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Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti took part in the seminar on cyber defence, one of the activities organised by the Ministry of Defence within the framework of the Italian Presidency of the Council of...
General Dynamics Canada has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to upgrade four SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopters with an integrated mission system to enhance the operational capability of the Peruvian Navy and its ability...
The U.S. just gained another defensive system that will help protect the U.S. and its allies from ballistic missiles. Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) delivered its tenth AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar to the Missile...
Alongside the launching ceremony for the “Pietro Venuti” submarine, the third unit of the four U212A “Todaro” class twin units ordered to Fincantieri by the Central Unit for Naval Armament – NAVARM for the...
The U.S. Air Force is reviewing industry studies of fitting its 50-year-old Boeing B-52 bombers with new commercial-derivative engines, according to Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, commander of the service’s Global Strike Command. So far,...
Technologies and solutions to protect the Aerospace and the Environment from the Aerospace “Who produces dirt, must also clean it!” This is one of the messages launched by the Chief of Staff of the Air...
South Korea picked Lockheed Martin’s F-35A stealth fighter as its main combat aircraft to better respond to possible nuclear and missile attacks from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The country is the...
Listen to NASA “auralizations” of different aircraft types powered by turbofan, open-rotor, prop and electric engines&mdash tap here (from AviationWeek) — NASA and aerospace industry partners are flight testing new technologies to see...
“Microsatellites and Cubesats: technologies and solutions for safer space activities” is the title of a workshop organized by the AFCEA Rome Chapter at the ITAF Centro Sperimentale di Volo (CSV); The most innovative technologies,...
“Due to Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and Russia’s continuing aggression in Eastern Ukraine which has manufactured a tragic humanitarian crisis, the importance of further European integration and of closer transatlantic cooperation is now...
The next generation battery technology company, OXIS Energy Ltd, has delivered the third phase of a research programme to improve its Lithium Sulfur cells for Lincad Ltd and the UK MOD. The project is...
Northrop Grumman has unveiled its vertical-launch, horizontal-landing reusable booster design for the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) XS-1 experimental spaceplane program. Northrop, teamed with subsidiary Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic, is working under a 13-month,...
Lockheed Martin has received a contract through the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) for the U.S. Navy to evaluate and test two FORTIS exoskeletons. This marks the first procurement of Lockheed Martin’s exoskeletons...
The article summarized here appeared on http://spendergast.blogspot.be/ and includes a global survey of the E-3 Sentry program. AWACS upgrade achieves initial operational capability – U.S. Air Force The commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. Mike Hostage, declared...
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A version of this article appears in the August 11/18 double issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. New low-observable technologies, a highly reliable turbofan engine and multifunction radar are among the technologies that...
Around the world, threats to densely populated locations such as subways, train stations and airports underscore the need for new counterterrorism methods – especially the capability to investigate suspicious objects that may contain weapons...
Shock waves from battlefield explosions are invisible threats for U.S. Soldiers and their top-of-the-line combat helmets, but with new studies in synthetic human physiology, researchers are learning how to lessen blast wave effects on...
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, has been awarded a $22,000,000 modification (P00015) to FA8807-12-C-0012 for software coding and security on the military global positioning system user equipment contract. The total cumulative face value of...
DRS Technologies, Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, announced that it will provide logistics support to the U.S. Air Force’s Halvorsen 25K Aircraft Cargo Loaders around the globe. The Air Force awarded DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc....
Boeing and subsidiary Insitu Inc. today named Ryan Hartman Insitu president and CEO, effective immediately. Hartman most recently served as senior vice president, Insitu Programs. He succeeds CEO Steve Morrow, who is retiring. “Insitu...