By UK Ministry of Defence on Thursday, June 20th, 2013 RAF Typhoon aircraft may be armed with Meteor missiles from later this decade after an agreement was signed today by industry and the four Eurofighter nations. During a brief ceremony on the Paris Air Show, Defence Ministers from the united kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain witnessed a freelance being signed between Eurofighter and NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) so they can see the missile system integrated onto the aircraft. The Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air to Air missile, manufactured by MBDA, is a state-of-the-art long range weapon that... Read More »

By Army News Service on Monday, June 24th, 2013 Military analysts now have a device that brings together unprecedented modeling and simulation features to assist them better choose, or build weapons to overpower future threats. Such features allow military researchers to investigate, for instance, how a grenade, artillery round or another weapon performs — or falls short — against moving targets in complex battlefield scenarios, that’s one of the most biggest challenges the army faces today. With this knowledge, researchers say, Army leaders can identify future technology investments early on, whether it really is modifications to existing weapons or replacing... Read More »

By Air Force News Agency on Thursday, June 20th, 2013 Indications are that the F-35 joint strike fighter program — the costliest aviation program in Defense Department history — is heading in the right direction, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics told a Senate panel here June 19. Testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee this morning, Frank Kendall said the F-35 would be the premier strike aircraft for the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. “The department’s and my focus was at the efforts to manipulate costs at the program, and to reach a more... Read More »

By RIA Novosti on Thursday, June 20th, 2013 Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) are testing a remote-controlled mine-clearance vehicle designed to let Yars mobile ballistic missile launchers travel safely through minefields, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. “The vehicle will allow the components of the missile system to breach minefields in addition to reduce the specter of individually-placed explosive devices,” the ministry quoted RVSN engineering service head, Col. Dmitry Yevmenenko as saying. The new vehicle will use advanced microwave emitters in addition to traditional mine-clearing devices to detect and eliminate mines along the patrol routes utilized by Yars launchers. The... Read More »

By Thales on Friday, June 21st, 2013 The first A400M Full Flight Simulator (FFS) designed and built by Thales for Airbus Military received European Aviation Safety Agency’s qualification for training at the 7 June at Airbus Military International Training Centre in Seville. This qualification is a key enabling milestone that permits Airbus Military to begin to coach A400M flight crews for his or her complex missions in a secure environment. The Full Flight Simulator utilises aircraft hardware and software that represents the initial configuration of the A400M aircraft cockpit and simulates the floor and flight operations of the aircraft in... Read More »