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Hungary’s Gripen Fleet to Get MS20 Block 2 Capability Upgrades

January 13, 2022 @ 05:07 AM

Saab will be delivering MS20 Block 2 capability upgrades to Hungarys Gripen fighter aircraft which includes upgrading their radars, enhancing Link 16 functionality and enabling them to carry more weapons. On Thursday, Saab said the Hungarian Government Commissioner Office responsible for defence development and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) successfully completed the negotiations for the MS20 Block 2 capability upgrade to the Hungarian fleet of Gripen jets
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
French Army Trains Chadian Soldiers on 82mm Mortar Use

January 10, 2022 @ 05:46 AM

The armored operational instruction detachment (DIO) of the French forces in Gabon trained Chadian soldiers on the operation of 82 mm mortars ahead of their mission in Mali scheduled in few months. The training took place in the capital NDjamena from November 29 to December 18
First Flight of NASA’s X-59 ‘Quiet’ SuperSonic Aircraft in 2022, Ground Tests...

January 7, 2022 @ 09:38 AM

The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft (QueSST) developed by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will make its first flight by the end of this year. Following the X-planes temporary move from Lockheed Martins Skunk Works in California to their facilities in Texas, the X-59 is set to start 2022 with critical ground testing, the space agency said in a recent release
Thales Wins French MoD’s Air Surveillance Systems Support Contract

January 7, 2022 @ 08:43 AM

The French defence ministrys aeronautical maintenance directorate (DMAé) on Thursday awarded Thales a ten-year contract under the VASSCO programme to provide through-life support for the principal components of the national air command and control system (SCCOA). Thales said its main responsibilities include: performance-based logistics support sustainment for the SCCOA system to meet the requirements of the French armed forces; management and coordination of some 15 companies and organisations involved in logistics support for the SCOAA system, including CS Group and the French defence ministrys military aircraft maintenance service (SIAé); and provision of a 360° picture of critical systems status and through-life...
Bell Boeing Wins $1.64B for Osprey Aircraft Components

January 7, 2022 @ 06:00 AM

The U.S
Upgraded L-39NG Jet has Thrice the Lifespan than the L-39 Albatross

January 7, 2022 @ 05:41 AM

The new L-39NG jet would have three times longer lifespan the original L-39 Albatross, recent fatigue tests conducted by Aero Vodochody show. The aircraft successfully passed difficult fatigue tests of five lifespans simulation
HII Demos Open Architecture Autonomy Integration Capability with Sea Machines’ SM300

January 5, 2022 @ 05:17 PM

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Technical Solutions division announced successful integration of its advanced autonomy solutions with Sea Machines Robotics SM300 autonomy product. The integration of these autonomous capabilities supports complex mission planning and collaboration between unmanned systems
F-35 Program Delivers 142 Aircraft in 2021

January 4, 2022 @ 09:29 AM

Lockheed Martin and partners have handed over 142 F-35 fighters to the United States military and its allies in 2021. In 2021, two new countries – Switzerland and Finland – selected the F-35 for their new fighter jet programs
U.A.E. Orders DIRCM, Airborne EW Self Protection Systems from Israel’s Elbit Systems...

January 4, 2022 @ 04:47 AM

Elbit Systems Emirates Limited based in the U.A

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