The US Department of Defense approved the sale of nearly 500 HIMARS launchers to Poland on 7 February. The system, manufactured by Lockheed-Martin, is set to serve alongside K239 Chunmoo… Continue reading "Poland Will Purchase All HIMARS It Can, says Ministry"
Earlier this month, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that two teams have been selected for the agency’s Liberty Lifter X-Plane program. The first team consists of… Continue reading "Demonstrator Teams Selected as DARPA Liberty Lifter Program Lifts Off"
The original purpose of unmanned aircraft (UAS) was to protect human pilots from harm, but with UAS getting more advanced and expensive what happens when you want to protect your… Continue reading "Eaglet Performs First Flight from Gray Eagle Mothership"
First revealed at Eurosatory 2022 the KF51 Panther took headlines as the first new German main battle tank design since the Leopard 2 was unveiled in the 1970s. Hosting a… Continue reading "Rheinmetall Could Provide KF51 Panther Tank to Ukraine"
One of the key limiting factors of flying unmanned aircraft (UAS) beyond line of sight is the reliance on satellite communication (SATCOM). Historically UAS have had to communicate with satellites… Continue reading "MQ-9A Performs Ground Breaking Flight Using LEO SATCOM"
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the nation’s largest helicopter manufacturing facility in Tumakuru on February 6. The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Helicopter Factory is a dedicated greenfield facility spread… Continue reading "India’s HAL Prepares For Future Orders With ‘Asia’s Largest Helicopter Factory’"
Back in November 2021, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) was given $18 million by the Air Force Research Labs to design an Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) prototype. On 2 February,… Continue reading "General Atomics Selected to Construct an Off-Board Sensor Prototype"
Over the weekend the US and world media carefully tracked the progress of a Chinese surveillance balloon over the continental United States. The media circus around the balloon reached an… Continue reading "US Navy Begins Recovery of Huge Chinese Surveillance Balloon"
Another significant milestone has been reached in the HURJET project, Turkey’s domestic jet trainer and light attack aircraft. In this context, Turkish Aerospace Industries completed engine integration on the first… Continue reading "TAI HURJET Jet Trainer and Light Attack Aircraft Completes Its First Engine Test"
The Indian Navy announced today that its pilots carried out landing and take-off of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Navy (NP-2) on INS Vikrant. India has now demonstrated its capability… Continue reading "Naval Counterpart Of LCA Tejas Conducts Maiden Operations From INS Vikrant"