The Gripen E is said to have 20% more thrust, greater fuel capacity, more pylons, in-flight refueling capability, increased take-off weight, and still cost significantly less than the F-35. Source: Saab The next generation Gripen, the Gripen E, is built to adapt to changing threats and operational requirements that modern air forces face. Based on the […]
Russia Claims Its Sunflower Radar is Capable of Detecting F-35 Jets
There is an “indisputable advantage” that this type of radar brings to the table Svobodnaya Pressa stated, “Short-wave stations see stealth fighter jets as clearly as WWII-era aircraft,” referring to the cutting-edge planes that have been created to avoid detection by radars, like the F-35. The content below is from the Russian news site Svobodnava Pressa and was translated using Google translator. Russia’s armed forces […]
Raytheon’s New JSOW C-1 ready for US Navy fleet
Source: Raytheon State-of-the-art glide weapon engages targets on land and at sea Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and the U.S. Navy have completed all operational tests for the Joint Standoff Weapon C-1, making this newest variant of the guided glide weapon ready for US Navy fleet release and declaration of Initial Operational Capability. JSOW C-1 includes a […]
China’s Secret Satellite Killing Robot Nicknamed Roaming Dragon?
Did China just launch a secret satellite killing robot or a space junk collector? Source: Business Insider A small spacecraft sent into orbit by the Long March 7 rocket launched from Hainan in southern China on Saturday is tasked with cleaning up space junk, according to the government, but some analysts claim it may serve […]
Russian Navy Testing New Advanced Torpedoes
Source: TASS Russian News Agency The Russian Navy is expected to adopt for service the advanced Futlyar deep-water torpedo that is undergoing its state trials now, a source in the defense industry told TASS on Wednesday. According to the source, the Futlyar is an upgraded variant of the Fizik homing torpedo that has entered service […]
Russia’s Borei Class Submarine
Source: Naval-Technology Borei Class is a Russian fourth-generation nuclear-powered missile submarine. It is intended to eventually replace the ageing Delta III and Typhoon Class submarines and become an important deterrent of the Russian Navy. It is the first class of submarines developed by Russia since the soviet era. Designated Project 935, it began in 1996 to manufacture […]
F-35 Delays Forcing USMC to Fly Hornets From Boneyard
Source: IHS Janes Defense The US Marine Corps (USMC) is having to recover Boeing F/A-18C Hornet combat aircraft from the ‘boneyard’ at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB) in Arizona to bridge the delayed introduction into service of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), a Boeing official said on 10 June. Speaking […]
Ready for Launch: Final Piece to U.S. Navy’s Game Changing NEXGEN SATCOMM
Source: Lockheed Martin The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) are ready to launch the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) secure communications satellite, MUOS-5, here on Friday, June 24, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The launch window is between 10:30 a.m. and 11:14 a.m. EDT. Watch the launch live: • A […]
U.S. Navy Developing Underwater Navigation System for Unmanned Vehicles
Source: BAE Systems DARPA has selected BAE Systems for its POSYDON – Positioning System for Deep Ocean Navigation – program. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected BAE Systems to develop an undersea navigation system aimed at enhancing the U.S. Navy’s ability to provide precise, global positioning throughout the ocean basins. The […]
U.S. Military Working on Army of Drones
Source: DARPA DARPA’s Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program seeks to help the U.S. military’s unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) conduct dynamic, long-distance engagements of highly mobile ground and maritime targets in denied or contested electromagnetic airspace, all while reducing required communication bandwidth and cognitive burden on human supervisors. In an important step toward that […]
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