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12 mars 2024 | International, Terrestre

Space Force mulls refueling as industry calls for funding, standards

The U.S. Space Force wants industry to invest in on-orbit refueling, but companies say they need standards first.

https://www.defensenews.com/battlefield-tech/space/2024/03/12/space-force-mulls-refueling-as-industry-calls-for-funding-standards/

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    11 juin 2018 | International, Aérospatial, Terrestre

    Army Wants Manned-Aircraft Airworthiness Levels From Future UAS

    Graham Warwick | Aviation Week & Space Technology Its appetite Fueled by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. Army is a big user of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), from thousands of hand-launched RQ-11 Ravens to hundreds of tactical RQ-7 Shadows and medium-altitude MQ-1C Gray Eagles. And the service has made progress in how it uses UAS, including manned-unmanned teaming between Shadows and AH-64 Apache helicopters in the reconnaissance role. But as it looks to the future, the Army is less than happy with some aspects of its UAS ... http://aviationweek.com/defense/army-wants-manned-aircraft-airworthiness-levels-future-uas

  • Boeing (BA) Wins $1.6B Deal to Repair Minuteman III ICBM | Nasdaq

    21 septembre 2021 | International, Terrestre

    Boeing (BA) Wins $1.6B Deal to Repair Minuteman III ICBM | Nasdaq

    The Boeing Company BA recently clinched a contract involving the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Hill Air Force Base, UT has awarded the agreement.

  • Romania pursues replacement MBT

    20 novembre 2018 | International, Terrestre

    Romania pursues replacement MBT

    Romania is seeking a replacement for its existing TR-85 M1 main battle tank (MBT), Lieutenant Colonel Valentin Torcica, chief of the Romanian Ministry of Defence's Armoured Office, announced on the last day of the Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability conference in London on 13-15 November. The TR-85 M1 has been service in 1997. The main requirements for the future Romanian MBT is to have a day/night all-weather hunter-killer capability, a 120 mm smoothbore main gun, and modern command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence mission systems. Other requirements include three or four crew members, a secondary armament with an elevation up to 70°, high survivability, and good sustainability. https://www.janes.com/article/84690/romania-pursues-replacement-mbt

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