NASAs Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet, today. The solar-powered helicopter first became airborne at 3:34 a
Taiwan launched the first of a new 10,000-ton class of multimission amphibious ships Yu Shan at the shipyard of the state-owned shipbuilder CSBC Corporation in Kaohsiung port city on Tuesday. This ship will be delivered to the Navy in 2022
Canada has scrapped the export of drone technology to Turkey after it found that some of the Canadian-made systems had been used by the Azerbaijani side in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as well as in Syria. Defence export permits to Turkey were suspended by Canada in early October when reports surfaced that Azerbaijan, a country that was backed by Ankara, was using drones equipped with imaging and targeting systems manufactured by L3Harris Wescam, the Canada-based unit of L3Harris Technologies Inc
Northrop Grumman said it will integrate the latest version of Department of the Navys Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (DoN LAIRCM) systems onto U.S
The UK Royal Navy's Type 23 frigates could be equipped with "ship-killing" SEA SERPENT missiles produced by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Thales. "IAI & Thales UK have joined forces to offer SEA SERPENT the most advanced ship-launched anti-surface missile in the free world to equip the Royal Navy Type 23 frigates with an anti-ship and anti-surface missile that can strike targets at ranges significantly in excess of 200km," IAI announced Tuesday
The first P-8A Poseidon fuselage for Norway arrived today at Boeing facilities in Renton, Washington, from Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas, for assembly. A derivative of the Boeing 737 Next-Generation commercial aircraft, the P-8 is first assembled at Boeing Commercial Airplanes 737 production line, where the fuselage receives additional wiring and systems needed to support military components, equipment and operation
Russias Rubin Central Design Bureau has developed perhaps the worlds first patrol ship with a diving capability so that it functions like a submarine for a short time, TASS reported quoting Rubins press service
Youth Daily News, a publication run by the Taiwan Defense ministrys Political Warfare Bureau released images of a secret radar that can detect stealth aircraft- presumably aimed at Chinas J-20 aircraft. The article has since been deleted but not before it caused considerable uproar within the ministry and reportedly angered Minister of National Defense Chiu Kuo-cheng
HENSOLDT UK said it is delivering Kelvin Hughes Mk11 X Band SharpEye navigation radars to be equipped on two Polish Navy Kormoran II-class minehunters. ORP Albatros and ORP Mewa were built by PGZ Stocznia Wojenna Shipyard in Gdynia, Poland
Russias Ruselectronics Holding has started deliveries of newly developed reconnaissance systems that can be fitted on all types of aircraft including drones. The BKR system has been produced by Vega Concerns Kulon Research Institute