Category: Notizie Estero

Joe Biden’s first flight on the new presidential helicopter built by Lockheed Martin Corp. is being delayed after a report by the Pentagon’s testing unit warned that it’s not yet “operationally suitable” or sufficiently reliable — especially in an emergency.

The Biden administration hasn’t yet d…

MOSCOW — Russia’s new S-550 and S-500 surface-to-air missile systems will jointly defend strategically important Russian facilities from missiles and space threats, a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS.

“The S-550 system will not replace S-500, because it is not more advance…

News came earlier this month that the Air Force has given Lockheed Martin a 10-year contract to modernize the F-22 Raptor. The headlines trumpeted a $10.8 billion award but nearly all failed to mention that it’s a potential deal — not a done deal.

Modernizing the Raptor seems as familiar as putti…

During a video conference with the head of the PRC’s military department, Colonel-General Wei Fenghe, Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said that the intergovernmental agreement between Russia and China on notifications of launches of ballistic missiles and space launch vehi…

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) in its meeting of 23 November 2021 held under the Chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for one capital acquisition proposal of Indian Air Force for its modernization and operational needs amounting to Rs. 2,236 …

BENGALURU/JHANSI, India — Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi today handed over HAL-produced indigenous Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) to the Indian Air Force during the ‘Rashtriya Raksha Samarpan Parv’ celebrations to mark the 75th year of India’s independence, held at Jhansi from November 17 to 19.
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