Lockheed Martin has opened a facility that streamlines small satellites (smallsat) processing to enable high-rate delivery. The multi-million dollar facility will house the company’s Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites, among other smallsats programs and technology demonstrators. The 20,000-square-foot low bay clean room, located on the company’s Waterton campus, will feature six…
The Polish Ministry of Defense, through its Armament Authority, has confirmed that it is purchasing hundreds of SPIKE LR Missiles through RAFAEL’s local industrial partner, MESKO. The deal is expected to be worth around 100 Million Dollars. As RAFAEL’s local Polish industrial partner, MESKO has already manufactured SPIKE Missiles for the Polish MOD, and this…
The U.S. Army has awarded American Rheinmetall Vehicles (Sterling Heights, MI) and the industry leading companies of Team Lynx – Textron Systems, Raytheon Technologies, L3Harris Technologies, Allison Transmission, and Anduril Industries – a contract for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) Phase 3 Detailed Design and Phase 4 Prototype Build and Test phases of the…
Coromandel International’s subsidiary, Dhaksha Unmanned Systems has bagged an order worth Rs 165 crore for defence and agri drones, from the Indian Army. The order is for the supply of 200 medium altitude logistics drones and accessories to the Indian Army. Recently, Daksha Unmanned Systems had also bagged a 400-drone contract from agri inputs cooperative IFFCO for…
The Indian Army is planning to procure about 28 Sarvatra Bridge Simulators, and has come out with a Request for Information (RFI) for the same. The Sarvatra Bridging System was a replacement of AM-50 bridge system held with Corps of Engineers. The indigenously designed Savratra Bridge system consists of bridge superstructure, trestles and accessories. Further,…
India has prohibited the domestic military drone manufacturers from using components made in China over concerns about security vulnerabilities, according to four defence and industry officials and documents reviewed by Reuters. Three of these people and some of the six other government and industry figures interviewed by Reuters spoke on the condition of anonymity as…
Voyager Space (Voyager), a global leader in space exploration, and Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus), the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe, announced a agreement paving the way for a transatlantic joint venture (JV) to develop, build, and operate Starlab, a commercial space station planned to succeed the International Space Station. Noteworthy, the US-led…
Lockheed Martin has successfully validated designs for all elements of the nation’s Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Through a series of successful and on-schedule Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs) of all NGI major subsystems, the company demonstrated it has achieved design maturity and reduced risk for critical technologies. Next Generation…
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed multiple successful takeoffs and landings with its Mojave UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) on a dirt strip near El Mirage, Calif. The ability to take off and land on unimproved surfaces demonstrates Mojave’s departure from traditional fixed-wing aircraft’s dependance on prepared runways. This new capability provides greater versatility and…
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a business unit of General Dynamics, have been awarded a contract by US Navy for the construction of three Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (DDG 51). Currently, there are six DDG 51 destroyers in production at Bath Iron Works: John Basilone (DDG 122), Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124) and…
