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55 Chinese Sailors Feared Dead After Submarine Gets ‘Caught in Trap’
October 4, 2023 @ 09:41 AMAt least fifty-five Chinese sailors are believed to have lost their lives after their nuclear submarine apparently became ensnared in a trap intended for British sub-surface vessels in the Yellow Sea. According to a confidential UK report cited by the
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Boeing Selects RTX for X-66A NASA Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Project
October 4, 2023 @ 07:17 AMBoeing has chosen RTX as a partner for NASA's project aimed at enhancing fuel efficiency and reducing emissions in future aircraft through the use of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) concept. RTX will collaborate with Boeing to develop the X-66A flight demonstrator, which is part of NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project
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Croatia Receives First of 12 Second-hand Rafale Jets
October 3, 2023 @ 12:37 PMCroatia has officially taken delivery of its first Dassault Rafale fighter jet from France, part of a 12-aircraft acquisition aimed at modernizing its air force. The handover took place at a French Air Force base, with the remaining six jets set for arrival in 2025
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Estonia Pressured to Buy 'Obsolete' U.S.-made ATACMS Missiles
October 3, 2023 @ 07:28 AMEstonia is facing mounting pressure to purchase MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles from the United States, despite the fact that the U.S
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F-16 Aircraft Backlog at 148, close to F-35's 156 on Order
October 2, 2023 @ 11:45 AMThe order backlog of F-16 Block 70 fighter jet stands at 148 aircraft, close to the F-35s order book position of 156 which is nearing the maximum production capacity of their manufacturer, Lockheed Martin. The company on Friday announced the successful flight of the first Slovakian F-16 Block 70, the first for a European country
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BAE Systems Wins UK MoD’s $4.8B AUKUS Submarine Deal
October 2, 2023 @ 10:39 AMThe UK Ministry of Defence has given BAE Systems £3.95 billion for the next phase of the SSN-AUKUS nuclear-powered attack submarine program
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Putin Asks Wagner Group to Form Volunteer Corps, Return to Combat Duty...
September 29, 2023 @ 11:02 AMRussian President Vladimir Putin has directed the Wagner Group to establish volunteer units for executing combat missions in Ukraine. Retired colonel Andrei Troshev, formerly the chief of staff of the Wagner group, has been assigned the responsibility of organizing these volunteer units, TASS reported During a meeting with Troshev and Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Evkurov, Putin underscored the significance of these units in executing a variety of combat tasks, particularly within the special military operation zone
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Airbus to Use Wind-assisted Propulsion in Ship that Transports A320 Sub-assemblies
September 29, 2023 @ 10:49 AMAirbus said it will retrofit one of the chartered vessels that transports A320 sub-assemblies with wind-assisted propulsion technology. The eSAIL, developed by the Spain-based firm bound4blue, creates as much as six to seven times more lift than a conventional rigid sail
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Not Philippines, We Removed the Floating Barrier in South China Sea: Chinese...
September 28, 2023 @ 07:33 AMThe Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) has removed a floating barrier it placed near an island in the Philippines exclusive economic zone (EEZ) while denying that its Philippines counterpart did so. In an
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Hensoldt to Equip U.S. Coast Guard’s Cutters with Radars
September 27, 2023 @ 11:25 AMHENSOLDT is equipping the US Coast Guards “Legend” class National Security Cutter (NSC) with its proven TRS-3D multi-mode naval radar. The U
Ukraine, Poland Sign Defense Deal on Ammunition, Vehicles, Artillery, Air Defense
Germany Orders Israeli PULS Rocket Launcher Artillery System
Germany Signs €3.1B Contract for Future Soldier Systems
Australia to Soon Receive 2 MQ-4C Triton Drones
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