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China's Carrier-Borne J-15 Jets Qualified for Night-time Buddy-refueling

July 28, 2020 @ 04:46 PM

China's J-15 carrier borne jets have completed a set of night-time buddy refueling that will increase their range and operational flexibility by a fair margin. Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navy said these operations involving J-15s were held at night for the first time
Five IAF Rafale Jets take off From France for India

July 27, 2020 @ 12:09 PM

Five Indian Air Force (IAF) Rafale Jets operated by IAF pilots took off from Dassault Aviation Mérignac facility to ferry to Ambala Air Force Station for entering service in N0 17 Squadron “Golden Arrows”. They are expected to arrive in their home base of Ambala on July 29
Some 90 Chinese Nuclear Scientists Resign

July 27, 2020 @ 03:57 AM

State Council of the Peoples Republic of China has set up a team to investigate to probe the recent resignation of over 90 nuclear security scientists at a Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology (INEST). In a statement, CAS said last week that the team consisting of officials from the State Council's general office, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the CAS and other departments, will be sent to Hefei, Anhui province, to investigate the situation
Heron TP UAV for Germany Completes First FLight

July 26, 2020 @ 01:56 PM

The first Heron TP UAV, meant for supply to Germany, produced by Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) completed its first flight in Israel today. The UAV was modified according to the requirements of the German Ministry of Defense (MoD) as per an agreement signed with the Israeli MoD in June 2018
Navantia Shipyard Launches first Avanti 2200 Corvette for Saudi Navy

July 24, 2020 @ 01:48 PM

Spanish Navantia Shipyard launched the first of five corvettes for the Saudi Royal Navy launched a new warship as part of a joint project with Spain to build five vessels. The Avanti 2200 Corvette was inaugurated at the Navantia shipyard in San Fernando, Spain
USAF Taps Four Companies to Build AI-Enabled Skyborg Drone

July 24, 2020 @ 04:43 AM

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UK, Sweden & Italy to Collaborate in Developing Future Combat Air Capabilities

July 22, 2020 @ 05:03 PM

The United Kingdom, Sweden and Italy have begun trilateral industry discussions to strengthen collaboration between the three nations, as they develop future combat air capability. The new trilateral framework sees industry from the three nations bringing together their skills and expertise in the combat air sector to collaborate on the research and development of cutting-edge technologies
Raytheon to Develop Advanced GNSS Anti-Jamming Tech for UK

July 22, 2020 @ 11:16 AM

Raytheon was selected by the UK MoD Defence Equipment and Support office to develop a prototype system to exploit position navigation and timing information derived from Global Navigation Satellite Systems. Under the contract, Raytheon UKs Assured Positioning Navigation and Timing business will deliver a Technology Demonstrator Programme, with advanced multi-element Anti-Jam technology, to prove the integration of the A-J with a next-generation multi-GNSS receiver to both accelerate and de-risk the availability of such systems to end users
DARPA Progresses on Active Flow Control Based FX-Plane Design

July 22, 2020 @ 08:55 AM

DARPA has selected three contractors to work on the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) program, which aims to demonstrate an FX-aircraft design based on active flow control (AFC). The goal is to demonstrate significant efficiency benefits of AFC, as well as improvements in aircraft cost, weight, performance, and reliability
US Army Invites Bids to Replace Iconic M-2 Bradley tank

July 18, 2020 @ 05:22 AM

The US Army has issued a draft request for proposals (RFP) seeking digital designs of a potentially manned-unmanned tank meant to replace the iconic M-2 Bradley tank in service for several decades. From the digital designs, up to five contractors will be chosen to compete in a preliminary design review of the vehicle, which the US Army calls as the ‘Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV)

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