Monthly Archive: Maggio 2022

Why Boeing’s Move into the Pentagon’s Shadow is Bad News

Why Boeing’s Move into the Pentagon’s Shadow is Bad News

Like Homer Simpson pushing his living room TV closer to the refrigerator in the kitchen, Boeing’s decision to move its headquarters from Chicago to Arlington, Virginia, isn’t good news for the rest of us. The aerospace titan is the latest Defense Department behemoth to pull up stakes out in the real…
Saab Team to Compete for Australian Minehunter Competition

Saab Team to Compete for Australian Minehunter Competition

Saab Australia (Saab), Leidos Australia (Leidos), SeeByte and Sonartech Atlas have today announced their partnership, bidding for the delivery of the SEA 1905 Tranche 1 – Maritime Mine Countermeasures and Military Survey program.

Saab Australia Managing Director, Andy Keough, said that with this …

New Zealand Increases Defense Spending

New Zealand Increases Defense Spending

— NZ$662.5 million to maintain existing defence capabilities
— NZDF lower-paid staff will receive a salary increase to help meet cost-of living pressures.

Budget 2022 sees significant resources made available for the Defence Force to maintain existing defence capabilities as it looks to the …

MQ-25 Team Plans First Air Vehicle-Control Station Test

MQ-25 Team Plans First Air Vehicle-Control Station Test

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation program office (PMA-268) is moving forward with integrating its two key elements—the MQ-25 air vehicle and the MD-5 Ground Control Station (GCS) at the program’s System Test and Integration Lab (STIL) at Patuxent River.

PMA-268 is the l…

Russia to Launch Production of Okhotnik Heavy Attack Drones

Russia to Launch Production of Okhotnik Heavy Attack Drones

MOSCOW — The serial production of the Okhotnik (Hunter) heavy strike drone will begin in 2023, Head of the state tech corporation Rostec Sergey Chemezov said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.

“The first flying prototype was rolled out in 2021 and we will begin ser…

Croatia Prepares to Upgrade Donated Bradley Fighting Vehicles

Croatia Prepares to Upgrade Donated Bradley Fighting Vehicles

The Ministry of Defense is holding the first coordination meeting of representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia with American partners from 16 to 19 May, entitled “Bradley program management review”.

The topic of the meeting is the coordination of u…

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