Monthly Archive: Luglio 2020

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) led multiple units through a mine countermeasure exercise (MCMEX) to test tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) during Trident Warrior 2020, July 13-16.

Trident Warrior is an annual large-scale, at-sea field ex…

Joint exercises that connect between the different divisions in the IAF and even between the IDF’s branches, virtual reality, and centers for operational training in each division – are these are some of the changes that will be made in the field of simulators in the IAF? Also, what are the advantag…

Boeing and Lockheed Martin are competing to supply a new generation of heavy lift helicopters to two of America’s most important allies.

The allies are Germany and Israel, which both have an urgent need to replace fleets of CH-53D helicopters that have grown decrepit with age. The helicopters wer…

Facilities to house the Poseidon MRA Mk1 fleet have been handed over to Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), marking a major milestone in the Poseidon programme.

DE&S, the MOD’s procurement arm, will take control of the £100 million strategic facility at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland.

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MADRID — Thales has presented to the Armed Forces of Spain, the DGAM (Procurement Agency) and the Ministry of Defense, the performance of their sofware-defined radios SYNAPS, to provide state-of-the-art radio communications to the new 8×8 “Dragón” vehicle for the Spanish Armed Forces, as well as f…

ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Flight controls are the components beneath an aircraft’s surface that make it fly. Early flight controls were mechanical and used cables and pulleys to connect the pilot’s yoke and pedals to the aircraft’s controls surfaces. Today, most modern aircraft operate with fly-by-wire con…