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Royal Navy Deploys Minehunters, Frigate to Persian Gulf

Royal Navy Deploys Minehunters, Frigate to Persian Gulf

Beginning a 6,000-mile odyssey which will take their ships to the Gulf for three years are the crews of minehunters HMS Penzance and Chiddingfold.

The latter sailed from Portsmouth today to begin the epic journey to Bahrain, a journey she will share with Penzance which departed her base at Faslan…

Australia Tests Drone Operations from Airborne C-130J

Australia Tests Drone Operations from Airborne C-130J

A first-of-its kind trial to remotely pilot a small Uninhabited Aerial System (UAS) from the back of a C-130J Hercules has taken air-land integration to new heights.

The collaboration between Plan Jericho, No. 3 Security Forces Squadron (3SECFOR), No. 37 Squadron (37SQN) and Army has the potentia…

New Hensoldt Airborne Radar Completes First Flight

New Hensoldt Airborne Radar Completes First Flight

TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany — Hensoldt’s newly developed airborne multi-mission surveillance radar PrecISR 1000 has successfully completed its maiden flight. In a one-week flight campaign together with H3 Mission Systems GmbH based in Tussenhausen-Mattsies, Germany, the radar proved its value in terms of…
Mitsubishi Pulls Back on SpaceJet in Face of Pandemic

Mitsubishi Pulls Back on SpaceJet in Face of Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic cast global markets into a period of uncertainty as it moved across the globe in early 2020. The impact of the virus is beginning to make its mark as delivery and order slowdowns ripple across the aerospace industry. The full effect of these declines will dominate the sector f…
US Air Force Tests New Communications Link on C-17 Transports

US Air Force Tests New Communications Link on C-17 Transports

SCOTT AFB, Ill. — For the first time, Air Mobility Command Airmen conducted a commercial beyond line of sight (BLOS) communication and tactical data link experiment to update a mixed formation en-route to a simulated threat area during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Joint Forcible Entry trainin…
The Space Force’s Real Mission: Wasting Taxpayer Dollars

The Space Force’s Real Mission: Wasting Taxpayer Dollars

Back in 2018, when the Space Force was being formed, I warned that the new service would likely seek exemptions from existing regulations governing acquisition, arguing that looser rules would be necessary to keep up with technological development. I hate to say that my warning was pretty prescient….
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