Category: Notizie Estero

The UK’s Minister for Defence Procurement, Jeremy Quin MP, has visited Airbus in Stevenage and pushed the button to start production of the first panel skin for the UK MOD’s next generation military communications satellite Skynet 6A.

The Minister started the high precision cutting machine to pro…

MUNICH — The Airbus Zephyr S completes a successful 2021 test flight campaign in the United States. The final Airbus solar-powered High Altitude Platform System (HAPS) flight touched down on 13th September in Arizona, USA, ending the most ambitious and successful Zephyr flight campaign to date.
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Kim Jong Un showed off his increasingly varied arsenal of missiles designed to frustrate U.S. defense systems, in a rare display that appeared to be the North Korean leader’s latest effort to break a diplomatic stalemate over his nuclear program.

Blaming the U.S. for “creating regional tension wi…

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. — In partnership with the U.S. Army’s Integrated Fires and Rapid Capabilities Office, Raytheon Missiles & Defense successfully showcased several counter-unmanned aircraft system capabilities during the service’s 10-day summer test period.

The tests used Coyote interce…

BAE Systems, Inc. has successfully tested APKWS laser-guided rockets in precision strike tests against Class 2 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) at Yuma Proving Grounds. The 2.75” test rockets combined standard M151 warheads and Mk66 motors with APKWS precision guidance kits and a newly developed proxim…

MADRID — The Council of Ministers has authorized the Ministry of Defense to enter into a construction contract for an underwater intervention vessel (BAM-IS) for an estimated value of 166,460,000.00 euros. The contract includes both the construction of the ship, as well as the acquisition and inte…