Monthly Archive: Settembre 2022

Four F-35A Lightning II aircraft touched down at RAAF Base Williamtown between August 30 and September 2. It brings the total of F-35As based in Australia to 54 of the total planned fleet of 72 aircraft.

The newest aircraft to join the fleet were accepted by No. 77 Squadron on behalf of No. 81 Wi…

The Bundeswehr wants to be able to put semi-automated vehicles on the road by 2031. In the future, military convoys are to cross Germany with a minimum of drivers. The technology is already being experimented with on the site of a former British Army barracks in Lower Saxony.

The sign at the entr…

The helicopter delivered today to the naval air base (BAN) in Hyères, is the first of six aircraft ordered in 2020 and 2021 from Airbus Helicopters, Babcock and Safran Helicopter Engines. Deliveries of the six aircraft to the French Navy will take place between 2022 and 2023.

PLYMOUTH, UK — Collins Aerospace has been awarded a multi-million-pound programme as part of the United Kingdom’s Weapons Sector Research Framework (WSRF) to develop a navigation grade Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for use in future complex weapons platforms.

In conjunction with the Defence S…

MANAMA, Bahrain –– Forces from Israel and the U.S. completed a four-day exercise in the Gulf of Aqaba, Sept. 22.

The exercise, called Digital Shield, was a bilateral training event between U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and Israeli naval forces that focused on enhancing maritime awa…

WASHINGTON — Industry partners working with the Army and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency engineers will fly a pilotless UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying up to 3,000 pounds on supply runs as part of its annual Project Convergence experiments this fall. In addition, the range of the te…