Yearly Archive: 2021

Spain Approves €1.9Bn Budget for Tiger Mk III Modernization

Spain Approves €1.9Bn Budget for Tiger Mk III Modernization

The Council of Ministers has approved an Agreement that authorizes the acquisition of spending commitments charged to future fiscal years, in compliance with the provisions of article 47 of the General Budgetary Law, to enable the Ministry of Defense to carry out the modernization of the Tigre MK II…
Third Failure in A Row for US Air Force’s Hypersonic Weapon

Third Failure in A Row for US Air Force’s Hypersonic Weapon

The U.S. Air Force has failed for a third time to conduct a successful test of the rocket booster on a prototype AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon hypersonic missile, or ARRW. This can only add to the palatable frustration within the service, as well as elsewhere in the U.S. military and i…
UK and Japan to Develop Future Fighter Jet Engine Demonstrator

UK and Japan to Develop Future Fighter Jet Engine Demonstrator

The UK and Japan announce plans to develop a future fighter aircraft engine demonstrator and agree to explore further combat air technologies.

Work on the joint engine demonstrator will kick-start early next year, with the UK investing an initial £30 million in planning, digital designs and innov…

Qatar Airways Takes Airbus to Court Over A350 Skin Flaws

Qatar Airways Takes Airbus to Court Over A350 Skin Flaws

PARIS — Qatar Airways said on Monday it had started proceedings in a UK court against European planemaker Airbus (AIR.PA) in a bid to resolve a dispute over surface damage to A350 passenger jets.

“We have sadly failed in all our attempts to reach a constructive solution with Airbus in relation …

First Meeting on AUKUS Australian Submarine Project

First Meeting on AUKUS Australian Submarine Project

Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America recently held the inaugural meetings of the AUKUS Trilateral Joint Steering Groups.

Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America recently held the inaugural meetings of the AUKUS Trilateral Joint Steering Groups, whi…

India Deploys First S-400 Battery to Western Punjab

India Deploys First S-400 Battery to Western Punjab

NEW DELHI — India deployed the first battery of Russian-made S-400 medium-to-long range anti-aircraft missile systems on the territory of its western Punjab state bordering on Pakistan, the ANI news agency reported on Tuesday, citing its own sources.

“The first squadron is being deployed in the…

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