Category -- Air -- The Defense Post

Jan- 2022 -

13 January

Rafael Completes Developing Third-Gen Reconnaissance System

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has completed the development of its third-generation reconnaissance system, RecceLite XR.

13 January

Hanan Zaffar

Argentina Procures Two Refurbished Sikorsky SH-3H Helicopters

Argentina is set to acquire two refurbished Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King helicopters for its navy at a cost of $12.8 million.

12 January

MADS-K OTM V4 counter-drone systems installed on an Up-Armored HMMWV & Ford F350 Platforms

Mahir Zeynalov

Counter-Drone Market Projected to Hit $6.5B by 2031

A new report is projecting that the global counter-drone market is estimated to reach $6.44 billion in 2031 from $1.57 billion in 2021.

12 January

Joe Saballa

Boeing Selects Collins Aerospace to Upgrade B-52 Bombers

Boeing has selected Collins Aerospace to upgrade the B-52 bomber aircraft by integrating a new electric power generation system.

12 January

Inder Singh Bisht

Raytheon Coyote Blasts Another Drone Mid-Air

Raytheon demonstrated the counter-drone capability of its Coyote Block 2+ drone in a newly released video, showing the unmanned vehicle blasting an unmanned aerial platform.

11 January

Inder Singh Bisht

Avenger Drones Send Fused Air Threat Data to Command Ctr

Two General Atomics Avenger drones relayed passively captured air threat fused data to a ground-based command center for the first time.

11 January

Hanan Zaffar

US Approves MQ-9 Reaper Drone Sale Parts to France

The US State Department has approved the sale of spare parts and support services for MQ-9 Reaper drones to France at an estimated cost of $300 million.

11 January

Inder Singh Bisht

Single Operator Controls 130+ Drones at DARPA Exercise

A single operator controlled over a hundred physical and simulated drones simultaneously using Raytheon integrated swarm technology at the fifth OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program.

11 January