Initial trials bringing together the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and Britain’s new HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier have exceeded expectations, senior officers say.
An arms embargo placed on the Central African Republic is to remain in place, blocking a proposed Chinese weapons package being delivered to the country’s forces.
Foreign sale package includes Japanese request for SM-3 missiles; Israeli Air Force plans F-15 purchase; U.S.’ air power demo; and Northrop to sustain J-Stars.
India has issued a letter of request to the U.S. government to buy 24 MH-60 anti-submarine warfare helicopters for its navy at an estimated cost of $2 billion.
Defense electronics company ESG has conducted a manned-unmanned teaming demo with the German military in which a UMS Skeldar R-350 VTOL UAS operated with a manned Bell UH-1D helo.
A team of six live and 24 virtual UAS has demonstrated the ability to autonomously strike preplanned and pop-up targets without the supervision of a human mission commander, DARPA says.
Airbus Defense and Space Inc. has become the second sat manufacturer awarded a contract under DARPA’s Blackjack program to demo a constellation of low Earth orbit spacecraft.
Draper engineers have developed a countermeasure suited for those garbed in pressurized ascent and entry or jumpsuits who find themselves in high-altitude peril.
The European Union has named 17 more cooperative defense research and development programs that will benefit from the EU’s Permanent Structured Cooperation.
