Yearly Archive: 2022

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…

Babcock, the international defence, aerospace and security company has been awarded a 10-year contract to provide dry-dock maintenance for the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth class (QEC) aircraft carriers.

The new £30m contract follows a previous maintenance period where Babcock completed the first …

The Leopard 2 Finnish tanks had been poised in position for a few minutes, surveying what was in front of them and ready to manoeuvre.

Then all of a sudden the ground roared, the noise of gun fire erupted and everything was in play – including the British Army’s Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank.

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When they were built, the first two amphibious helicopter carriers (Mistral and Tonnerre) were equipped with just a single bow thruster, which limited the maneuvering capacities of these vessels and therefore their area of amphibious operations. This limitation led to the decision to equip all three…