by Tig Tillinghast | Jul 12, 2021 | India, Missiles - Surface-Air, Testing & Evaluation
India’s new surface-to-air missile, the Akash, successfully struck an airborne target towed from a remote control aircraft in late November. The weapon is designed to hit aircraft up to 25 km away with a 55 kg warhead. Reuters: India Test-Fires Akash Missile...
by Emily Erhold | Jul 9, 2021 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $3.9 billion deal for Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ground subsystems support. This contract provides for sustaining engineering, maintenance engineering, test and assessment, modification of systems and equipment,...
by Emily Erhold | Jul 8, 2021 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas The US Air Force published a new B-21 Raider artist rendering graphic with an accompanying fact sheet on July 6. The rendering is based on the actual aircraft, and an artist’s interpretation of the B-21 design, with Edwards Air Force Base, California in the...
by Joe Katzman | Jul 8, 2021 | BAE, Britain/U.K., Events, FOCUS Articles, Force Structure, Issues - Political, MBDA, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Naval, Radars, Rolls Royce, Surface Ships - Combat, Transformation
Daring Class (click to view full) The 5,200t Type 42 Sheffield Class destroyers were designed in the late 1960s to provide fleet area air-defense for Britain’s Royal Navy, after the proposed Type 82 air defense cruisers were canceled by the Labour Government in...
by Emily Erhold | Jul 7, 2021 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency chose 3 teams of researchers led by Raytheon, BAE Systems, and Northrop Grumman. They have been selected to develop event-based infrared (IR) camera technologies. The project was awarded under the...
