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DRS Wins $120M for DAIRCM Aircraft Protection Systems

DRS Wins $120M for DAIRCM Aircraft Protection Systems

ARLINGTON, VA — Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it has received a contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to provide engineering design and test hardware for AN/AAQ-45 Distributed Aperture Infrared Countermeasure (DAIRCM) advanced aircraft protection systems. The mixed cost-plus-i…
New Royal Marines Unit to Shape the Future Commando Force

New Royal Marines Unit to Shape the Future Commando Force

A select group of commandos will form a new Vanguard Strike Company to shape how the Royal Marines Commandos of the future will operate around the globe.

These trailblazers will have access to game-changing technology and weaponry as they head on their first deployment next year.

The Royal Mar…

New Artillery Munition Tested in Onera Wind Tunnel

New Artillery Munition Tested in Onera Wind Tunnel

From 25 May to 8 June 2020, Nexter Munitions carried out two major test campaigns of the KATANA ammunition in the S3MA wind tunnel at ONERA’s Modane site.

The 155mm KATANA technical team successfully tested the guidance function and ballistic behavior of the ammunition in this wind tunnel capabl…

First Class of Chinese Pilots Graduate on JL-10 Jet Trainers

First Class of Chinese Pilots Graduate on JL-10 Jet Trainers

BEIJING — The first batch of pilot cadets trained with JL-10, a new type of advanced jet trainer, all graduated with excellent performance from the Shijiazhuang Flight Academy under the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) in early July, qualified for the requirements of combat troops.

It is reported that, on…

US Deploys Several B-1 Bombers to Guam

US Deploys Several B-1 Bombers to Guam

ELLSWORTH AFB, S.D. — More than 150 Airmen from a variety of career fields and several B-1B Lancers from Ellsworth returned to the Indo-Pacific region July 17 to conduct Bomber Task Force operations out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

Airmen and bombers from the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadr…


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