Category: Notizie Estero

Rafale’s Sonic Boom Alarms Paris Residents

Rafale’s Sonic Boom Alarms Paris Residents

PARIS — On Wednesday September 30, 2020, as part of the permanent air security system, a Rafale from Air Base 113 at Saint-Dizier [in NE France] took off on a Quick Reaction Alert in order to intercept a Falcon 50 aircraft which had lost radio contact. During this interception, contact was reestab…
A Plan to Restore the US Navy’s Maritime Advantage

A Plan to Restore the US Navy’s Maritime Advantage

The US fleet is at an important crossroads. Nearly twenty years after the drive for transformation led to costly and problematic programs such as the littoral combat ship (LCS), Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, and Zumwalt-class destroyer, the Navy is again starting work on new ships in every …
Lockheed Extends F-35 Supply Agreement with Solvay

Lockheed Extends F-35 Supply Agreement with Solvay

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 aircraft. The new contract extends Solvay’s long-standing partnership on the F-35 program and underlines the company’s leadership in composite and adhesive technologies for defence platforms.

“It is a privilege to be the principal supplier of structural composites and adhes…

Japan’s MoD seeks funding for JNAAM

Janes reports that Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) has seek funding for the development of Joint New Air-to-Air Missile (JNAAM). Graphic: Japan MoD The ministry wants $11.4 million for the co-development of a missile prototype with United Kingdom. Japan hopes to incorporate its own active radar seeker on the Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile […]
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