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7 April

US Navy Deploys Textron Drone on Guided Missile Destroyer

The US Navy has completed the first flight and maritime integration of a Textron Aerosonde drone aboard a guided missile destroyer.

7 April

Inder Singh Bisht

USAF AWACS Updates EW Software While Airborne for First Time

The US Air Force’s E-3G airborne warning and control system aircraft, or AWACS, updated its electronic warfare software in air for the first time.

7 April

guided missile destroyer, USS Jack H. Lucas

Inder Singh Bisht

US Navy to Upgrade All Surface Ships With SPY-6 Radar in $3B Program

The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a contract of up to $3.16 billion to install the SPY-6 family of radars on over 45 surface ships over the next five years.

7 April

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un (Photo: AFP)

Staff Writer With AFP

NKorea Could Hold Nuclear Test on Coming Anniversary: US Envoy

Pyongyang could be planning its first nuclear weapon test in nearly five years for its April 15 holiday, the State Department's top North Korea envoy said.

6 April

US Marine launches Switchblade 300 drone during training

Staff Writer With AFP

‘Small Number’ of Ukraine Soldiers Get Drone Training in US

Ukrainian soldiers are being trained in the United States to operate the deadly Switchblade drones that Washington is supplying to Kyiv.

6 April

Inder Singh Bisht

Sikorsky RAIDER X Future Attack Aircraft Nears Completion

The Sikorsky competitive prototype for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft is near completion.

6 April

Inder Singh Bisht

Raytheon Integrates Laser Counter Drone System With NASAMS Air Defense

Raytheon Intelligence & Space paired the High Energy Laser Weapon System and the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System in a recent counter-drone demonstration.

6 April