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CRS Surveys Pentagon Counter-UAV Systems

CRS Surveys Pentagon Counter-UAV Systems

Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly called drones, have proliferated rapidly and are available to nation states and to nonstate actors and individuals. These systems could provide U.S. adversaries with a low-cost means of conducting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions again…
Israeli Air Force Training German Heron TP Crews

Israeli Air Force Training German Heron TP Crews

In the last few months, the 11th course in the “Red Baron” squadron ended. The squadron’s role is to train German crews to operate the Israeli “Eitan” (Heron TP) RPAV, as the German Air Force is in the process of developing their own version of the aircraft. “The ‘Red Baron’ squadron is the only non…
HMS Lancaster Returns to Operations After Sea Ceptor Upgrade

HMS Lancaster Returns to Operations After Sea Ceptor Upgrade

A month after celebrating her 30th birthday, The Queen’s Frigate has proved herself ready to resume UK defence operations after a refit giving her the latest in Royal Navy hardware.

Known as the ‘Red Rose’, HMS Lancaster – whose sponsor is Her Majesty The Queen in her role as Duke of Lancaster – …

Drone Show Operational Limits of Air Defense Systems

Drone Show Operational Limits of Air Defense Systems

While most countries struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, the civil wars in Syria and Libya have become battlegrounds for foreign states backing different local sides. External powers have intervened in both civil wars supplying advanced conventional weapons that have intensified the conflicts, but …
ESA Selects Thales Alenia Space Proposal for Copernicus Project

ESA Selects Thales Alenia Space Proposal for Copernicus Project

CANNES, France — Thales Alenia Space, a Joint Venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), has recently been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) in coordination and with the agreement of the European Commission, for major Copernicus missions.

Copernicus is the core satellite Eart…

ATR to Cut 204 Jobs as Production is Cut by 50%

ATR to Cut 204 Jobs as Production is Cut by 50%

TOULOUSE, France — Leading regional aircraft manufacturer ATR has announced plans to right-size its organisation in response to the COVID-19 crisis, consistent with the reduction of its activity in the coming years due to the phenomenal loss of commercial aviation activity in recent months.

As…

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