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Apr- 2022 -

7 April

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.

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.

5 April

Staff Writer With AFP

US Tests Hypersonic Missile

The US military announced a new test of a hypersonic missile, as Pentagon officials seek to match or get ahead of China's and Russia's advances in the weapons technology.

5 April

Inder Singh Bisht

General Atomics Upgrades Gray Eagle-Extended Range Armed Drone

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has begun Gray Eagle-Extended Range Unmanned Aircraft System factory upgrades, including manned-unmanned teaming capability.

Mar- 2022 -

31 March

Inder Singh Bisht

French Nuclear Air-to-Surface Missile Tested, Ready for Production

The French government’s defense procurement and technology agency conducted a “qualification firing” of the upgraded air-to-surface missile recently.

31 March

Inder Singh Bisht

Pentagon Deploys 200 Marines to Eastern Europe

The Pentagon has moved 200 US Marines from Norway to Lithuania in response to the current Russia-Ukraine conflict.

30 March

Inder Singh Bisht

US Army Test-Fires Patriot Interceptor From THAAD Air Defense System

Lockheed Martin, the Missile Defense Agency, and the US Army test-fired the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor with the THAAD Weapon System, demonstrating further integration.

30 March