Military Bits & Pieces
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T-7A Red Hawk Ejection Seat Test Is as Awesome as It Sounds
26 May 2023, 12:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Boeing published a video of the ejection seat test for the T-7A Red Hawk which took place at the Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico
Gray Eagle Drone Flown With New All-Weather Target Tracking Hardware for the U.S. Army
25 May 2023, 15:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor General Atomics fitted the Eagle-Eye Multi-Mode Radar (MMR) on two Gray Eagle Extended Range drones and flew them in a U.S. Army demo
U.S. Navy Getting $3 Billion-Worth of New Submarine Hunters, Here They Are
19 May 2023, 11:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ship builder Austal was chosen by the U.S. Navy to build seven Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ships to be used to find and track submarines
USMC Amphibious Combat Vehicle Goes to Spain, Shown Outside the U.S. for the First Time
18 May 2023, 18:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor BAE Systems brings a variant of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle it makes for the U.S. Marine Corps to Europe for the first time
Airbus Autonomous Helicopter Can Land on Ships in Rough Seas Within 8 Inches of Target
16 May 2023, 15:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Airbus and the French Armament General Directorate flew the VSR700 helicopter drone for the first time in "full operational configuration."
Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Is Back in Action After 75,000 Hours of Work
16 May 2023, 14:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Vigor says its work on the USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is completed after nine months
World's Largest Aircraft by Wingspan Drops Hypersonic Vehicle on Purpose During Test
16 May 2023, 13:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Stratolaunch Roc performed a test flight and it dropped the Talon-A hypersonic vehicle to see if it can separate from the center-wing pylon
USS Augusta Is the U.S. Navy’s Latest Littoral Combat Ship, Two More of Its Class Coming
15 May 2023, 07:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Austal announces the delivery of the USS Augusta littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy, two more left to complete the fleet of 19
Saab Gripen E Made on an American Continent to Start Flying in 2025
11 May 2023, 10:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swedish defense contractor Saab announced the opening of an assembly line for the Gripen E fighter jet in Brazil, the first of its kind outside the home country
Fixed-Wing Military Drone Can Now Morph Into VTOL With Almost Zero Effort
10 May 2023, 08:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor AeroVironment introduces a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) conversion kit for the Puma family of surveillance drones
Stealth HALO Jumps on Enemy Positions Get a Helping Hand From New Oxygen Supply System
10 May 2023, 07:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Collins Aerospace releases a new oxygen supply system for HAHO and HALO jumps performed by special operations forces, allows jumps from 33,000 feet
Navy Fires New Anti-Radiation Missile Over Land for the First Time, Target Obliterated
9 May 2023, 13:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman announced the fifth successful test of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range
BlueWhale Autonomous Sub Is the First of a New Breed of Underwater Military Hardware
8 May 2023, 10:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Israeli defense contractor IAI presented last week the BlueWhale, the nation's first autonomous underwater vehicle meant for surveillance
USAF Takes Another Step Towards Autonomous Aerial Transportation
4 May 2023, 04:46 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / USAF's AFWERX department is officially working with an autonomous flight expert for the accreditation of safe and effective unpiloted cargo operations
USAF ICBM Unit Uses JTLV Vehicle for the First Time During Op, Calls It a "Batmobile”
2 May 2023, 08:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Air Force Global Strike Command deployed the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) for the first time for Minuteman III ICBM maintenance
This Military Drone Is Larger Than the A-10 Warthog, Moves Closer to Production
28 Apr 2023, 13:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / French defense contractor Safran announced it will supply the wheels and braking for the Eurodrone surveillance aircraft
First Electric Air Taxis to Be Stationed at a US Military Base Coming in 2024
26 Apr 2023, 03:00 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The California-based Joby will deliver and operate the first electric air taxis to be stationed at an American military base
Oldest Aircraft Carrier in the World Nails 350,000th Aircraft Trap, Must Be a Record
25 Apr 2023, 13:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy earlier this month reached an important milestone for aircraft carrier operations: the USS Nimitz completed its 350,000 arrested landing
God of Savage War Lends Its Name to New Kind of Military Helicopter, the Airbus Ares
25 Apr 2023, 10:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Airbus Helicopters pulls the wraps off two new variants of the H125. Called Ares, both versions are converted for military purposes in the U.S.
3D-Printed Hypersonic Drone Meets Its Launch Vehicle, It's Called HASTE
19 Apr 2023, 11:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Hypersonix says it will use the new Rocket Lab Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron launch platform to test the DART AE hypersonic drone