Category: Special Reports

US Army 50 kW-class laser architecture designed 0

Lockheed Martin Achieves First Light in Latest Laser Lab Demonstration

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) achieved first light from the Directed Energy Interceptor for Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense System (DEIMOS) system, which verifies that the laser’s optical performance parameters align with the system design parameters....

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Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom jointly acquire 436 BAE Systems BvS10 all-terrain vehicles

Sweden, Germany, and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement with BAE Systems to purchase 436 BvS10 all-terrain vehicles . The joint procurement, worth $760 million, is in support of Arctic operations for the...

US Army Medium Tactical Vehicle (FMTV) TLS-Echelons Above Brigade System, 30 September 2020 0

US Army Wants Electronic Jammer Weapon With Missile Defense Capabilities

Tuesday for a vehicle-mounted electronic jamming system that will uniquely have the ability to jam incoming projectiles, fouling their targeting in the moments before impact. At the Army’s CEMAlite conference on Tuesday, three Army...

China Air Force (PLAAF) subsonic H-20 stealth bomber, 20 November 2020 0

China’s new stealth bomber H-20 will allow it to make ‘truly intercontinental’ strikes, report says

China’s subsonic H-20 stealth bomber will give the country a “truly intercontinental” capacity expanding its reach far beyond the country’s seaboard, according to a report by a leading think tank. The bomber is still...

Nigerian Air Force L-39ZA (NAF-354), 27 November 2020 0

CAS Inspects ongoing in-Country Reactivation of L-39ZA, Reiterates Commitment to Ensuring Protection of Nigeria’s Airspace

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work on the ongoing in-country Life Extension Programme (LEP) on 3 L-39ZA aircraft at the 403...

USAF F-16C (87-352) captive-carry Gray Wolf cruise at Edwards AFB, 9 Jun 2020 0

USAF 416th FLTS, AFRL Tests “Gray Wolf” Prototype Cruise Missile

The USAF 416th Flight Test Squadron recently completed a round of tests of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s “Gray Wolf” prototype cruise missile at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Gray Wolf is a DoD-directed...

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Airbus H125 Helicopter 0

Airbus Helicopters to deliver 16 new H125s to Customs and Border Protection

Aircraft are part of fleet upgrade initiative for the more than 100 Airbus helicopters delivered to CBP U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operations (AMO) will enhance its patrol and surveillance...

Kuwait Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role fighter aircraft 0

First flight of ‘most advanced variant of Kuwaiti Eurofighter’ takes place

The first Instrumented Series Production Aircraft (ISPA 6) configured for the Kuwaiti Air Force has successfully completed its first flight. The aircraft is the first to fly the Captor E-Scan Radar with Phase Enhancement...

Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-57 Felon fighter jets 0

Russia’s Aerospace Forces to Receive Large-Scale Deliveries of Su-57 Jets in 2020 – Rostec

Russia’s aerospace forces will receive large-scale deliveries of Su-57 fighter jets starting from 2020, Russia’s Rostec State Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov said Thursday. “In 2020, we have a lot of work ahead … the...