380 million, was signed on Jan

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