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Russian Navy to Receive Special-purpose Sub with Nuclear-armed drones in Summer

January 26, 2022 @ 01:04 PM

The Russian Navy is set to receive The Project 09852 special-purpose nuclear-powered submarine Belgorod in the summer of 2022. "The delivery of the Belgorod nuclear-powered submarine to the Navy is scheduled for the summer of 2022
U.S. F-35C Crashes While Landing on Supercarrier in South China Sea...

January 25, 2022 @ 06:15 AM

Seven 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
Russian Navy Received Two Nuclear, One Large Diesel Submarine in Late 2021

January 21, 2022 @ 11:51 AM

The Russian Navy has received two nuclear and one large diesel submarine in the final quarter of 2021. The submarines delivered are the Project 885M nuclear-powered submarine Novosibirsk, the Project 955A nuclear-powered strategic sub Knyaz Oleg and the Project 636
Ukrainian Army Orders RS-80 Unguided Air-to-Air Missiles

January 15, 2022 @ 11:43 AM

A new contract has been signed between Artem State Joint-Stock Company, a subsidiary of Ukroboronprom and the Ukrainian defense ministry for the production of a large batch of unguided RS-80 air-to-air missiles. Under the current contract, the number of missiles is five times higher than the order that Artem fulfilled last year
Modernized Russian Tu-160M Strategic Bomber Performs First Flight

January 12, 2022 @ 03:12 PM

Russia's Tu-160M strategic bomber, the heavily modernized version of the Soviet era Tu-160 long range bomber, today undertook its first flight marking the potential of the aircraft to carry latest weapons such as hypersonic missiles. The aircraft took off from the airfield of the Kazan Aviation Plant, a Tupolev branch of the United Aircraft Corporation
Fincantieri Starts Construction of Italian Navy’s First NFS Submarine

January 12, 2022 @ 05:39 AM

Production activities for the first of 2 new-generation submarines, as part of the U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) acquisition program of the Italian Navy, started January 11 at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard, Fincantieri has announced. The program, which also envisages relevant in-service support, an option for 2 additional units, as well as the creation of a Training Center, is led by OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en matiere dArmement, the international organization for joint armament cooperation), in line with the most innovative management procedures, through life management and risk management
U.S., Japan to Work on Counter-Hypersonic Technology

January 7, 2022 @ 06:47 AM

The United States and Japan will soon sign a deal on collaborating more closely in R&D of defense-related technologies, including ways to counter threats from hypersonic weapons. This was announced ahead of January 6-7 virtual U
N.Korea Confirms it Tested ‘Hypersonic Missile’

January 6, 2022 @ 09:43 AM

North Korea said it today it conducted tests of a hypersonic missile on Wednesday, three months after it launched a similar missile. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party expressed “great satisfaction” at the results of the missile test observed by leading weapons officials
China Tests World’s Most Powerful Sterling Engine for Submarine Propulsion

December 23, 2021 @ 12:42 PM

China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC) recently tested the basic prototype of the countrys first large-bore Stirling engine, touted to be the worlds most powerful, with applications in submarine propulsion. The prototype ran at a rated power of 320 kilowatts with a power conversion efficiency of 40%, making it the most powerful Stirling engine known around the globe, the company announced on its WeChat account on Tuesday
U.S. Approves $1.3B Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System Sale for France’s Proposed Aircraft...

December 22, 2021 @ 02:06 AM

The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to France of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG), and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.321 billion

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