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UK’S F-35 has inaugural flight.

UK’S F-35 has inaugural flight.

The UK’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft took its inaugural flight last week at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth facility. During the 45 minute sortie, test pilot Bill Gigliotti put the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL)...

US and China engage in cyber war games

US and China engage in cyber war games

The US and China have been discreetly engaging in “war games” amid rising anger in Washington over the scale and audacity of Beijing-co-ordinated cyber attacks on western governments and big business, the Guardian has...

Fence System Detects and Tracks Space Objects

Fence System Detects and Tracks Space Objects

Raytheon Company’s Space Fence recently completed a comprehensive Preliminary Design Review (PDR) demonstrating the S-band radar’s technical maturity in its ability to detect and track the increasing amount of space debris orbiting the Earth....

Dutch to Buy Fewer F-35 Jets than Planned

Dutch to Buy Fewer F-35 Jets than Planned

The Netherlands will buy fewer than the 85 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets it had planned to acquire because costs have risen and the country needs to replace fewer F-16 fighters,...

Cyber Attacks are to be made public ?

Cyber Attacks are to be made public ?

The Lockheed Martin F-35 program made unwanted headlines in the U.K. last month after The Sunday Times revealed that BAE Systems’ portion of the project had been subject to significant data theft. Sources told...

MBDA hit its target in first 10 years

MBDA hit its target in first 10 years

For European guided weapons manufacturer MBDA, 2011 was a special year. The December celebration marking its first decade of operations came after several of its products had been used to great effect during the...

RUSSIA´S Cyber Strategy Published

RUSSIA´S Cyber Strategy Published

Russia’s Defense Ministry has published the concept of the armed forces within the information space that reflects Russia’s strategy in cyberwar. From Jan 2012 Russia has its own cyber-strategy. The document titled “Conceptual Views...

IAI: New Landing and Take-off Solutions for UAS

IAI: New Landing and Take-off Solutions for UAS

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) are adopting new solutions for landing and take off of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), implemented in the Panther UAS. Optimization of prop-rotor design for V/STOL electrically powered UAS is another of the...

Boeing develops new Smart Phone Business

Boeing develops new Smart Phone Business

The Boeing Co. is developing a mobile phone based on the Android operating system that will compete with other manufacturers offering highly secure communication devices, company officials said April 10. Roger Krone, president of...