Category: Notizie Estero

Swedish, Norwegian Fighters Escort B-52 Bombers Over Far North

Swedish, Norwegian Fighters Escort B-52 Bombers Over Far North

Four American B-52s recently left Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. Early Thursday morning, they joined two Swedish JAS Gripen and two Norwegian F-35 fighter aircraft west of Andøya, North Norway. One of the B-52s conducted training with the Norwegian Army at the Setermoen firing range. Operatio…
US Donates Eight H-1 Helicopters to Czech Republic

US Donates Eight H-1 Helicopters to Czech Republic

Czechia is to receive eight helicopters free of charge from the United States, the Czech minister of defence, Jana Černochová, said on Thursday evening. Six will be combat helicopters and the remaining two will be transport aircraft, she told Czech Television.

The US Embassy in Prague said the Cz…

Pentagon Awards Hypersonic Research Contracts to 5 Universities

Pentagon Awards Hypersonic Research Contracts to 5 Universities

The DoD announced today that four universities have been selected for one-year, $500,000 applied research awards to advance hypersonics technology. The awardees are:

The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) will develop navigation systems to maintain the stability of the feedback contr…

Irving Cuts Steel for Canada’s Final Arctic OPV

Irving Cuts Steel for Canada’s Final Arctic OPV

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Irving Shipbuilding Inc. has cut first steel for the future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray to officially begin production of Canada’s sixth and Final Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) for the Royal Canadian Navy built under the National Shipbuilding Strategy.

Construction …

Russia Unveils Export Version of Armata Tank at Army Forum

Russia Unveils Export Version of Armata Tank at Army Forum

PATRIOT PARK, Russia — Russia’s state arms seller Rosoboronexport rolled out the export version of its cutting-edge Armata main battle tank at the Army 2022 international military-technical forum, a TASS correspondent reported from the scene on Thursday.

The tank is on the company’s display sta…

US Air Force Experiments to Expedite Kill Chain

US Air Force Experiments to Expedite Kill Chain

KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. — The 705th Combat Training Squadron recently hosted the second virtual Tactical Operations Center-Light experiment iteration in their Distributed Mission Operations Center at Kirtland Air Force Base.

“Twenty-first century large-scale warfare requires our forces to adapt qu…

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