Yearly Archive: 2021

Patria to Start Development of Next-Gen Armored Vehicles

Patria to Start Development of Next-Gen Armored Vehicles

Patria, as the industrial coordinator of consortium FAMOUS (European Future Highly Mobile Augmented Armoured Systems), has signed the Grant Agreement (GA) with the European Commission.

This funding agreement is worth 9 million euros and allows the consortium, which includes 19 leading defence co…

Admiralty Shipyards Begins Sea Trials of Submarine ‘Kronstadt’

Admiralty Shipyards Begins Sea Trials of Submarine ‘Kronstadt’

JSC “Admiralty Shipyards” has started the first stage of the factory sea trials of the Project 677 submarine “Kronstadt”.

Within the first stage, which will take place in the Gulf of Finland, high-speed and maneuverable tests of the submarine will be carried out. The company’s specialists will ca…

US Navy, Boeing Complete First Carrier Tests of MQ-25

US Navy, Boeing Complete First Carrier Tests of MQ-25

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Navy completed an Unmanned Carrier Aviation Demonstration (UCAD) of its MQ-25 unmanned air system prototype in December aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), laying the groundwork for future carrier-based UAS operations.

The government team, along with industry partner…

India Tests New-Generation Agni-P Ballistic Missile

India Tests New-Generation Agni-P Ballistic Missile

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested the new generation nuclear capable ballistic missile ‘Agni P’ from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha at 1106 hrs on December 18, 2021.

Various telemetry, radar, electro-optical stations and down range ships …

PLA Reveals Details of Z-10 Attack Helicopter

PLA Reveals Details of Z-10 Attack Helicopter

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) revealed many details of the country’s domestically developed Z-10 attack helicopter in a recent program aired by the state broadcaster, introducing its outstanding, unique capabilities in modern warfare against tanks, infantry and other choppers.

As the…

Darpa Contracts Two Firms to Build Manta Ray Underwater Drones

Darpa Contracts Two Firms to Build Manta Ray Underwater Drones

DARPA has awarded Phase 2 contracts to continue the Manta Ray program that began in 2020. The effort seeks to demonstrate innovative technologies allowing payload-capable autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to operate on long-duration, long-range missions in ocean environments.

The tw…

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