Monthly Archive: Giugno 2022

Embraer’s Braces for Additional KC-390 Cuts

Embraer’s Braces for Additional KC-390 Cuts

After being pummeled in 2020 by the pandemic, Embraer began to bounce back in 2021. For 2021, Embraer reported sales of $4.2 billion, up 11 percent from the $3.8 billion reported in 2020. The company posted a loss of $44 million, compared to a loss of $732 million in 2020. The improved results wer…
USAF Awards Contract to Develop Low-Cost Air-Launched UAVs

USAF Awards Contract to Develop Low-Cost Air-Launched UAVs

Dzyne Technologies Inc., Fairfax, Virginia, has been awarded an $89,365,202 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Small Payload Precision Air-Launched Inexpensive Delivery System research and development.

This contract provides for the development, maturation, testing and demonstration of unmanne…

Russia’s War in Ukraine Could Derail Its Nuclear Modernization

Russia’s War in Ukraine Could Derail Its Nuclear Modernization

In recent weeks, a fair amount of speculative ink has been spilled about the prospect of Vladimir Putin using nuclear weapons to achieve his war aims in Ukraine.

Thankfully, despite Putin’s overt nuclear signaling, the conflict remains well below the nuclear threshold. However, this doesn’t mean …

Video Report: Ukrainian, Russian Drones Fight Over Donbas

Video Report: Ukrainian, Russian Drones Fight Over Donbas

Aerial drones are playing a critical role for both the Ukrainian and Russian militaries as they fight over Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.

Ukrainian forces are using commercial drones for surveillance and have destroyed several Russian tanks with Turkish-built Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles…

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