EUMETSAT has joined the signatories of the “joint statement on the institutional exploitation of Ariane 6 and Vega C” in favor of a European preference for launchers on institutional missions in Europe, initiated by the European Space Agency (ESA) in October 2018.

In this framework, Arianespace a…

National defense is a bipartisan endeavor. Increasing the United States’ economic prosperity and maintaining U.S. competitiveness are also vital bipartisan efforts. Yet there is an idea gaining traction in both parties that, if not carefully bounded, could work against a strong national defense, eco…

MOSCOW — Tecmash Group (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) has developed a new analytical software for smart munitions that makes them resistant to electronic warfare systems, the Rostec press office reported on Wednesday.

“The next-generation munitions with the function of artificial i…

On December 2nd at Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania, first steel was cut on the Royal Netherlands Navy’s (RNLN) Combat Support Ship (CSS) Den Helder. The cutting is the first of sixteen batches, totaling 7500 tonnes of steel in 180 sections.

This marks an important milestone in this project, the f…

Steel cutting ceremony of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts (ASWSWCs) for Indian Navy was held on 01 Dec 2020 at Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi. Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy declared through video conferencing the commencement of s…

On Thursday, December 3, 2020, at 04:14, a “Soyuz-2” medium-class launch vehicle with a block of spacecraft of the “Gonets-M” low-orbit commercial satellite communication system and the “ERA-1” nanoscale service platform developed for the Russian Defence Ministry, designed for testing advanced micro…