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In the mid-1900s, EMI set up the Central Research Laboratory (CRL) at The Old Vinyl Factory in Hayes, west London. The world's largest producer and exporter of vinyl records wanted [...]

I'VE BEEN SEARCHING for a reasonably solid, fairly-simple approach to selecting laminates for a good part of the last eight years. (This was a background task to marketing laminates and [...]

Byline: GARRETT REIM The US Air Force (USAF) is working towards a goal of being able to dramatically accelerate the speed at which the Lockheed Martin F-16's software can be [...]

Byline: GREG WALDRON Saab has secured a SKr1.6 billion ($165 million) order for an undisclosed number of Erieye airborne early warning radar-equipped Saab 2000s. 'The industry's nature is such that [...]

Byline: GREG WALDRON The US Navy (USN) is advancing flight tests of its Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned air vehicle with Leonardo's ZPY-8 Osprey maritime search radar. Activities began [...]

Byline: GARRETT REIM The US Army is to start receiving the Version 6 hardware and software update for the Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopter in August. Boeing says it has [...]

Byline: CRAIG HOYLE New antenna offered as PS-05/A radar upgrade also suitable for other fighters, plus ground surveillance adaptation Saab has begun promoting an active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna [...]

Byline: CRAIG HOYLE Saab's Gripen E test fleet recently passed the combined 300 flight hour milestone, the company says. 'We're now shifting focus to more testing of tactical systems and [...]

Byline: GARRETT REIM The US Navy's (USN's) Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band development pod has completed initial testing using an anechoic chamber at NAS Patuxent River in Maryland. More than 400h [...]

ADAPTED KING AIRS ENTER SERVICE DELIVERIES An undisclosed African navy has begun operating a pair of Beechcraft King Air 350ER twin-turboprops adapted for maritime patrol duties by Leonardo. Certificated by [...]

Byline: GARRETT REIM Work to install an active electronically scanned array radar on a first US Air National Guard (ANG) Lockheed Martin F-16 has finished at Joint Base Andrews in [...]

Byline: GARRETT REIM US Air Force The US Air Force (USAF) is requesting information on potential modifications to the Northrop Grumman Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER), to make the [...]

These are exciting times for defense geeks in Pakistan as the advanced JF-17 Block III prototype has completed its test flight. Although it was only a prototype with quite a [...]

Byline: DOMINIC PERRY France has declared initial operational capability (IOC) with the F3R-standard Dassault Rafale fighter. Introduced by the French air force in July, it has been developed by Dassault, [...]

Byline: GARRETT REIM Washington gives early approval to add North African nation as AH-64E customer The US Department of State has approved a potential Foreign Military Sales deal to Morocco [...]

Byline: CRAIG HOYLE Abu Dhabi increases commitment for Saab surveillance type, with first delivery imminent Exactly four years after stunning its rivals with a surprise launch order from the United [...]

Byline: GREG WALDRON The Leonardo Gabbiano TS-80 airborne radar will be integrated on Diamond Aircraft's DA62 maritime surveillance aircraft (MSA), expanding the scope of the type's capabilities. Integration work is [...]

Before today, sea level rise and flooding were already forecast to wreak havoc for millions now and in the coming decades. Now, the story looks much worse - three times [...]

Before today, sea level rise and flooding were already forecast to wreak havoc for millions now and in the coming decades. Now, the story looks much worse - three times [...]

Byline: CRAIG HOYLE Germany appears poised to advance a joint programme with Spain to equip the nations' later-model Eurofighters with active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars, as Berlin also nears [...]

Byline: GARRETT REIM The US State Department has approved a $4.5 billion package of upgrades for 98 Mitsubishi F-15J air superiority fighters operated by the Japan Air Self-Defence Force. On [...]

Byline: DAVID LEARMOUNT Satellite surveillance giving air traffic controllers radar-like vision over the ocean will boost safety and efficiency - and pack more flights into one of the world's busiest [...]

Imminent need complements prospective early warning and electronic warfare platform requirements from 2020s The 2020s will see the Republic of Korea Air Force obtain new aircraft for three emergent requirements. [...]

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is conducting feasibility studies into armament options for its Surion utility helicopter. Its research reflects local requirements such as a South Korean marines competition for 24 [...]

Sir, With the chief medical officer's last hurrah she can't be accused of not doing her job at a time when little beyond Brexit gets coverage ('Plain packaging for unhealthy [...]

Byline: JEFF SUNG While KAI's aspiration to develop a home-grown advanced combat jet is progressing, the complexities of its AESA radar and Indonesia's contribution remain significant challenges South Korea's ambitious [...]

Portugal has selected Elbit Systems to provide the electronic warfare suite for its future fleet of five Embraer KC-390 tactical transports. Subject to final approval by Lisbon, the deal includes [...]

Russia's Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik - or 'Hunter' - stealthy unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has performed its first flight, from an undisclosed location on 3 August. Lasting more than 20min, the [...]

Raytheon has delivered the first Next-Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) pod to the US Navy (USN), enabling the service to begin ground and aircraft integration testing.The [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim Los Angeles One criticism - among many - of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is that the single-engined fighter lacks the range needed to conduct long-range [...]

Byline: contractGARRETT REIM LOS ANGELES Raytheon is to replace the mechanically scanned radar design currently used by the US Air Force's (USAF's) Boeing B-52H strategic bombers with an active electronically [...]

Tokyo will end its search for the Lockheed Martin F-35A that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of Japan on 9 April.Attributing the decision to defence minister [...]

The technology with the greatest potential to change policing is also the least visible to the public THE SALESMEN and women at the International Association of Chiefs of Police technology [...]

Byline: incidentDavid Kaminski-Morrow london Confused instructions to Eva Air flightcrew departing from Los Angeles placed twinjet within 0.3nm of high terrain Pilots received 'pull up' order lasting for 7s AirTeamImages [...]

Byline: capability Bombardier-based developmental electronic warfare system offers potential for export Turkey is expected to receive two more Bombardier Global 6000 business jets later this year for conversion into stand-off [...]

Aselsan has showcased its latest airborne radar developments, including an active electronically scanned array (AESA) design that is being pitched for integration on the Turkish air force's fleet of Lockheed [...]

Byline: unmanned systems Fresh from its first flight in March, Turkish Aerospace showcased a full-size mock-up of its Anka-Aksungur medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) at the show. The twin-engined [...]

Byline: L L JPALS, the Raytheon-developed Joint Precision Approach and Landing System being readied for installation on all the US Navy's (USN's) aircraft carriers and US Marine Corps amphibious assault [...]

Textron Aviation's Chinese joint venture, Cessna-AVIC Aircraft, has received an order from the China Flight Inspection Center (CFIC) for eight Citation XLS+ business jets, as part of the operator's fleet [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim Los Angeles By holding station silently overhead until ordered to dive and strike, lethal unmanned air vehicles hold the promise of quick, low-cost and precise intervention for [...]

Byline: navigationmichael gubisch london Tripartite trial employing ADS-B technology hailed as making transatlantic operations radically safer and more e f ficient Air traffic controllers in Canada, Iceland and the UK [...]

Flight testing involving a new version of Raytheon's advanced synthetic aperture radar for the US Air Force's (USAF) Lockheed U-2 surveillance aircraft was completed at Edwards AFB in California early [...]

Northrop Grumman has received a $323 million contract from the US Navy for engineering and manufacturing development work on its Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER), designed to destroy radar [...]

From Russia, with trouble Turkey risks American sanctions for the second year in a row FOR TURKEY'S president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a deal is a deal. 'There can never be [...]

Byline: offergarrett reim los angeles Company promoting adapted version of AESA product for use in Boeing-led modernisation of strategic bomber fleet The Northrop Grumman APG-83 active electronically scanned array (AESA) [...]

Khushhali Microfinance Bank and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, have agreed to enter into an advisory engagement to support the development of an agri-digital scorecard to accelerate [...]

Another stamp has just been added to the album of objects in the solar system visited by space probes. Bennu, pictured, is an asteroid that orbits the sun at approximately [...]

The launch of thousands of new satellites will boost the space economySPACE IS BECOMING more crowded. On December 3rd a Falcon 9 rocket made by SpaceX thundered into the sky. [...]

The much feted and feared Brexodus of corporate occupiers shows no signs of materialising in London. Demand for space continues to soar, outstripping supply, and the squeeze on space is [...]

Canada has invested $2.7m (APS1.93m) into developing quantum radar - a new technology that would greatly improve the detection of stealth aircraft. The technology is being developed by the University [...]