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Turkeys ‘Aksungur medium-altitude, long-endurance drone hit a test target 30 km away with a new domestically made missile, Chairperson of the Defense Industries Presidency (SSB) Ismail Demir announced Sunday. The new projectile, named KGK-SIHA-82, weighs 340 kilograms (750 pounds), and was fired by the UAV the first time, Ismail Demir wrote on his official Twitter account
Turkeys Akinci combat drone has for the first time fired MAM laser-guided smart munitions manufactured by Roketsan. On Thursday, Selcuk Bayraktar, chief technology officer (CTO) tweeted that Akinci hit its target accurately
The Flight Safety Service (FSS) of the Russian Ministry of Defense together with Rostec Subsidiary, JSC RT-Techpriemka plan to introduce advanced machine learning in the production and operation of military aircraft. The use of artificial intelligence will make it possible to carry out long-term planning of product quality and predict the need for equipment repair with high accuracy
Lockheed Martin announced a new line of mid-size tactical Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) satellites on Monday. The company is pitching the new satellite- about the size of a small refrigerator- as an alternative to tactical surveillance platforms like airplanes and drones
Russias MiG Corporation said it is equipping its MiG-35 fighter jets with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered target recognition system. The MiG-35 Generation 4++ multirole fighter aircraft is further development of MiG-29K/KUB and MiG-29M/M2 airplanes
Japan Coast Guard (JCG) will expand its fleet with two new H225 helicopters, taking its total Super Puma fleet up to 17, comprising two AS332s and 15 H225s. The largest Super Puma operator in Japan received its tenth H225 in February this year
The US Department of Defense (DoD) Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) has selected Israeli SMART SHOOTER, to develop a solution for its Individual Weapon Overmatch Optic (IWOO) project. Last November, SMART SHOOTER completed the IWOO Critical Design Review and will now move to prototype production with delivery of the first functional system next year
Turkeys Bayraktar TB2 drone hit a target at the longest range to date with smart ammunition in a naval drill held in the Eastern Mediterranean last week. The drone included in Turkeys Naval Forces Command (DzKK) inventory fired MAM-L laser-guided mini smart ammunition during a Blue Homeland 2021 tactical exercise
Israeli company Semi Conductor Devices (SCD) will lead a National Consortium for the development of next generation Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSEL). The consortium is supported by the Israeli Innovation Authority through its MAGNET Consortium program