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French Firm Develops Ceramic Antenna in ESA Innovation Program

French Firm Develops Ceramic Antenna in ESA Innovation Program

A new breakthrough technology has developed 3D structured ceramics using additive manufacturing and very solid ceramic materials.

One domain where this new technology has great potential is with antenna applications – since it can be used to make compact antenna that still have good radio and me…

Boeing Wins C-17 Training Contract for NATO Airlift Program

Boeing Wins C-17 Training Contract for NATO Airlift Program

LONG BEACH, California — Boeing will provide aircrew training support for the Strategic Airlift Capability’s multinational fleet of C-17 aircraft under a new U.S. Air Force Foreign Military Sale contract for a C-17 Weapon System Trainer (WST) that will be stationed at Pápa Air Base, Hungary.

Sixth of 11 Weapons Elevators Certified on USS Ford

Sixth of 11 Weapons Elevators Certified on USS Ford

WASHINGTON — Program Executive Office (PEO) Aircraft Carriers announced the on-schedule certification and turnover of a sixth Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), July 22.

Designed to move ordnance efficiently from the ship’s forward magazine to the flight deck, v…

Construction Begins of Final Section of First Type 26 Frigate

Construction Begins of Final Section of First Type 26 Frigate

A blinding flash of light from a hi-tech steel cutter at BAE’s Govan works signalled the start of work on the final giant section of Britain’s newest frigate.

Construction has begun on the 57th segment of the 8,000-tonne jigsaw which is HMS Glasgow, the first of eight Type 26 warships.

It’s al…

Super Hornets Drop Naval Mines During Ex. Trident Warrior

Super Hornets Drop Naval Mines During Ex. Trident Warrior

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) led multiple units through a mine countermeasure exercise (MCMEX) to test tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) during Trident Warrior 2020, July 13-16.

Trident Warrior is an annual large-scale, at-sea field ex…


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