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Skyborg ACS launches aboard a Kratos UTAP-22 tactical unmanned vehicle at Tyndall AFB, Florida on April 29. @U.S.A.F. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory conducted the first flight of the Skyborg autonomy core system (ACS) aboard a Kratos UTAP-22 tactical unmanned vehicle at Tyndall AFB...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District has delivered an additional secure home for part of the Israeli Air Force’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets, with a small ceremony marking the completion of another Hardened Hangar project on site earlier this year in March. The United States has...

In the competition for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, high agility and low life-cycle costs matter most, a former Marine tiltrotor test pilot argues Defiant-X compound helicopters sling-loading heavy cargo (artist’s conception) Most military veterans swear by the gear they’re...

Radar delivery upgrades USMC F-18 Hornet fleet to AESA radars EL SEGUNDO, Calif., (April, 29, 2021) – Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business (NYSE: RTX), delivered the APG-79(V)4 AESA radar prototype to the U.S. Marine Corps. The prototype allows for early flight...

Photo courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense Taipei, April 30 (CNA) The wreckage of a Taiwan Air Force F-5E fighter jet was retrieved from waters off the coast of Taitung on Friday, as authorities continue their investigation into the deadly crash that killed one pilot last October...

Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has set sail from Portsmouth as the UK Carrier Strike Group prepares to join allied forces for its largest and most demanding exercise to date. Warships HMS Defender, HMS Diamond and HMS Kent also sailed from the city while HMS Richmond is due to sail from...

Amphibious Marine Brigade which can operate both on land and in water, carry out important tasks in the fight against terrorism at home and abroad. In addition to theoretical and practical exercises for special missions, the unit is also trained in sports and shooting, aimed at being organized...

Formula 1 has confirmed a change to round 7 of the 2021 calendar, with the Turkish Grand Prix replacing the Canadian Grand Prix for the weekend of June 11 to 13. Due to the ongoing international travel restrictions in place in Canada it became impossible for Formula 1 to enter the country...

For the first time ever, aerospace defense giant Textron Systems has unveiled its prototype of a new armed reconnaissance vehicle, named the Cottonmouth, designed for the U.S. Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle replacement competition. The Cottonmouth is a purpose-built vehicle proposed for the...

Taiwan intends to fit the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) on its F-16A/B fleet after a fatal crash in November last year. The upgrade was announced in a Pentagon contract announcement on Apr. 26. Lockheed Martin was given a $138 million contract under Peace Phoenix...

A military helicopter that crashed off the coastal town of Getafe in Bohol on Tuesday morning left one pilot dead, while three other aircrew survived, the Armed Forces of the Philippines confirmed. "The AFP Chief General Cirilito Sobejana is saddened by the report of the demise of one of our...

The drill, set to be held in the western Mediterranean, is scheduled for late 2021. Photo from UNIAN Ukraine's Naval Forces Command took part in the inaugural conference of the Turkish Navy exercise Dogu Akdeniz 2021 ("Eastern Mediterranean - 2021"). Ukrainian units will be involved in the...

THE ISSUE: Whether within the events leading to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire genocide was perpetrated against Armenian Ottoman citizens in Eastern Anatolia. The Ottoman Empire ruled over all of Anatolia and significant parts of Europe, North Africa, the Caucasus and Middle East for over...

WZM facility in Poznan is creating a proposal for the modernization of the BMP-1 IFVs. This year, a prototype of a vehicle with a modified hull structure design is to be born. Then it would be probably integrated with specialist equipment - as writes Mateusz Zielonka. The Poznan-based PGZ...

On 19 April 2021, Alfa Laval commissioned a test facility for fuel cells as an auxiliary power source on ships at the Test and Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark. The system uses carbon neutral, renewable methanol as fuel for clean operation without particulate emissions. Methanol is one of the...

The Estonian Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) is operating the Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 for enhanced maritime surveillance in the Baltic Sea, to be followed by the Finnish Border Guard later this year. The system is being used to gain a better picture of what is happening at sea...

AEROVIRONMENT AWARDED $45 MILLION OPTION FOR SWITCHBLADE TACTICAL MISSILE SYSTEMS UNDER U.S. ARMY LETHAL MINIATURE AERIAL MISSILE SYSTEMS CONTRACT Combat proven Switchblade 300 with patented “wave-off” feature and recommit ability provides operators with increased lethality, reach and...

The Polish Air Force will take delivery of two Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) 2 aircraft in May and June, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reported. The service had placed an order for two BBJ 2s and one 737-800 in 2017. The 737 was delivered that year. The first BBJ 2 will arrive home in end of May while...

Chinese defence prime China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is developing a new medium/high-altitude, long-endurance (MALE/HALE) armed reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the CH-6 (Cai Hong 6, or Rainbow-6), industry sources have confirmed with Janes. A...