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Upgraded Simulators for German Navy NH90 NFH Sea Lion Helicopters

Rheinmetall will upgrade the Asterion cockpit trainer simulators to enable maintenance personnel of the Bundeswehr’s Naval Air Squadron 5 to carry out realistic maintenance and repair operations

Jul 22, 2022
Evaluating Eve’s eVTOL for the Defense & Security Market

Teams from BAE Systems and Embraer will work together to explore how the aircraft, designed for the urban mobility market, can provide cost-effective, sustainable, and adaptable capability as a defense variant

Jul 22, 2022
Italy & UK to Collaborate on Future Combat Air System Program

Leonardo and BAE Systems will focus on the application of Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) design methodologies and the joint development of enabling technologies for the national sovereignty of the future system

Jul 22, 2022
US Navy Deploys First Metal 3D Printer at Sea

The Xerox ElemX 3D metal printer has been installed on USS Essex (LHD 2) and at-sea trials have begun in the Pacific Rim

Jul 21, 2022
New Supersonic Aircraft for Quick-Reaction Military Missions

Northrop Grumman and Boom Supersonic plan to offer a new supersonic aircraft tailored to support US government and military missions that require rapid response

Jul 21, 2022
Banshee UAVs Tested Aboard HMS Prince of Wales

The experimental trials will test QinetiQ Target Systems’ Banshees in training and ISR scenarios, focusing on specific flight profiles and the optical recognition of assets to enable ‘friend or foe’ confirmation

Jul 21, 2022
Proving Trials Underway for UK Laser Directed Energy Program

The first of these trials conducted by the Dragonfire consortium at low power proved the system can track air and sea targets with high accuracy

Jul 21, 2022
Seventh CH-53K Helicopter Delivered to US Marine Corps

Sikorsky’s CH-53K is the only sea-based, long range, heavy lift helicopter in production and will provide three times the lift capability of its predecessor

Jul 21, 2022
Radar Tech Demonstrator Developed for F-X/FCAS Aircraft

Leonardo UK and Mitsubishi Electric’s JAGUAR represents the latest in combat air sensing technology to provide enhanced radar functions and advanced capabilities that can disrupt and deny adversary surveillance systems

Jul 21, 2022
SDA Awards Contract for Advanced Missile Tracking Technology

L3Harris will build a 14-vehicle satellite constellation that will include optical communications terminals, infrared mission payloads, Ka-band communications payloads and multiple pointing modes to identify and track missiles

Jul 20, 2022
UK Commits Investment in RAF Typhoon Future Capabilities

The £2.35 billion investment includes the delivery of the European Common Radar System Mk 2 radar and ensures the aircraft can integrate additional capabilities and weapons to counter emerging threats until 2040 and beyond

Jul 20, 2022
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