Yearly Archive: 2022

CRS Reports on Status of US Navy SSN(X) and DDG(X) Programs

CRS Reports on Status of US Navy SSN(X) and DDG(X) Programs

The Navy wants to begin procuring a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), called the NextGeneration Attack Submarine or SSN(X), in the mid-2030s. The SSN(X) would be the successor to the Virginia-class SSN design, which the Navy has been procuring since FY1998. The Navy’s proposed FY2…
Royal Air Force to Introduce Battery-Powered Ground Power Units

Royal Air Force to Introduce Battery-Powered Ground Power Units

Following successful trials, DE&S will deliver innovative electric generators that will dramatically reduce harmful emissions and running costs.

The 40 new Ground Power Units (GPUs), powered by the same battery packs used in Nissan Leaf electric cars, will power Typhoon aircraft on the ground at …

Leonardo DRS Closes Merger with Israel’s RADA

Leonardo DRS Closes Merger with Israel’s RADA

ROME — Leonardo announced the completion of the all-stock merger between its US subsidiary Leonardo DRS, Inc. and RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. together also becoming a combined publicly listed company (the Combined Company).

As previously disclosed, Leonardo will retain an 80.5% ownership i…

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