Yearly Archive: 2020

MONTREAL — CAE today announced it has been awarded a subcontract by Lockheed Martin to supply the CAE Magnetic Anomaly Detection-Extended Role (MAD-XR) system for United States Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopters.

CAE MAD-XR is a highly sensitive magnetometer designed to sense changes in the earth’…

The State Concern “Ukroboronprom” (hereinafter – UOP or Ukroboronprom) is voicing its concern regarding the curtailment of Ukraine’s defense industry reform and interference into its economic activities by the Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine (hereinafter – the Ministry).

A year ago, U…

MANASSAS, Va. — Aurora Flight Sciences aims to develop an experimental plane under a new Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract. The X-plane seeks to demonstrate the advanced capabilities of Active Flow Control (AFC) as a primary design consideration.

Through DARPA’s Control…

MOODY AFB, Ga. — The 81st Fighter Squadron, a geographically separated unit assigned to the 14th Flying Training Wing at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, graduated its last class of Afghan A-29 Super Tucano student pilots on Nov. 13 at Moody AFB.

The class was the last Afghan Air Force cla…

Rheinmetall has begun serial delivery of 342 roll-off tipper vehicles to BwFuhrparkService GmbH (BwFPS), the state-owned enterprise in charge of the Bundeswehr’s fleet of non-tactical vehicles. The first 69 logistic vehicles were transferred, to be followed by up to eight more trucks per week.

B…

While plans are underway for a change in administration, officials within the Defense Department still have several goals they’d like to achieve. Among those is implementation of the “Trusted Capital Marketplace,” the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment said.

“[One] area tha…