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Hungary Orders Rheinmetall Active Protection System for Lynx IFVs

May 18, 2021 @ 08:27 AM

The 209 new Lynx infantry fighting vehicles recently ordered by Hungary will be equipped with Rheinmetalls StrikeShield hard-kill active protection system (APS) under a new €140 million contract signed. StrikeShield is the third and latest generation of Rheinmetall's Active Defence System (ADS) technology, a specific variant of hard-kill APS
Japan to Develop Spaceships as Intercontinental Passenger Flights by 2040

May 17, 2021 @ 06:25 AM

Japan is gearing up to introduce intercontinental spaceship transportation by 2040 that would allow one to travel between the world's major cities in two hours or faster by utilizing rocket technology. The Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Japan predicts the market for spaceships departing from and arriving in Japan could reach roughly 5 trillion yen (about $46 billion) in 2040
Philippines to Receive Israel-made Fast Missile Boats in 2022

May 16, 2021 @ 03:59 PM

The Philippine Navy (PN) will receive three of a total of 8 fast-attack interdictor craft missile (FAIC-M) boats in early 2022 from Israel Shipyards in a deal worth around PHP10 billion ($503 million). PN chief, Vice Adm
Thales-led Team Demos Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Surveillance Drone

May 15, 2021 @ 05:33 PM

Thales, Drones-Center and ZenT have conducted a demonstration flight with a drone powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology. "Hydrogen drone technology opens up new opportunities in applications such as surveillance of sensitive sites and military facilities
China Second to Land Spacecraft on the Red Planet

May 15, 2021 @ 06:21 AM

An unscrewed Chinese spacecraft landed on the surface of Mars earlier today, making it the second country after the United States to do so. State news agency Xinhua reported that the Tianwen-1 spacecraft landed on a site on a vast plain known as Utopia Planitia in the planets northern hemisphere, "leaving a Chinese footprint on Mars for the first time
Soldiers Can Now Control MQ-1C Gray Eagle via Tablet on Ground

May 15, 2021 @ 05:54 AM

Soldiers on the ground can now control the airstrikes conducted by a MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone via a tablet. On Thursday, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc
China’s J-10C Fighter jet with Domestic WS-10 Taihang Engine Enters Air Force...

May 14, 2021 @ 09:57 AM

Chinas J-10C fighter aircraft with indigenous WS-10 Taihang engines have entered operational service with the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). Images released by China National TV from a PLAAF live shooting exercise at an unspecified location show J-10C ‘Vigorous Dragons with distinctive WS-10B Taihang turbofan engine exhaust nozzles, marking the first time that the WS-10 has been officially seen in an operational J-10
Hamas Using New Rocket Launchers with 120km Range to Attack Israel

May 13, 2021 @ 11:05 AM

The rockets that rained down on Israel on Monday were fired from Hamas new A-120 rocket launchers. The "A-120" is said to have a range of about 120 km and was seen in footage shared by Hamas of a long rocket being loaded by masked terrorists into a launcher in the Gaza Strip
Turkey Tests Armored Vehicle Integrated with New Multiple Launch Rocket System

May 13, 2021 @ 07:57 AM

Turkeys Vuran tactical wheeled armored vehicle integrated with a new multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) hit its target in a test firing. Ismail Demir, the head of Defense Industries Presidency, said in a
Israel Defense Forces Say 1050+ Rockets Fired at the Country

May 12, 2021 @ 08:55 AM

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said today that over 1050 rockets besides drones and missiles were fired across central and Southern Israel in the last 38 hours. Israel carried out hundreds of air strikes in Gaza into Wednesday morning

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