Technology
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Sep- 2021 -24 September
L3Harris to Bid for NATO Airborne Warning System Replacement
L3Harris announced that it will bid on the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control program to replace NATO’s Airborne Warning and Control System by 2035.
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24 September
Russia Developing Extended-Use, Under-Ice Aquatic Drone
Russia’s Lazurit Central Design Bureau has teamed up with defense concern Almaz-Antey to develop an unmanned underwater vessel (UUV) capable of running under ice for up to three months, TASS revealed.
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23 September
US Air Force Tests Robotic Aircraft Weapon Loading System
The US Air Force recently tested a robotic system prototype for aircraft weapon loading at the Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
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23 September
Boeing Unveils Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile Concept
Boeing displayed a Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile (LRAAM) concept at the annual Air, Space, and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, this week.
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23 September
US MDA Test Launches Upgraded Homeland Missile Defense
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) revealed it has test-launched a kill vehicle mock-up with curtailed boosting stages for earlier release.
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22 September
Pentagon Issues ‘Subterranean Robot Challenge’
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency kicked off the Subterranean Challenge final this week, with participants deploying autonomous systems to navigate underground obstacles.
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22 September
Contract Announcement for B-52 Engine Replacement ‘Imminent’
The announcement of an engine replacement contract for the B-52 is “imminent” and may happen before month’s end. However, “it could be faster.”
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22 September
‘Lifesaver’ Water Rescue Drone Unveiled
Drone manufacturer TEKEVER unveiled plans for a new water rescue system, dubbed the “Lifesaver onboard system" at the Defence and Security Equipment International conference in London.
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22 September
USAF Official Warns China Might ‘Strike From Space’
In his keynote address at the Air Force Association Air, Space Cyber Conference, US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall warned that China has the potential “to actually put weapons in space."
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21 September
Pentagon Awards Supercomputer Contracts Totaling $68 million
The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded $68 million in contracts to California-based Penguin Computing for two high-performance supercomputers.
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