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https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/11/thales-to-supply-tacticos-and-awws-for-german-navys-future-mks-180-frigates/ Here are some details on the equipment that Thales will be providing: Tacticos combat management system Satcom system APAR Block 2 x-band multifunction radar for AWWS...

Indian Navy takes delivery of ninth Boeing P-8I patrol aircraft Boeing supports India’s growing P-8I fleet by providing training of Indian Navy flight crews, spares, ground support equipment and field service representative support 18 November 2020: Indian Navy recently took delivery of its...

Nigerian Army inducts 8 locally made combat vehicles Variant of the Ezugwu MRAP designed and produced by DICON/NAVMC The Nigerian Army has inducted eight units of locally made combat vehicles Mine–Resistant, Ambush–Protected (MRAP), also called `EZUGWU’’ into Operations Lafiya Dole and...

Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding and Thales signed a €1.5B contract for the delivery and full integration of Thales’s Mission and Combat System for the four MKS 180 class frigates. A key milestone for the development of European defence industry, strengthening Thales’ leading position in naval...

Mali is the fourth most gold producing country in Africa after Ghana, Sudan and the Republic of South Africa. Civil war is needed for British and French gold mining companies to be there. According to the scenario, British army comes from miles away and save the innocent Mali people from...

Aft ventral fuselage showing C3 and ALR-2001 low band antenna arrays (Author; 645AFD). Aft ventral centre fuselage showing ALR-2001 low band antenna array (Author; HS10). Aft tailcone fairing installed for antenna placement (Author; above 645AFD, below HS10). Above, below: aft tailcone...

2- SQN Wedgetail AEW&C A30-003 in 2011 A30-003 Wedgetail AEW&C at Avalon, 2011 (Author; 645AFD). Ventral nose ESM antenna radome assembly with exposed AAR-54 MAWS apertures (Author; HS10). Above, below: Northrop-Grumman MESA L-band AESA primary antennas. The cavity endfire is in the upper...

Internally stowed crew access airstairs (Author; M645/1000S). Ventral view of wing and CFM-56 engine, with slats and flaps deployed (Author; M645/1000S). Above, below: Northrop-Grumman MESA L-band AESA primary antennas. The sidelooking slab arrays provide beam aspect azimuth, range and...

A pair of production Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft (Boeing). Wedgetail Apertures The Wedgetail AEW&C design is based on a hybrid 737 airframe, combining the -600 fuselage and -700/800 wing. The most prominent of the many antenna and optical apertures is the MESA “top hat” AESA antenna...

Poland ordered twelve M346 advanced jet trainers, divided over two contracts. The second contract, which was ordered in March 2018, involves four aircraft of which the first two aircraft were delivered on 5 October 2020 respectively 20 October 2020 (serials 7709 and 7710). On 16 November 2020...

With an international arms embargo lifted, Iran is likely to start buying armed drones, air defense systems, fighter jets and tanks, according to one expert, with another analyst linking the passage of Chinese defense export legislation on Oct. 28 with the embargo’s expiration. Iran previously...

A Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF, Taiwan Air Force) F-16A Fighting Falcon went missing over waters off eastern Taiwan on Tuesday night 16 November 2020. Search and recovery operations are still ongoing. Two minutes after take-off from Hualien air base, the fighter aircraft disappeared from...

Italian Typhoons could soon bring satellites into orbit. On December 12, 2018, the Italian Air Force signed a letter of intent with the University of Rome, Italian research institutes and a company specializing in the development of small satellites, to start a new project related to the...

Photos emerged at the Maavoimat (Finnish Army) website where new camouflage schemes for the MD500 and NH90-TTH helicopters are presented. The Finnish Army is studying the effect of new camouflage schemes on the visibility of helicopters in the Finnish terrain, during different periods of the...

Austria and Italy are to co-operate on the procurement of military rotorcraft, with both European nations looking to work together to satisfy separate requirements. With Austria recently selecting the Italian-built AW169M, both nations are now looking to co-operate on future helicopter...

By Xavier Vavasseur CANTO anti torpedo decoy being loaded on a SYLENA Mk2 decoy launcher. Lacroix picture Leonardo And LACROIX Sign A Cooperation Agreement In The Naval Countermeasures Sector The agreement will see the partners integrate Leonardo's MJTE anti-torpedo countermeasures with...

Electromotor housings for China Rheinmetall Group wins major order in the field of electromobility An internationally operating maker of premium automobiles has awarded HASCO KSPG Nonferrous Components (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (KPSNC), a joint venture of Rheinmetall, a major order for electromotor...

One is apple and the other is pear Cost mission range accessibility Do you think the meteor is an easily accessible missile that can be sent to any target? Every ammunition that you can't send to the target has an expiration life. If you buy 100 Meteors and they stay in the warehouse, they...