Monthly Archive: Maggio 2022

US Navy Deploys MQ-8C Fire Scout to Indo-Pacific on LCS

US Navy Deploys MQ-8C Fire Scout to Indo-Pacific on LCS

SAN DIEGO –– Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s autonomous, runway-independent helicopter system, made its second operational deployment, and first deployment to the Indo-Pacific Area of Responsibility aboard USS Jackson (LCS-6) providing military commanders greater ma…
Thales Alenia Space Wins €169M for COM2M Satellite Payloads

Thales Alenia Space Wins €169M for COM2M Satellite Payloads

CANNES, France — Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed an amendment to its CO2M contract worth €169 million with project prime contractor OHB System for the development and qualification of the payloads for the first two satellites in the CO2M mis…
Austria to Evaluate Rheinmetall’s Counter-UAV Systems

Austria to Evaluate Rheinmetall’s Counter-UAV Systems

The Austrian armed forces have selected Rheinmetall’s C-sUAS system for a six-month period of testing and evaluation. In May 2022 Rheinmetall Air Defence AG shipped the latest version of its rapidly deployable counter-small unmanned aerial system (C-sUAS) to the Austrian military.

The system com…

CRS Report on Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon

CRS Report on Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon

The US Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), with a reported range of 1,725 miles, consists of a ground-launched missile equipped with a hypersonic glide body and associated transport, support, and fire control equipment.

According to the Army, this land-based, truck-launched system is arm…

UK Looks at Mitigating Wind Farm Effects on Air Defense Radars

UK Looks at Mitigating Wind Farm Effects on Air Defense Radars

There has never been sharper focus on the importance of both offshore wind’s contribution to UK energy security and net zero, and the importance of effective and robust defence of the UK homeland.

As the nation strives to meet our renewable energy targets, the need to find and implement technical…

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