Yearly Archive: 2020

US Air Force Bombers Conduct Global Mission

US Air Force Bombers Conduct Global Mission

STUTTGART, Germany — Multiple U.S. Air Force bombers from Europe and the United States conducted an extensive Bomber Task Force mission today, while integrating with NATO Allies and partners’ fighter jets. The mission flew over multiple geographic regions near the eastern-most portion of Europe an…
India Fires Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Missile from Arjun Tank

India Fires Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Missile from Arjun Tank

Laser-guided Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) was successfully test fired from MBT Arjun Tank at KK Ranges, Armoured Corps Centre and School (ACC&S) Ahmednagar on 22nd Sep 2020.

In these tests, the ATGM successfully defeated a target located at 3 km. Laser-guided ATGMs lock and track the targets …

Riptide UUV-12 Launches BAE into Medium UUV Market

Riptide UUV-12 Launches BAE into Medium UUV Market

BAE Systems has unveiled the newest addition to its unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) portfolio, the Riptide UUV-12.

The 12” diameter vehicle is the company’s entry into the medium UUV market – joining three small UUV variants – and marks the first new vehicle since last year’s acquisition of Ripti…

India Flight-Tests High-Speed Expendable Aerial Target

India Flight-Tests High-Speed Expendable Aerial Target

Successful flight test of ABHYAS – High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) was today conducted by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Interim Test Range, Balasore in Odisha.

During the trials, two demonstrator vehicles were successfully test flown. The vehicle can be…

Finland Cancels International Military Exercise Planned for 2021

Finland Cancels International Military Exercise Planned for 2021

The main military exercise of the Defence Forces for next year, ARCTIC LOCK 2021, was planned to take place in May-June 2021. It was to be the largest exercise of the Defence Forces in 2021, with a significant number of international cooperation partners participating. A total of 13 key partner coun…
GKN Aerospace Starts Shipping from New Facility in Malaysia

GKN Aerospace Starts Shipping from New Facility in Malaysia

GKN Aerospace has shipped the first aero-engine components from its site in Johor, Malaysia. The CFM56 low-pressure compressor components have been delivered to an Asian engine MRO service provider.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued the base certification to GKN Aerospace’s Johor f…

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