Andrew Drwiega
S-70M Black Hawks Now Certified for Civil Use by FAA
Sikorsky is bucking the concept of civil helicopters being offered for the military role, by creating a new type designation for the ever popular...
Italy and Czech Republic Will be Home to First Two NATO Flight Training Campuses
On 2 December two NATO Flight Training Europe (NFTE) Campuses were selected by allies participating in the project: they are the Flight Training Centre...
Polish Defence Ambition vs. Reality
Polish military procurement has ambition, although this has been slowed by ‘piecemeal’ and tardy decision making over the years.
The Polish Government through the Armament...
QinetiQ and AM General Partner To Develop Hybrid Electric Humvees
With the push towards electric technology growing in all defence sectors, research and development specialist QinteiQ have teamed with automotive manufacturer AM General to...
DARPA Demonstrates UAV Airborne Recovery
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), working with Dynetics, has successfully demonstrated the airborne recovery of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as part...
UAE’s ADASI Announces Two Tactical UAVs for ISR and Cargo
ADASI, a company within the EDGE portfolio, announced the launch of its tactical QX-5 and QX-6 unmanned aerial vehicles on the first day of...
EDITOR’S BUNKER BRIEFING (9 November 2021, No.75)
Dear Readers,
A new space race is upon us. Not one to go to another planet, but one closer to our own. It is the...
Rheinmetall Australia to Export First Home-Built Lynx IFV to the United States
Rheinmetall will export a Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) test chassis from Australia to the United States to participate in the US Army’s Optionally...
Deal Signed for Turkish BMC Altay Tank to Receive South Korean Engine and Transmission
On 22 October, the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, tweeted that an agreement had been reached with South Korea’s Minister for the...
EDITOR’S BUNKER BRIEFING (25 October 2021, No.73)
Dear Readers,
China and Russia continue to demonstrate their apparent closeness following the conclusion of their three-day joint Maritime Interaction exercise in the Sea of...
