Monthly Archive: Maggio 2022

For 16 months now, American military personnel in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility have provided advise-and-assist support to forces in Somalia on an ad hoc basis — traveling into the country when needed and then leaving afterward. U.S. forces are helping Somali forces in the fight aga…

Elbit Systems was selected by Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus) to provide J-MUSIC Direct Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) including the Company’s Infra-Red-based Passive Airborne Warning Systems (PAWS IR), for Airbus A330-200 MRTT aircraft of additional European Air Force.

The Company’s DIRCM sy…

MOSCOW — The Project 877V ‘Paltus’ diesel-electric submarine B-871 Alrosa carries Kalibr-PL cruise missiles after its upgrade and will shortly re-enter service with the Black Sea Fleet’s 4th separate submarine brigade, a source in Sevastopol defense circles told TASS on Monday.

“The submarine A…

PACIFIC OCEAN –– The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class successfully launched sea-based missiles at a land-based target for the first time during a proof-of-concept exercise, May 12.

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) fired three AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire …

As part of the 2022 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC), Rafael Advanced Defense Systems unveils Aerospike, a new advanced air-to-surface Stand-Off Precision Guided Missile (SOPGM) for fixed-wing airborne platforms.

Aerospike is a state-of-the-art, next generation EO/IR SOPGM s…

PRAGUE — Iraqi delegation led by the Minister of Defence, Mr. Juma Inad visited AERO Vodochody Aerospace (Aero). The main purpose of the visit was a presentation of the L-159 modernization project, demonstration of the L-39NG prototype, and further development of business relations between the OMN…