Monthly Archive: Ottobre 2021

US Transfers Two C-130 Hercules Transport Aircraft to Chile

US Transfers Two C-130 Hercules Transport Aircraft to Chile

The United States Air Force completed the transfer to Chile of two C-130 Hercules aircraft, for a total value of US$24 million, in what is an expression of the friendship between the two countries and an example of the excellent and extensive cooperation between the two nations.

In a ceremony hel…

Australian Autonomous Truck Project Passes Major Milestone

Australian Autonomous Truck Project Passes Major Milestone

A $3.5 million Australian Army project to develop a convoy of autonomous trucks that use technology to follow the leader has passed a key milestone by successfully completing a series of road trials.

The autonomous leader-follower vehicle technology, using modified Land 121 40M cargo trucks, was …

EDA Completes Two Collaborative R&T Projects

EDA Completes Two Collaborative R&T Projects

Two major collaborative defence research (R&T) projects, launched under the European Commission’s Preparatory Acton on Defence Research (PADR) and implemented by the European Defence Agency (EDA), came to a close end of October.

The results of both projects – OCEAN 2020 and VESTLIFE – will contr…

KMW Rolls Out First Leopard 2 Bridge Layer for Norway

KMW Rolls Out First Leopard 2 Bridge Layer for Norway

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has symbolically handed over the first of a total of six LEOPARD 2-based LEGUAN bridge laying systems to high-ranking representatives of the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) during a roll-out ceremony. Despite the pandemic, delivery of the systems will begin well …
Ukraine Conducts State Trials of Upgraded Adler-M MLRS

Ukraine Conducts State Trials of Upgraded Adler-M MLRS

At one of the landfills in Odesa, the State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch, which is part of Ukroboronprom, together with the military are conducting state tests of the Vilkha-M volley fire missile system.

MLRS is developed in close cooperation between the Concern’s enterprises and private defense indus…

Future USS Fort Lauderdale Completes Builder’s Trials

Future USS Fort Lauderdale Completes Builder’s Trials

The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), the Navy’s 12th San Antonio class-amphibious transport dock ship, conducted Builder’s sea trials, October 26th.

Builder’s trials consist of a series of in-port and at-sea demonstrations that allow the Navy and the shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls Industries…

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