Yearly Archive: 2022

MOSCOW — The first Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system will go on combat alert in Russia at the end of 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

“The Sarmat heavy intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully test-launched. The first such ICBM system is s…

DOHA — Two high-tech Airbus A350 jets sit idle with their windows taped and engines covered in a floodlit hangar in the Gulf, hobbled by an international legal dispute between European industrial giant Airbus and Qatar’s national carrier.

From a distance, the planes might seem like any other lo…

The pace is building with new achievements and partnerships FCAS – MUT

The ability to task unmanned systems from a manned aircraft is an important force multiplier in Airbus’ vision for future air power, with a wide range of applications extending to combat scenarios and beyond.

As a pioneer i…

Led by the Type 055 large destroyer Lhasa, a Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy flotilla reportedly sailed from northwest to the east and south sides of Japan on Monday and Tuesday after making transits in three strategic straits near the island country, and the vessels are expected to make…

ITAJAÍ, Brazil — The start of construction of four warships, which will be part of the Brazilian Navy Fleet – “Tamandaré class” frigates – was marked by a ceremony held on June 21, at the ThyssenKrupp Estaleiro Brasil Sul, in Itajaí, Santa Catarina State (SC).

On site, a mockup of the ship was…

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of AGM-88E2 AARGM E2 Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $94 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certificatio…