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The U.S. Army recently awarded LONGBOW Limited Liability Company (LBL), a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Corporation, four Foreign Military Sales contracts to provide the AH-64E Apache helicopter AN/APG-78 LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) to Morocco, Netherlands, UAE and...

============================ India’s state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation flight tested Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) today. “DRDO has today successfully flight tested the Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle using the indigenously developed...

After 41 years of service, on 4 September 2020 the Aéronautique Navale (AN, French Navy) said farewell to its Westland Lynx helicopters. The last unit operating the Lynx, 34 Flotille (34F) at Lanvéoc/Poulmic, operated a mix of Lynx HAS2(FN) and Lynx HAS4(FN) helicopters. After 46 years, the...

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A civilian experimental test pilot hired by the U.S. Army has flown the Sikorsky S-97 Raider on Aug. 19. Charlie Packard, from the Redstone Test Center, Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC), was the first government pilot to fly the prototype rotorcraft which has a rear propeller to boost...

The first version of Precision Landing Mode (PLM) for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler did away with much of the stress on pilots flying behind a ship—and PLM Version 40 (V40) intends to do away with most of what remains. VX-23 continues to test PLM software with a wide array of...

The latest report from Japan on finding an alternative Aegis Ashore solution says Tokyo is now considering building a frigate based missile ship that will host the ballistic missile defense (BMD) interceptors. The warship is be stripped of other war fighting roles and will require less...

Up Media reports that a plan by Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology (NCSIST) to import the WB Electronics Warmate micro loitering munition for local manufacturing has been called off by the island’s National Security Council. Back in June this year, Up Media broke...

Sinpo South Shipyard: Preparations for a Pukguksong-3 SLBM Test? Key Findings A satellite image of the Sinpo South Shipyard acquired on September 4, 2020 shows some activity suggestive of preparations for an upcoming test of a Pukguksong-3 submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the...

Japan’s Defense Ministry plans to acquire by March 2022 standoff missiles with a range of about 500 kilometers that can attack targets from outside the ranges of enemy missiles, according to sources. The acquisition is in line with the medium-term defense buildup program for fiscal 2019-2023...

Two French military personnel were killed while on an operation in Mali on Saturday when an improvised explosive device destroyed their armoured vehicle, the French Presidency said. According to the statement, a third soldier was injured in the blast, which took place in the Tessalit region of...

The U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) executed passing exercises with the Spanish Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 26, 2020. Philippine Sea and the Spanish Navy frigate Álvaro de Bazán (F 101) conducted the exercises to build partner capability...

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Bell Textron Inc. nearly $272 million in contract related to the UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters for the government of the Czech Republic. The contract award from Naval Air Systems Command enables the company to produce and deliver eight UH-1Y and four...

Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was critical of his beloved Saudi Arabia and of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s policies. On October 2, 2018, Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul and never came out. His fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece...

Official state outlet says IDF targeted airbase in country’s central region, long suspected of being used by Iran; no casualties reported Illustrative: A Syrian surface-to-air missile explodes in the sky over southern Syria on August 31, 2020. (SANA) The Israeli military launched a number...

What is happening Rebellion: Security operations against rebels in Sinai have been ongoing since 2000, but the rebellion picked up the moment after the military coup in 2013. In late 2014, Egypt declared a state of emergency in the region while Sinai's most active armed group pledged its...

Drone over central Tel Aviv releases dozens of weed packets. Careless wind calculations brought it all down over the main road, instead of Rabin Square. operators later arrested

The U.S Army Contracting Command-Redstone Aviation and Missile Technology Consortium (AMTC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Branch awarded ten Air Launched Effects (ALE) Projects totaling $29.75 million in support of the Program Executive Office, Aviation’s Unmanned Aircraft System Project...

FN Herstal, a Belgian subsidiary of the Herstal Group, will manufacture and deliver its latest generation deFNder remote weapon stations (RWS) to be fitted on Belgian Army’s new VBMR Griffon multi-role armored vehicles. A strategic contract for the delivery was signed between FN Herstal and the...

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of 100 AIM-120C-7/8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) to Spain for an estimated cost of $248.5 million. The sale will be executed through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The Defense Security Cooperation...