Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) regarding conceptual studies for future fighter systems. The contract period is 2024-2025. This includes conceptual studies of manned and unmanned solutions in a system of system perspective, technology development and demonstrations. Notably, Saab will collaborate closely with FMV, the Swedish Armed Forces, The…
Airbus has been awarded a contract to design and build the GRACE-C twin spacecraft by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL (Pasadena, California). Notably, this new mission of NASA and the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will strengthen the more than 20 year long partnership between the USA and Germany to ensure…
The first production series fighter of LCA Tejas Mark-1A, an advanced variant of the LCA Mk-1 that has already been inducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) completed its maiden flight in Bengaluru last week. Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), which is manufacturing the Tejas Mk-1A or LCA Mk1A and developed by Bengaluru-based DRDO lab…
Russia is outgunning Ukrainian forces sixfold on the front lines, causing losses of troops and positions, Ukraine’s recently appointed commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said in a rare interview published on Friday. “A few days ago, the enemy’s advantage in terms of ammunition fired was about six to one,” Syrsky told the Ukrinform news agency. “The defence…
Responding to another piracy incident, the Indian Navy intercepted an Iranian fishing vessel Al-Kambar 786 and rescued the crew comprising 23 Pakistani nationals after a 12-hour operation. Nine pirates onboard the ship were forced to surrender, the Navy said in a statement. In another incident earlier this month, on 23 March, 35 pirates were brought…
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a $922 million contract to modernize the US Central Command’s (CENTCOM) enterprise IT infrastructure. The new contract, awarded in February by the General Services Administration, has a one-year base period and five option years Noteworthy, CENTCOM directs and enables military operations…
