Japan will attempt to launch a military communications satellite today that will relay data collected by its optical and radar-imaging reconnaissance satellites. By Naritama (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons This new satellite replaces the Data Relay Test Satellite (DRTS) that was decommissioned in 2017. it has a Laser Utilising Communication System (LUCAS) […]
Embraer delivered the first modernized EMB 145 AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control), designated E-99, to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) on Nov. 27. Photo: Embraer Embraer said in the press release that the handover took place at its facility in Gavião Peixoto. Besides the radar, the electronic warfare, command and control and electronic countermeasures […]
The final test firing trial of the Sea Venom/ANL missile was completed Nov. 17 at the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) test site at Ile du Levant. Photo: MBDA The final qualification trial tested the missile’s advanced target discrimination within a complex and cluttered naval scenario, MBDA says. For more information, hit the Source below […]
Helicopters from Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing’s 3rd Helicopter Squadron carried out an exercise with a coastal RBS 15 anti-ship missile unit recently by acting as the airborne sensor for the missiles. For more information, hit the Source below Source
On November 16, 2020, the Joint Organization for Cooperation in Armament (OCCAr) awarded Thales, on behalf of the Directorate General for Armaments (DGA), a contract for the acquisition of the first three systems of naval anti-mine drones, including the upgrade of the prototype launched in 2015, as …