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Thyssenkrupp Delivers Fourth F125 Frigate to German BAAINBw
January 31, 2022 @ 05:22 AMThyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) handed over the fourth and final F125 frigate “RHEINLAND-PFALZ” to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) in Hamburg last week. With that, all four ships of the F125 class, which TKMS built together with the NVL Group in the ARGE F125 consortium, have been successfully delivered, the company said in a release
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Russian Researcher in Germany Charged with Passing Ariane Rocket Secrets to Russia
January 29, 2022 @ 05:14 AMA Russian scientist working at a Bavarian university has been accused of sharing sensitive information about Europes Ariane space rocket program with Moscow. German prosecutors charged the man, Ilnur N
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U.S. F-35C Crashes While Landing on Supercarrier in South China Sea...
January 25, 2022 @ 06:15 AMSeven sailors were injured after an American F-35C Lightning II jet crashed on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson supercarrier in the South China Sea. The crash is the first for an F-35C, the Navy's variant of the single-engine stealth fighter, designed for operations off aircraft carriers
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DARPA to Develop Robust Optical Clocks to Replace GPS Atomic Clocks
January 21, 2022 @ 09:23 AMThe U.S
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UAC Shareholders Approve Sukhoi, MiG Merger
January 21, 2022 @ 06:54 AMShareholders of the Russian state-owned United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) approved the merger of two subsidiary aircraft manufacturing companies, JSC Sukhoi Company and JSC RAC MiG, into UAC. The majority of shareholders voted for the reorganization of UAC in the form of joining Sukhoi and MiG to it during an extraordinary meeting of shareholders held on January 17, 2022
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DARPA to Test Autonomous Vehicles that Drive as Well as Humans
January 14, 2022 @ 01:01 PMThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will soon start testing unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) on par with human-piloted vehicles being built under the Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program. The DARPA RACER programs goal is to develop and demonstrate autonomy technologies that enable unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to maneuver in unstructured off-road terrain at the limit of the vehicles mechanical systems and at, or beyond, human-driven speeds and efficiencies
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Rheinmetall Bags German Police's Anti-riot Vehicle Contract
January 13, 2022 @ 01:34 PMRheinmetall will be equipping the German Federal Police and State-level public order police units with new special response vehicle, the ‘Survivor R.” In a statement Thursday, Rheinmetall said the procurement agency of Germanys Federal Interior Ministry contracted with the Düsseldorf-based technology group to supply a fleet of new all-terrain, protected multipurpose Survivor R special response vehicles, to be known as the “Sonderwagen 5”
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DARPA Picks Teams to Develop Lightweight, Enhanced Night Vision Goggles
January 13, 2022 @ 05:13 AMThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected 10 industry and university research teams for the Enhanced Night Vision in Eyeglass Form (ENVision) program. Current night vision (NV) systems are bulky and heavy, resulting in a significant torque on the wearers neck
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Hungary’s Gripen Fleet to Get MS20 Block 2 Capability Upgrades
January 13, 2022 @ 05:07 AMSaab 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
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Israeli Pilots Killed in Eurocopter AS565 Panther Helicopter Crash, Helos Grounded
January 4, 2022 @ 05:12 AMTwo Israeli Defense Force (IDF) pilots were killed when the Eurocopter AS565 Panther (Atalef) helicopter they were flying in crashed Monday night. The accident took place while the pilots were training off the coast of the northern city of Haifa
Polish F-16 Fires Missile at House While Aiming for Russian Drone
U.S. Approves 12 F-16 Jets Sale to Peru worth $3.42B
Gulf States to Activate Joint Defense Mechanisms Following Israeli Bombing of Qatar
Lockheed Martin to Upgrade ROKAF F-16 Simulators to F-16V Standard
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...