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The US Navy has highlighted the future of the US/UK seaborne nuclear deterrent by successfully launching a Trident II D5 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana for a record 191 times.Co… Continue reading US Navy completes record 191 flight tests of the Trident II D5 missile
The UK/US/Australian AUKUS nuclear attack submarine treaty is moving from diplomacy to nuts-and-bolts after the UK Ministry of Defence awarded a £3.95-billion (US$4.8 billion) contract to begin detailed design work and long-term procurement for the SSN… Continue reading BAE Systems wins £3.95-billion contract to start SSN-AUKUS sub work
The future of NASA’s New Horizons interstellar probe as it speeds out of the solar system, never to return, is a bit more secure after the space agency announced a new extended mission plan that includes another possible Kuiper Belt object flyby.Contin… Continue reading New Horizons gets a new lease on life and a possible flyby mission
A vintage Cold War spy plane is getting a new lease on life as Lockheed Martin’s notorious yet secretive Skunk Works completes the first test flight of a Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady with an upgraded avionics suite and cockpit displays.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane makes first flight with new avionics suite
A vintage Cold War spy plane is getting a new lease on life as Lockheed Martin’s notorious yet secretive Skunk Works completes the first test flight of a Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady with an upgraded avionics suite and cockpit displays.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane makes first flight with new avionics suite
A recent NATO exercise in the waters off the coast of Portugal saw naval drones reach a new level. As part of the exercise, a BAE Systems/Malloy Aeronautics T-600 heavy lift Uncrewed Air System (UAS) air launched an inert Sting Ray training torpedo.Con… Continue reading In a world-first, T-600 heavy lift drone launches anti-sub torpedo
The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a US$705 million contract to develop an upgradable next-generation air-to-ground missile called the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW). The missile is designed to take on fast-moving targets behind enemy lines.C… Continue reading Northrop Grumman to build advanced SiAW air-to-ground missile
At this week’s German National Aviation Conference in Hamburg, Airbus Helicopters took the wraps off its PioneerLab flying helicopter laboratory based on the company’s twin-engine H145 platform.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Airbus,… Continue reading Airbus shows off new helicopter flying lab for tech tests
Laser weapons have begun to spread throughout NATO, as the German Navy has completed a year-long trial under realistic sea conditions of a 20-kW MBDA Deutschland/Rheinmetall Laser Weapon Demonstrator. It was installed aboard the 5,800-tonne (6,393-ton)… Continue reading German Navy completes successful sea trials of 100-kW laser weapon
NASA’s final plans for the International Space Station when it is decommissioned at the end of the decade have been revealed as it asks for proposals for a new spacecraft that will be used to guide the station to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere.Conti… Continue reading NASA reveals new plan to deorbit International Space Station