Yearly Archive: 2022

CANNES, France — Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced that it has signed a contract with Intelsat to deliver two Space Inspire software-defined satellites, Intelsat 41 (IS-41) and Intelsat 44 (IS-44). (This contract will be recorded in the IFRS…

NEW DELHI — The naval variant of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, with an extended range of 350 to 400-km, and the indigenous man-portable anti-tank guided missile (MP-ATGM), with a 2.5-km strike range, were successfully tested on Tuesday.

The BrahMos missile was fired from the Navy’s lat…

BERLIN — Boeing today announced the expansion of its industrial partnership strategy in Germany in support of the F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler offering to the Bundeswehr. A Request for Information (RFI) was issued to more than 10 German companies to solicit bids.

German industry partn…

The Royal Air Force’s new submarine-hunting aircraft fleet is now complete with the arrival of a ninth P-8A Poseidon jet.

It means the RAF has a full maritime patrol fleet for the first time since the Nimrod, which was retired in 2010.

The latest aircraft touched down at RAF Lossiemouth in Mor…

China’s Z-20 utility tactical helicopter could get upgrades including the ability to receive aerial refueling, the chopper’s chief designer said on Tuesday, who also suggested the possible existence of a stealth helicopter and the development of the country’s domestically built heavy-lift helicopter…

SEOUL — North Korea said Wednesday it has successfully conducted the “final” test-firing of a new hypersonic missile a day earlier as its leader Kim Jong-un called for the strengthening of the country’s “strategic military muscle both in quality and quantity” during an on-site inspection.

“The …