Monthly Archive: Agosto 2020

US Air Force Awards MQ-9 Support Contract

US Air Force Awards MQ-9 Support Contract

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio –– The Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Special Operations Forces Directorate’s Medium Altitude Unmanned Aircraft System Division recently awarded a $5.9 million Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) contract to American Data Solutions, to support the operation…
Difficult Decade Seen for Boeing Philadelphia Helicopter Plant

Difficult Decade Seen for Boeing Philadelphia Helicopter Plant

The Boeing Company’s sprawling rotorcraft complex in suburban Philadelphia, the largest industrial employer in the region, is facing a big decline in demand because its two key programs are poised to lose funding from military customers.

With 4,600 workers, the headquarters of Boeing Vertical is …

Russia Presents Advanced Aviation Equipment at “ARMY 2020”

Russia Presents Advanced Aviation Equipment at “ARMY 2020”

Rostec demonstrates innovative aircraft and aviation products at the International Military-Technical Forum ARMY 2020. Among the presented items – rotor-wing and aircraft technologies, engines and other accessories, avionics systems, new-generation target sight systems, communication equipment and s…
Taiwan deploys Albatross UAVs to South China Sea

Taiwan deploys Albatross UAVs to South China Sea

Taiwan has deployed a small number of its indigenous Albatross unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Pratas and Taiping Islands in the South China Sea. Each island had one set of system which consists of 4 aircraft along with its ground control station. The system deployed to Pratas Island is tasked with monitoring the military exercises […]

Japan’s National Security Council proposal on Aegis Ashore alternatives

Japan’s National Security Council met on Aug. 25 and one of the slides show the proposal to implement the Aegis Ashore missile defense system with the missile interceptors located on various types of platforms. Graphic: 国家安全保障局 There are three main options, the first is to put everything on a mega floating platform, the second choice […]
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