Americas The US Naval Research Laboratory has demonstrated that its electric unmanned aerial vehicle dubbed Hybrid Tiger can stay airborne for 24 hours using multiple power sources. “The flight was effectively a performance test in worst-case conditions: temperatures...
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Oshkosh and BAE To Build CATV Prototype For US Army | Poland Procures 5 C-130Hs | UK Renews Phalanx Deal For Babcock
Americas Oshkosh Defense and BAE Systems will deliver prototypes of the US Army's next Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle, the companies announced. The National Advanced Mobility Consortium, which is an alliance of defense contractors and research organizations involved...
ANG Test C-130H Precision Airdrop With Litening Pod | First AH-1Z Enters Final Assembly For Bahrain | Taiwan Launches Amphibious Vessel With Anti-Ship Missiles
Americas Bell Boeing won a $143.2 million delivery order from the US Navy for the logistics and repair support of MV-22B, CMV-22 (Navy) and CV-22 (Air Force) Osprey components. The Navy is planning to use the CMV-22 variant as a replacement of the Grumman C-2...
USMC Acquires Two Reaper UAVs | Greece Signs Agreement For Patriot Missile Deployment To Saudi Arabia | USA Adds 500 Troops In Germany
Americas The US Navy announced a successful live-fire exercise of its Rolling Airframe Missile from the littoral combat ship USS Charleston on Monday. The launching of the SeaRAM missiles from the San Diego-based vessel was a part of exercises involving all of the...
AATC Plans KC-135 Modification | BAE To Support F-16s In More Than 25 Countries | KF-21 Prototype Rolled Out
Americas The US Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Test Center (AATC) is planning to modify two KC-135s to equip them with a new communications, sensors and defensive pod. While tentatively called the Gladiator Pod, it is expected to enter flight testing on a few...
Navy Finished G/ATOR Integrated Testing | Elbit Shows Laser Weapon On Hermes 900 | BAE develops Tech To Protect Wideband Receivers
Americas According to the US Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division has completed five weeks of integrated test evaluations of the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system. The Dahlgren Division, based in Virginia, performed...
First Flight Test For USAF Hypersonic Booster Failed | Israel’s Oron Aircraft Arrived | Greek Pilots Started Rafale Training
Americas The F-15EX variant of the F-15 series of US Air Force fighter planes, was renamed the Eagle II in a ceremony on Wednesday at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Lt. Gen. Duke Richardson announced the official designation in a rollout of the plane, which will...
XQ-58A Opens Weapons Bay Door In-Flight | UK, Qatar Expand Defense Partnership | BAE Systems Wins CMWS Contract
Americas Universal Propulsion Company won a $10.9 million contract for the manufacture of up to 5,000 cartridge initiators and thrusters used in V-22 and CV-22 aircraft. This contract includes a five-year base period with no options. The V-22 Osprey is a...
Raytheon Won An SDB II Deal | UK Acquires Second Operating Location Reaper | MHI To Take Over Mitsui E&S’s Shipbuilding Business
Americas Raytheon won a $79.4 million deal for Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II) lot integration and test. This contract effort will deliver all-up round (AUR) test vehicles, perform AUR-level assembly, checkout, testing and systems integration testing; and...