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Europe Picks SpaceRISE Consortium for Deploying Sovereign IRIS² Satellite Constellation

Paris: The European Commission picked a consortium led by SES, Eutelsat and Hispasat to deploy the IRIS² satellite constellation, as the European Union seeks its own satellite broadband system to ensure the bloc isn’t...

Multi-year Missile Contract Worth $3.2 Billion Awarded to Lockheed Martin by US Air Force

Washington: The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $3.2 billion multiyear contract for air-to-ground and anti-ship missiles, as part of a Pentagon effort to maximize weapons production through multiyear procurements. The sole-source contract...

Expanding Mission Capabilities: With Boeing’s New REVOLVER System, C-17 Can Transform into Hypersonic Missiles Carrier  

New Delhi: With the unveiling of innovative REVOLVER launcher system by Boeing, it is expected to transform the C-17 Globemaster III into a formidable hypersonic missile carrier. This advanced launcher is a game-changer and features...

US Air Force Wraps Electric Aircraft Test with Simulated Casualty Evacuation Exercise

Washington: The US Air Force’s three-month test of an electric aircraft at Duke Field in Florida wrapped up this month and included a simulated casualty evacuation exercise. Beta Technologies said in a release that its...

Taking a Key Step Before First Flight, B-21 Raider Begins Taxi Tests

Washington: The B-21 Raider has begun carrying out taxi tests at US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, a key step for the Northrop Grumman-made stealth bomber before it can carry out its...

US Air Force Activates Units Dedicated to Electronic Warfare

Washington: The US Air Force has activated two detachments at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia dedicated to electronic warfare and its future applications. The green light, given October 25 at a ceremony inside an...

Wings of Collaboration

"Tarang Shakti”, the largest air exercise of the Indian Air Force (IAF) involving 12 air forces, has been postponed to 2024 to accommodate certain nations. The exercise will feature fighter combat jets, large transport...

F-35 vs AMCA: India’s Options in the Stealth Era

In February 2023 the US brought its most advanced jet, the F-35, to India for the first time alongside the F-16 and FA-18 fighters and the B-1B bomber. This year’s US delegation at Aero...

Boeing Plans to Deliver First T-7 to US Air Force Soon

National Harbor(Maryland): Boeing plans to deliver soon the US Air Force’s first T-7A Red Hawk marking a major milestone for the trainer aircraft that has struggled with safety issues, software problems and schedule slips. In...

US Marine Corps Plans to Purchase Rafael’s Iron Dome

Tel Aviv: After evaluating other solutions, the US Marine Corps presented plans for the purchase of three Iron Dome batteries, 44 launchers (each launcher can load 20 interceptors) and 1,840 Tamir interceptors, according to...

Al Qaeda Post Al-Baghdadi

  Does the death of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi sound the end of violent jihadist groups as was so triumphantly announced by US President Donald Trump? It does not appear so if the history of such...

THAAD, C-5M Coming to Lockheed Martin Space and Air Show

  ORLANDO, Florida. Lockheed Martin announces a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system and C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft will be on display for the first-ever Lockheed Martin Space and Air Show taking place October 31 - November 1, 2020, at the...

ATHENA Successfully Defends Drone Threat

FORT SILL, Oklahoma. Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated their laser weapon system for the US Air Force at a government test range at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where the system successfully engaged and shot down multiple...
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