Charleston, SC (April 23, 2024) — USCGC Calhoun (WMSL-759), powered by one GE Aerospace LM2500 marine gas turbine, was commissioned by the United States Coast Guard Saturday in its homeport of Charleston, South Carolina. USCGC Calhoun is the 10th of 11 Legend-class United States Coast Guard cutters. The Calhoun is the newest and most technologically advanced 418-foot National Security Cutter (NSC) to join the Coast Guard fleet. The LM2500 gas turbine will power all 11 USCG National Security Cutters, including the WMSL-760 currently being constructed at Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pas ..read more

San Diego, Xponential, 23, April 2024 – TEKEVER, the European market leader in unmanned aerial systems (UAS), presented the forthcoming ARX, a cutting-edge UAS capable of deploying and coordinating a swarm of smaller drones from a primary mother drone for the first time.  With onboard AI/ML capabilities and a fully modular payload configuration supporting sensors and deployable cargo, the new UAS, which is set to have its commercial debut in 2025, will significantly enhance surveillance and life-saving capabilities for both civilian and military organizations. With an MTOW of 600Kg ..read more

San Diego – 23 April 2024 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) confirms that its Mojave Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) destroyed static targets in live-fire tests on April 13, 2024, validating the system’s battlefield relevance and recording another milestone for the demonstrator aircraft. GA-ASI partnered with Dillon Aero to mount two of Dillon’s DAP-6 Gun Pod Systems onto the Mojave aircraft. Mojave performed seven passes across two flights during the demonstration, expending around 10,000 rounds of ammunition as the UAS shredded a variety of targets. “Seeing our Mojave perf ..read more

Lorient, 23 April 2024 – On April 15th 2024, the keel laying of the first block of the third Hellenic Ship (HS) Formion took place in the Naval Group shipyard in Lorient. This step is a symbolic milestone in the FDI program for the Hellenic Navy, as it marks the beginning of the third ship’s assembly process. The keel laying of HS Formion is another great achievement which illustrates the strong and long-term industrial cooperation between France and Greece. As an example, SALAMIS SHIPYARDS has already delivered in February several pre-outfitted hull blocks which were built in Greece in their ..read more

22 April 2024 – The Royal Navy’s latest Astute Class submarine has been officially named at BAE Systems’ Submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Agamemnon – named after the ancient Greek king – is the sixth of seven Astute submarines being built by the Company. She is due to be launched later this year, ahead of being commissioned into the Royal Navy. The ceremony was attended by the Minister for Defence Procurement and included an address by the boat’s Lady Sponsor, Lady SJ Sedwill, the wife of former UK National Security Adviser Lord Mark Sedwill. Agamemnon was then blessed and christ ..read more

Stockholm, 22 April 2024 Total global military expenditure reached $2443 billion in 2023, an increase of 6.8 per cent in real terms from 2022. This was the steepest year-on-year increase since 2009. The 10 largest spenders in 2023—led by the United States, China and Russia—all increased their military spending, according to new data on global military spending published today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), available at www.sipri.org.  Military expenditure increases in all regions World military expenditure rose for the ninth consecutive year to an al ..read more

During a press presentation at the company Brescia facility, Leonardo announced that it is about ready to take orders for its 30 mm X-Gun, unveiled last year at Seafuture. It also provided a number of technical details on this new weapon “Today everybody is speaking about counter-UAS and systems capable to defeat, and today we are on the market with something that we consider to be exactly at the right time at the right moment, with a technology that is totally of our property so that we own the full intellectual property rights,” Luca Perazzo, Deputy Managing Director of Leonardo Defence Busi ..read more

22 April 2024 – Chess Dynamics, a leading developer of real-time video and image processing solutions, has launched the Vision4ce Mini CHARM, a new image processor specifically designed for size and weight-constrained applications, such as drones and small tactical vehicles. The Mini CHARM offers a powerful and flexible solution for electro-optical system manufacturers and integrators seeking advanced image processing capabilities in a compact footprint. Its compact design and efficient operation make it ideal for integration into small, lightweight camera systems, offering a leading image pro ..read more

22 April 2024 – On 22 April 2024, the fourth submarine in the Type 218SG construction program was named at the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems shipyard in Kiel. The 250 invited guests included Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defence, and Teo Chee Hean, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security of the Republic of Singapore, as well as other high-ranking representatives from Singapore and Germany. The sponsor of the boat was Ms. Teo Swee Lian, sister of Teo Chee Hean. Oliver Burkhard, CEO of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, emphasized: “The submarines built in this project are ..read more

19th April 2024 – NP Aerospace has announced it is one of the key partners on the UK MOD’s Laser Directed Energy Weapon Land Demonstrator programme working with Raytheon UK to progress integration of Raytheon’s High-Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) onto the Wolfhound vehicle. Raytheon UK recently received its first HELWS unit from the US for testing in the UK. Since then, the vehicle engineering team at NP Aerospace’s Coventry facility have been leading the integration work, with mobility trials scheduled for later this year. Wolfhound is one of the UK MOD’s protected mobility fleet managed ..read more