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Raytheon Completes 1st Engine Run of Regional Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrator
December 21, 2022 @ 12:06 PMRaytheon announced the first engine run of the regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator, marking a key milestone towards flight testing, targeted to begin in 2024. The propulsion system's initial run took place at Pratt & Whitney's innovation facility in Longueuil, Quebec and performed as expected
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Lithuania to Acquire Long Range Switchblade 600 Loitering Drones
December 21, 2022 @ 07:15 AMLithuania wants to Switchblade 600 loitering munitions produced by American company AeroVironment. “Yes, in the coming days, another contract with the manufacturer will be signed, in this case for the Switchblade 600
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Rostec Develops Hybrid Engine Demonstrator for Helicopters, Drones
December 20, 2022 @ 01:15 PMRostecs United Engine Corporation has created a 100 kW hybrid power plant (HPU) demonstrator that can be used in advanced aircraft, including light multi-purpose helicopters and drones. During the first tests, the correctness of the adopted technical solutions was confirmed
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Blackouts, Fire in Kyiv after Russia Attacks with 35 Iran-made Drones
December 20, 2022 @ 10:41 AMRussias Iran-supplied drones targeted Kyiv region overnight, causing fairly serious" damage to infrastructure and leaving some areas without power. Air raid sirens and then a number of explosions woke residents in Kyiv in the early hours of Monday morning in what is Moscow's third air attack on the city in six days
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Thai Navy to Salvage Sunken Corvette
December 19, 2022 @ 05:36 PMThe Thai Navy plans to salvage the corvette, HTMS Sukhothai that sank in the Gulf of Thailand Sunday night leaving 31 sailors missing and 75 rescued.Navy Chief Admiral Chomchoengpaet was quoted as saying in the local media that the the part of the sea where the corvette sank was only 40 meters deep and that salvage operations would begin once the rescue operations were over
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Turkish Akinci UCAV Test-Fires Air-to-Ground Supersonic Missile
December 19, 2022 @ 03:36 PMTurkeys first air-to-ground supersonic missile, the TRG-230, fired from Akinci hit its target 100 km away. “Bayraktar AKINCI hit the target with the TRG-230 UAV, Türkiyes first supersonic missile developed by Roketsan, from a distance of 100km,” Baykar CTO Selcuk Bayraktar confirmed in a
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French DGA Awards €3.2B Contracts for FCAS Fighter Development
December 19, 2022 @ 07:31 AMThe French General Directorate for Armament (DGA) has awarded to Dassault Aviation, Airbus, Indra, EUMET and their industrial partners € 3.2 billion for the Demonstrator Phase 1B of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS)
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Chinese Coast Guard 'Forcefully' Took Away Rocket Debris that Fell on Philippines...
December 17, 2022 @ 11:48 AMPhilippines Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has protested a recent incident involving the Chinese Coast Guard which forcefully took a rocket debris from the Navy off the Pag-asa Island. The protest was lodged on Dec
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U.S. Navy’s Carl M. Levin Destroyer Clear’s Acceptance Trials
December 16, 2022 @ 08:28 AMThe U.S
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Turkey’s Unmanned Fighter Makes First Flight
December 15, 2022 @ 11:44 AMTurkeys uncrewed fighter jet Kızılelma (“Red Apple”) carried out its maiden flight Wednesday. “Our 20-year dream in our national drone adventure has come true today! Bayraktar Kizilelma, Turkeys first unmanned warplane, made its first flight,” Baykars chief technology officer (CTO) Selçuk Bayraktar shared on
Netherlands Becomes Launch Customer for Pilatus PC-7 MKX Trainers
KNDS, Safran to Develop Land Robotics for France
U.S. Approves $7.41B Sale of Missiles, Smart Bombs to Israel
Argentina, Paraguay Sign Pact to Boost Border Security, Combat Transnational Crime
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U