Monthly Archive: Giugno 2020

The IAF carries out a wide range of special and challenging missions, most of them leaving those who hear about them awe-inspired. An essential part of these missions is the transport division, which plays a crucial role for the IAF and the IDF as a whole. Providing aerial images, aerial refueling f…

LAMPOLDSHAUSEN, Germany — The completely 3D-printed combustion chamber, designed by ArianeGroup in Germany, was successfully fire tested 14 times between 26 May and 2 June on the P8 test bench of the DLR German Aerospace Center’s Lampoldshausen testing facility.

These tests were conducted joint…

A key aspect of our work over the past decade has been to challenge the secrecy that surround the use of armed drones. The Pentagon and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) insist that many aspects of these operations must remain secret in order to protect lives and national security. And in some cases, t…

A number of initiatives to further the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy have been agreed, with the participation of the UK, since the Brexit referendum in 2016. What do they entail and what will be the impact for the UK now that it is no longer an EU Member State?

EU defence cooperation ha…

Huw Merriman MP asked the Chancellor an urgent question on the economic impact of Covid-19 on the aviation sector.

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, air traffic has fallen dramatically, with thousands of jobs at risk. There are reports that carriers such as British Airways and EasyJet are …

The Defense Department already is heavily involved in investigating how 5G technology will best serve the warfighter. Experimentation is ongoing at five installations across the United States, with seven more to come, as part of the department’s second tranche of test beds for 5G communications capa…