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Lucciano Malke (XAirForces Defense Aviation and New Technologies Editor from Italy / Switzerland)
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Airbus A330neo makes its first flight 0

Airbus’ new weight variant A330neo makes its first flight

More range and even better economics: these are the key attributes of Airbus’ increased maximum take-off weight A330neo variant, which flew for the first time today. Benefitting from a maximum take-off weight increase to...

Italy’s Guardia di Finanza -72B maritime patrol aircraft 0

Initial two P-72Bs delivered to Italy’s Guardia di Finanza

The first two of four P-72Bs ordered by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (GdF, Financial Guard) were handed over during an official ceremony at Leonardo’s Caselle Torinese facility on November 27. GDF-20’, the first P-72B...

BAE Systems Partners with UiPath to Expedite Machine Learning Adoption across the U.S. Defense and Intelligence Communities 0

BAE Systems Partners with UiPath to Expedite Machine Learning Adoption

BAE Systems is a technology partner with robotic process automation (RPA) leader, UiPath, in developing suites of software robots that its customers can use to automate high-volume, repetitive business processes. “RPAs fuel machine learning...

Sikorsky BlackHawk OPV First Flight 0

Sikorsky Flies UH-60A Black Hawk With Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) Technology

Kit developed by Sikorsky gives UH-60A helicopter full-authority fly-by-wire flight controls, marking the first step toward transforming the aircraft into an Optionally Piloted Vehicle.   A technology kit developed by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin...

German Army drone built by a German company flies in Afghanistan. 0

Europe’s controversial plans to expand defence research

Smart drones and artificial intelligence are part of the European Union’s plans for defensive research, but many academics oppose the programme. Hovering in the sky like bees, robotic drones swarmed over an airfield in...