In response to the recent military exercise conducted by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), Taiwans defense ministry has publicly disclosed footage captured by its F-16 aircraft equipped with Sniper Pods. The footage showcases an F-16 monitoring a J-16 fighter jet and an H-6 bomber as they entered Taiwans Air Defense Identification Zones (ADIZ)
The Eastern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China has released a 3D animation depicting a missile strike on Taiwan, according to reports. The video, posted on the command's official Weibo account, features a mix of real footage and computer-generated imagery showing the launch of various missiles by PHL-03 multiple rocket launchers, DF-16 mobile short medium-range ballistic missile systems, H-6 strategic bombers, fighter jets, and Project 054A frigates
Rheinmetall has finalized a contract with BAE Systems Bofors AB, a Swedish company, to supply 48 all-terrain HX Cab Chassis with protected cabins. These mobile 8x8 military vehicles, manufactured by Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV), will be utilized as carriers for the Swedish Armed Forces' Archer artillery systems
Airbus subsidiary, UpNext, has launched a technology demonstrator to accelerate the maturation of superconducting technologies for use in electric propulsion systems of a future hydrogen-powered aircraft. Known as Cryoprop, the new demonstrator will integrate and mature a two megawatt-class superconducting electric propulsion system cooled by liquid hydrogen via a helium re-circulation loop and developed by Airbus teams in Toulouse, France, and Ottobrunn, Germany
A research initiative at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst aims to improve safety and efficiency on ship flight decks by developing an algorithm to automate aircraft tracking. The project, known as Night Operations Character Transcription & Recognition for Naval Aircraft Logistics (
In a demonstration of its airborne nuclear deterrent capability, the French Air Force conducted a test firing of the improved, nuclear-capable ASMPA-R medium-range supersonic air-to-surface missile from a Rafale B aircraft on May 22. During the test firing, an ASMPA-R missile (without a nuclear warhead) was launched by a Rafale B of the French Air and Space Force as part of the DURANDAL operation, aimed at representing a strategic raid
Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, has completed the conceptual design review for a high-speed, vertical lift X-plane and has been selected to progress to the preliminary design review phase. This development is part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program called Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT)
Safran Electrical & Power announced today that it has signed an agreement with Bell Textron Inc. to provide starter-generation systems for the U
Teledyne FLIR, a division of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, has unveiled its newest mid-wave infrared (MWIR) imaging module, the Neutrino SX8-ISR 35-700. The model, notable for being ITAR-free, combines a high-resolution 1280x1024 camera module with a continuous zoom (CZ) lens, aimed at integrators developing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems
Japan has dispatched a defense official to the U.S