Yearly Archive: 2020

XICHANG, China — China launched the last satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province at 9:43 a.m. on Tuesday (Beijing Time), marking the completion of the deployment of its own global navigation system.

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The UK government has reported good progress on its three key efforts to develop future ‘swarming drone’ capabilities for the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Answering questions in the House of Commons, Baroness Goldie, Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), said that work is progressing …

These days, the Swedish Armed Forces has carried out a so-called verification shoot with Robot System 98 in Vidsel.

“Now, we can continue with the integration of the Robot System 98 in the new air defense battalions. The firing met all the expectations and requirements we have for the missile,” s…

The Spanish Secretary of State for Defence, Ángel Olivares, chaired today, Wednesday, a follow-up meeting, held at the GDELS-Santa Bárbara Sistemas factory in Alcalá de Guadaíra (Seville), for the Wheeled Combat Vehicle (VCR) 8×8 technological programs. Such meeting included a dynamic demonstration …

LYNN, MA –– GE Aviation has been awarded a five-year, $180 million contract by the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to repair and overhaul T700 rotorcraft engines in support of the U.S. Navy’s MH-60 Seahawk, and the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Viper and Bell UH-1Y Venom/Huey he…

PITTSFIELD, Mass. –– The U.S. Navy recently awarded a new contract to General Dynamics Mission Systems that includes a broad scope of work for the Columbia and Dreadnought ballistic missile submarine class to support development, production, and installation requirements. The contract as awarded ha…