Yearly Archive: 2020

The Bundeswehr will invest heavily in logistical capabilities and training to the tune of around 520 million euros: A new framework agreement for up to 4,000 trucks with a WLS interchangeable loader system with a load class of 15 tons can now be signed. The training of Eurofighter pilots will also b…

Arriving on Fenua on April 25, an A400M Atlas transport aircraft was deployed for a month in support of the Armed Forces in French Polynesia.

During its deployment, the A400M carried out three refueling missions in the Austral and Marquesas Islands, two missions to repatriate Polynesian residents…

The U.S. Marine Corps has issued a Request for Information for a counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS). The RFI states that the service may procure from six to 10 systems.

The system must include an air surveillance system capable of detecting and classifying unmanned aircraft and utilizing e…

SEOUL — New interceptor missiles were brought onto a U.S. THAAD missile defense base in South Korea on Friday as replacements, the defense ministry said, in a surprise overnight operation aimed at minimizing friction with local residents opposed to the base.

Also brought onto the Terminal High …

A Eurofighter flight test campaign dedicated to the configuration chosen by Kuwait, with E-SCAN radar and other important enhancements, is certainly demanding and complex. Mario Mutti, Head of Project Test Pilot Fighters and Standardization of Leonardo’s Aircraft Division, tells us how it is proceed…

Of all the missions assigned to America’s military, none has a more tortured history than missile defense of the homeland. In the 60+ years since Russia first proved it could launch intercontinental ballistic missiles—ICBMs—many, many ideas have been funded for defending the nation against them.

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