Turkey's Baykar has exported the first model of its latest drone, the Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV). "We have also completed the first export contract of Bayraktar Akıncı UCAV
France and Greece signed the roadmap for the ‘strategic partnership deal forging deeper military relationship between the two countries to defend shared interests in the Mediterranean. “On January 21 during an official trip to Greece, Army General Thierry Burkhard, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, and General Konstantinos Floros, Chief of Staff of the Hellenic Armies, signed the road declaring the strategic partnership of September 28 last year,” the French defense ministry said in a
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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
Russian TV3-117 and VK-2500 Helicopter engines, which have been re-engineered to substitute foreign component with locally-made ones, have come in compliance with Indonesian aviation regulations. Some 30 Mi and Ka type helicopters which use the TV3-117 and VK-2500 engines are in operation in Indonesia
In an informal meeting of the EU foreign and defense ministers held in Brest on 12 and 13 January, the officials decided to adopt the “Strategic Compass” by March 2022. Europes “Strategic Compass” proposes a number of initiatives to enable the European Union to act in the security and defense domain and confront the many challenges impacting European interests
Leonardo has signed over €260M worth contracts with HENSOLDT to help in the development of the Eurofighter Typhoon Jets ECRS Mk1 (European Common Radar System Mk1) E-scan radar, ordered by Germany and Spain. Leonardo will conduct development work on new wideband capabilities and provide core parts of the new radars antenna, APSC (Antenna Power Supply & Control) and its processor, the company said in a release Friday
The 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
Lockheed Martin, Amazon and Cisco will discover ways to integrate human-machine interface technologies into NASA's Orion spacecraft, providing an opportunity to learn how future astronauts could benefit from far-field voice technology, AI and tablet-based video collaboration. The Callisto technology demonstration will be integrated into NASA's Orion spacecraft for the agency's Artemis I uncrewed mission around the Moon and back to Earth
Leonardo completed the acquisition of 25.1% of the shares in HENSOLDT AG, a leading German player in the field of sensors for defence and security applications, with an expanding portfolio in sensors, data management and robotics, for a cash consideration of €606 million