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Lockheed Martin successfully tests extended-range guided rocket system

Air Force

March 6, 2021 0

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has tested a new extended-range version of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System. According to Lockheed Martin, it successfully tested its next-generation Extended-Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (ER GMLRS) munition [...]

MBDA awarded first contract for its new Albatros NG system

Air Force

March 4, 2021 0

MBDA has been awarded a first contract for Albatros NG, a brand new CAMM-ER based air defence system. This first order, from an undisclosed international customer, marks a further validation of the wide appeal of [...]

Technology

Lockheed Martin runs UAE-designed AI inspection capability on aircraft programs

February 18, 2021 0

For a group of talented UAE students interning at Lockheed Martin in Masdar City, what started as an ambitious summer project has turned into a real-world engineering breakthrough that will positively impact the company’s aircraft [...]

Land Forces

2020: An exceptional year for Arquus’ industrial repair activities

February 5, 2021 0

The Private Industrial Repairs (PIR) objectives are fulfilled for Arquus in 2020. The industrial targets have not only been met, but also increased on several programs during the year. The industrial apparatus has demonstrated throughout [...]

Air Force

Sikorsky-Boeing Team Reveals Advanced Assault Helicopter Designed to Revolutionize U.S. Army Capabilities

January 25, 2021 0

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company (NYSE: LMT), and Boeing (NYSE: BA) today released details of its advanced helicopter for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition, known as FLRAA. The aircraft, named DEFIANT X, [...]

Events

Tawazun Becomes Principal Partner of IDEX & NAVDEX

January 5, 2021 0

The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2021) and the Naval Defence Exhibition (NAVDEX 2021), held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, from 21-25 February [...]

Air Force

Rheinmetall Takes Over Maintenance of German Air Force’s CH-53G Transport Helicopter

December 10, 2020 0

Rheinmetall has won an order from the German Bundeswehr to inspect, maintain and repair Sikorsky CH-53G transport helicopters. Starting in March 2021, the Düsseldorf-based Group will be operating two maintenance and repair bays belonging to [...]

Analysis

Iran Missile Upgrades Complicate GCC Defense Efforts

December 4, 2020 0

RIAD KAHWAJI Arab Gulf States need to improve force integration, establish better shared-awareness capabilities, improve ISR and EW effectiveness and move from commanding the battle concept to managing the battle to successfully counter Iran’s evolving ballistic [...]

Technology

Safran selected by French Space Command, confirming its pivotal position in space surveillance

November 20, 2020 0

The French Space Command is expanding and diversifying its sources of information concerning the space environment by subscribing to WeTrack™, a global network of radio-frequency (RF) sensors designed, owned and operated by Safran Data Systems. [...]

Naval

Air Defense FREMM Lorraine Floated Out Despite Health Crisis

November 16, 2020 0

The last multi-mission frigate and tenth unit of the FREMM series was floated out Friday 13 November at the Naval Group site of Lorient. The crossing of this milestone opens the pathway to the ship’s [...]