Americas The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will soon start testing unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) on par with human-piloted vehicles being built under the Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program. The DARPA RACER...
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US Navy Knighthawk Crash Landed | DoS Approved F-16 Sale To Greece | Thailand To Procure New Jets Next FY
Americas A US Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter made a crash landing in coastal Virginia. The incident took place shortly before 11:30 am on January 12. Virginia State Police said the aircraft hit several trees on the way down. The MH-60S was assigned to Helicopter...
US Army Seeks New 155mm Howitzer | Algeria Acquired 120mm Chinese Self-Propelled Mortar, | Korea Tested Counter Missile System For Military Aircraft
Americas The Pentagon has assigned BAE Systems to produce and install a new airborne high frequency radio to replace the AN/ARC-190 on various types of aircraft. The press release says approximately 2,500 radios will be installed on Air Force’s HC-130J, KC-135,...
A-10, F-35s Train Together | Turkey Receives A-591 Ufuk | India Flight Tested MPATGM
Americas United States Force in South Korea, is being outfitted with newest AH-64 Version 6 (V6) helicopter. “The upgraded aircraft integrates modern technology for both the aviator and maintainers in our battalion,” Capt. Timothy Luchs, D Company commander, said....
Huntington Ingalls Launched LPD 29 Transport Dock | Smart Shooter Unveiled SMASH Dragon Drone | UK Defense Ministry Awarded Raytheon AMRAAM Deal
Americas Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division launched the amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) being built for the US Navy. Richard M. McCool Jr., the 13th LPD in the San Antonio class of amphibious assault force...
LPD-17 San Antonio Class: The USA’s New Amphibious Ships
LPD-17 cutaway (click to view full) LPD-17 San Antonio class amphibious assault support vessels are just entering service with the US Navy, and 11 ships of this class are eventually slated to replace up to 41 previous ships. Much like their smaller predecessors, their...
Bell Boeing Wins Big Deal For Osprey Components | DoS Approves MQ-9 Sale To France | Two T-129s Might Already Be In The Philippines
Americas Bell Boeing won a $1.6 billion deal for the repair, replacement, required availability, configuration management, and inventory management for supply support for 228 MV-22B (Marine); CMV-22 (Navy); and CV-22 (Air Force) Osprey aircraft components. The V-22...
Brazilian Air Force Gets Additional Hermes 900 Drones | Hellenic Air Force Brings Rafales Home | Kongsberg To Maintain Norwegian SAR Helicopters
Americas One of two missile tracking ships operated by the Military Sealift Command was recently retired at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on December 15, 2021. The white hulled-ship was used previously to track ballistic missile activity in the Middle East using...
MQ-8C Is In the 7th Fleet Area Of Operations | Qatar Took Delivery of NH90 | Leonardo Acquires 25.1% In Hensoldt
Americas BAE Systems won a $24.6 million deal for the Military Global Positioning System User Equipment (MGUE) Increment 2 Miniature Serial Interface (MSI) contract. The modification incorporates MSI Engineering Change Proposal-1 into the baseline and provides...