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Investment Sensors

Cobham Wants to Takeover Ultra Despite Government Concerns

28 Jul, 10:48
2 min read

US-owned Cobham wants to take over its rival company, Ultra Electronics. Ultra said it had received a takeover bid of £35 per share from Cobham.

Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile

US Navy Ends Rail Gun Programme

27 Jul, 15:21
3 min read

The US Navy has ended the railgun project that fires projectiles at up to seven matches using electricity. The Navy’s plans to build an electromagnetic railgun.

Air Unmanned Systems

13 Additional Protector RG Mk1 for Royal Air Force

24 Jul, 20:08
2 min read

The U.K. has exercised the clause in its contract with General Atomics to deliver 13 additional Protector RG Mk1 that had previously been identified as options.

Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile

First Photo of U.S. Remedy to Counter UAS attacks

20 Jul, 17:25
2 mins

The U.S. Navy released the photo of the USS Stockdale fitted with the new Optical Dazzling Interdictor (ODIN), which will be used against SWARM attack.

Air Space Unmanned Systems

NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft Destroyed at Research Test Flight

15 Jul, 13:54
1 min read

NASA’s X-56B remotely piloted aircraft experienced an incident shortly after take-off from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Centre in Edwards, California.

Country Homeland Security

New Air Defence System to Kabul

12 Jul, 12:52
2 min read

Afghan authorities said they had installed an anti-missile system at Kabul airport to counter incoming rockets.

Unmanned Systems

The Royal Netherlands Air Force MQ-9 Roll-Out Ceremony

07 Jul, 19:28
1 min read

Netherland organised a Roll-Out Ceremony for the first MQ-9 UAV that Royal Netherlands Air Force will receive.

Air

F-35 Surpasses 400,000 Flight Hours Globally

06 Jul, 11:36
2 min read

The global F-35 fleet has achieved 400,000 flight hours. The F-35 availability rate increases while operational costs diminish.

Weapon / Missile

USAF Awards Raytheon $2 Billion Contract for Nuclear Missile

02 Jul, 14:10
1 min

United States Air Force awards Raytheon Technologies Corp a contract worth $2 billion to develop a new nuclear cruise missile.

Air

Switzerland Prefers F-35 and Patriot

01 Jul, 17:20
1 min read

Swiss defence ministry announced that the country would defend its skies with Lockheed Martin’s F-35A aircraft and Raytheon’s Patriot air defence system.

Navy / Maritime Regional / Strategy

Exercise Sea Breeze Begins in The Black Sea

30 Jun, 00:52
3 min read

US Navy Europe and the Ukrainian navy kicked off Sea Breeze 2021 in the Black Sea with the largest number of participants in the exercise’s 21 iterations.