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23. 9. 2022 No Responses

Boeing Settles With SEC For $200 Million Over “Misleading Investors” On 737 Max Safety

Boeing Co. reached a $200 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday into allegations that the aircraft manufacturer and former chief executive deceived investors and the public about the safety of the 737 MAX plane that killed 346 people in...

8. 9. 2022 No Responses

Pentagon Halts F-35 Stealth Fighter Deliveries Over Use Of Chinese Alloy

The Pentagon suspended the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II deliveries over Chinese rare-earth metals used in magnets for pumps on the stealth fighter jet. Defense Department spokesman Russell Goemaere told Bloomberg in an email that the F-35 program office...

6. 9. 2022 No Responses

Shahid Soleimani Patrol-Combat Vessel Enters Service in Iran

On September 5, Iran’s IRGC Navy officially took delivery of the first Shahid Soleimani-class patrol-combat vessel during a ceremony that was held at its base in Bandar Abbas. The new patrol-combat vessel is named after Iran’s Quds Force commander Qassem.....

18. 8. 2022 No Responses

The 10 Biggest Military Spending Nations In The World

Military spending and technology has come under the spotlight as the world tracked Western arms shipments and watched how Iskanders, Kalibrs, HIMARS and other weaponry affected the conflict. But, as Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte details here, devel...

17. 8. 2022 No Responses

North Korea fired two cruise missiles towards the sea

South Korea says it is investigating launches after it detected two missiles fired from the North’s west coast into the sea. North Korea has fired two cruise missiles into the sea, according to South Korean officials, in Pyongyang’s first weapons...

11. 6. 2022 No Responses

Boeing & Airbus Make Up 91% Of Global Commercial Aircraft Fleets

U.S. based airlines were far and away the largest aircraft carriers, with American Airlines being the world’s largest airline by fleet size since 2019. Interestingly, Delta Airlines was the largest by revenue in 2020, despite a smaller fleet size....

5. 6. 2022 No Responses

China Navy: Third Modern Aircraft Carrier to Be Launched Soon

China will soon have another aircraft carrier. Chinese shipbuilders are currently manufacturing the aircraft carrier at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. It is also noteworthy that this event is steeped in symbolism because the CPC was founded in 1921 ...

21. 5. 2022 No Responses

The intensity of US strategic bomber flights in Europe has increased some 15 times

The US and NATO have gradually ramped up their activities along Russia’s western borders over the past few years and tensions continue to grow, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said. The minister made the remarks during a meeting of...

22. 4. 2022 No Responses

Sig Sauer Won The Big NGSW Gun Contract

United States Army Awards NGSW Contract to Sig Sauer – Earlier this week, the United States Army announced that it had selected Sig Sauer to produce the Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW), which will replace the legacy M4 carbine and M249 light machin...

19. 4. 2022 No Responses

Gaza – new combat drone becomes fully operational

New Iranian combat drone, called Gaza, has successfully passed flight tests and the unmanned aerial vehicle is now fully operational. The super heavy combat drone, which was unveiled in May last year, has a 21-meter wingspan and a 3,100-kilogram takeoff mass...

17. 3. 2022 No Responses

U.S. sending Switchblade “Kamikadze” drones to Ukraine

Ukrainian forces will be armed with Switchblade “kamikaze” loitering drones that target enemy positions from 25 miles away as part of an $800 million US defence aid package. The American-made Switchblade devices are launched like mortar shells and glide th...

NLAW, Javelin, Starstreak: 2,000 pieces of weaponry sent to Ukraine

15. 3. 2022 No Responses

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