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Lockheed Martin Sikorsky Unit Wins Black Hawk Contract Worth Up to $4.4 Billion
The Sikorsky unit at Lockheed Martin just won a new five-year contract to build 120 H-60 Mike-model Black Hawk utility helicopters. This marks the 10th such contract for the airplane manufacturer; and not only does it have an impressive... More of this article »
Joint DoD and NSF RINGS Project Invests in Joint Private-Public Sector Partnerships
On April 18, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the awards for the Resilient and Intelligent NextG Systems program, which officially kicked off on June 27. This initiative brings together the public and private sectors... More of this article »
House Lawmakers Advocate for Directed Energy Weapons Development
Armed Services Committee lawmakers recently expressed their desire to get more information from the Pentagon regarding the office’s future plans to integrate directed energy weapons into the air defense program. Furthermore,... More of this article »
Argentina Opts For USA-built Chinook Helicopters
The country of Argentina has accelerated their progress towards acquiring four new CH-47 Chinook heavy-life helicopters, made by Boeing, in the United States. According to US military sources in Buenos Aires, the aim of this plan... More of this article »
AT&T Demonstrates US Navy Smart Warehouse with 5G Capabilities
Recently, telecommunications juggernaut AT&T successfully demonstrated a new 5G network at the Naval Base Coronado, in San Diego, California. The procedural test was part of a new effort from the United States Department of Defense... More of this article »
US Air Force Employs AI to Improve Weather Tracking Models to Assist Military Planning
The United States Air Force is currently utilizing augmenting modern weather prediction tools with new artificial intelligence in order to improve their understanding of various environmental conditions in places where the US military... More of this article »
Army Exercises Hope to Identify Capability Gaps in Arctic Operations
Last month, the US military-led a Swift Response exercise by deploying Alaska-based Paratroopers over the Arctic Circle with the intention to land in Norway. This particular exercise marks the very first time any unit in this annual... More of this article »
Six NATO Nations Agree To Cooperate on Next-Gen Helicopter
Six countries in the NATO alliance recently signed a memorandum of mutual understanding to cooperate on new concepts for a next-generation helicopter. At the June 16 meeting of alliance defense ministers, in Brussels, Italy, France,... More of this article »
Procore Technologies (PCOR) Scheduled to Announce Earnings on Wednesday
Procore Technologies (NYSE:PCOR – Get Free Report) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 4th. The company reported ($0.42) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of... More of this article »
Ukraine Destroys Russian Helicopters at Kherson Airfield
The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed Russian helicopters parked at an airfield in Kherson region, which recently fell under its control. More than ten helicopters can be seen in one of the images shared by Ukraine’s military,... More of this article »
Russian-made Composite MC-21 Wing Box Clears Strength Tests
United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), a subsidiary of Rostec carried out static testing of the wing box of the MS-21 aircraft, made of Russian polymer composite materials. To confirm the strength of the product, it was subjected to breaking... More of this article »
Russian Troops Kill top Ukrainian Semiconductor Scientist
Vasyl Kladko, Deputy Director of the V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics Russian troops have shot Vasyl Kladko, an experimental physicist and Deputy Director of the V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics... More of this article »
Russian Troops Destroy Javelin, NLAW Missiles Depot Using Long Range Weapon
Russian troops destroyed a Javelin and NLAW anti-tank missile systems in Ukraine’s Zhitomir city on Saturday. “In the past 24 hours, a strike was delivered with long-range precision weapons to destroy the ammo depot on the... More of this article »
Russian Tanks Surviving Hits from U.S.-made Javelin Missiles: Russian MoD
Russian T-72 main battle tanks currently operating in Ukraine appear to be surviving hits from the U.S.-made Javelin anti -tank guided missile (ATGM) in service with the Ukrainian Army. Javelins ATGM attack tanks from top down hitting... More of this article »
Chinese Scientist Defects to U.S. Carrying Hypersonic Weapons Secrets
A cricket-loving Chinese rocket scientist, attached to the Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) has defected to the U.S. carrying with him secrets of the hypersonic glide vehicle, a weapon that Washington has been struggling to... More of this article »
Nigerian JF-17s Scrambled to Intercept Unidentified Drone
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) today scrambled JF-17 fighters to intercept an unidentified drone in its airspace.This is the second such incident in a week. The drone headed north of its position out of Nigerian airspace the moment... More of this article »
Lockheed Martin Awarded $1.8 Billion for F-35 Block 4 Development
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has been awarded a $1,808,545,655 contract for continued design maturation and development of Block 4 capabilities in support of the F-35 Lightning II Phase 2.3 Pre-Modernization for the United States Air... More of this article »
Battle of the Air Defense Systems: S-400 Vs Patriot and THAAD
The American-made Patriot and Russian S-400 Triumf air defense systems are currently hogging international orders despite their price tags running into billions of dollars. While the Patriot has more or less a captive market within... More of this article »
Vegan is Kosher For Israeli Defense Forces
The Israeli Defense Forces has introduced vegan rations with increase in number of vegan combat soldiers. The vegan combat rations will include hummus and tahini, beans in tomato sauce, cocoa spread, halva, green olives, peas and... More of this article »