In acquisition notice released on Feb. 26, the U.S. Air Force indicated that a supersonic engine is one of the three power plant options being considered for the long range standoff (LRSO) missile.
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Category: Research
DARPA sourcing for low-cost sensors to monitor air targets in Arctic Circle
H/T to Military Aerospace. DARPA is soliciting the industry for a series of low-cost, rapidly-deployable, environmentally friendly, unmanned sensor systems that can detect, track and identify air, surface and subsurface targets from above the Arctic Circle.
Israel stole blueprints of Mokopa air-to-ground missile
Al-Jazeera has published a secret document from the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, which revealed that blueprints for South Africa’s Mokopa air-to-ground missile were stolen by Israel.
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India’s second indigenous aircraft carrier could be a CVN
India is in the midst of a study to define the requirements of a 65,000 tonne aircraft carrier and the current plan is for the flattop to be nuclear-powered.
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Airbus offers A330 for India’s AEW&C program
It has emerged that Airbus was the only company to respond to a RFP from India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for an AEW&C program.
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