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On September 12, the DSEI 2023 exhibition will open in the capital of Great Britain. Saab plans to present the Barracuda camouflage radio-transparent mesh. The main feature of this cloaking device is radio transparency for selected frequencies of radar and communication systems. ULCAS-FSS technology is implemented in the camouflage net. As a result, it can […]
Lockheed Martin is close to completing work on the Extended Ranger (ER) Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) precision-guided missile. The company reported a successful test of the ammunition. The GMLRS is a family of 227 mm caliber guided missiles. They are used in the M142 HIMARS highly mobile artillery missile system and the M270 […]
There is growing interest in developing ballistic drones for use in emergency response and for military purposes. But operating a multicopter in a confined space requires a reliable takeoff method. A team of researchers from the California Institute of Technology and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has presented a prototype of a handheld ball-shaped quadcopter that […]
The Slinger combat module ordered for the Armed Forces of Ukraine has the simplest possible slogan: “one shot, one kill” and it is indeed entitled to it, as it is simply the perfect solution against enemy drones In early April of this year, it became known that Ukraine had ordered the first batch of unnamed […]
In September, DSEI 2023 will open in the UK capital. Saab will bring to the exhibition a new mobile air defense system created with the experience gained in Ukraine. We are talking about RBS 70 NG. It uses the American armored vehicle JLTV as a chassis. The car’s body is covered with Barracuda’s multispectral camouflage. […]
Ukraine is actively using the models as a “bait” for the occupiers, and the more of them there are on the battlefield, the more the occupiers will spend their missiles and kamikaze drones on them Metinvest Group has developed and is supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces with realistic models of various weapons and military equipment […]
The Ukrainian Armed Forces use 9B28 missiles from the Soviet S-200 air defense system to strike ground targets. This was made possible by a new generation of radar. Forbes journalists talked to former NSA employee Trent Telenko, who is familiar with this anti-aircraft missile. He recalled that it was developed by KB-1 specialists in the […]
The Swedish RBS-70 MANPADS was probably first captured on video during a successful combat mission. The Swedish-made man-portable air defense system was deployed to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in April, but there was no video of its use by the Armed Forces before then. The video was published by Sternenko’s Telegram channel. Soldiers of the […]
The special software that controls the drones adapts to unforeseen mission circumstances to ensure that the drones tactically perform their tasks. Scientific Systems has developed a special software platform for the legendary MQ-20 Avenger drones, which can now operate in swarm mode, according to the company’s official press release. Now, several reconnaissance drones can perform […]
The US military has received a long-range tool by combining an unmanned vehicle and a launcher from a destroyer At the end of July 2023, the US Marine Corps revealed that it had received a remotely controlled Long Range Fires Launcher (LRFL) for Tomahawk cruise missiles. It was a historic event in some ways, because […]