18 octobre 2022 | International, Aérospatial
Lockheed sees progress in drone 'wingman' development for US Air Force
Company teased the release of more details on its drone wingman program in the next earnings call in January.
14 janvier 2022 | International, C4ISR, Sécurité
US Army plans to make big advances in cloud initiatives this year
The Army's first tactical cloud environment outside of the U.S. will be located in the Pacific.
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27 avril 2020 | International, Aérospatial
DoD Tries Again on Multi-Billion Missile Interceptor
After a failed attempt to replace the current missile killers, the Pentagon wants to hurry and get the new technology online. By PAUL MCLEARY WASHINGTON: The Missile Defense Agency issued a long-awaited request for proposal today for its next-generation missile interceptor, eight months after the surprise cancellation of its multi-billion dollar attempt to replace the current, aging system. The Next Generation Interceptor program will replace the Redesigned Kill Vehicle effort, the Boeing and Raytheon project that failed to get off the ground. The new competition calls for contractors to submit bids by July 31, though it will be years before anything can be built and tested. MDA chief Vice Adm. Jon Hill said last month that he wants to field the new system as soon as possible, and a timeline of 2030, is “unacceptable from a warfighter view” and “unacceptable to me as a program manager.” But it's unclear when a system will be ready for testing. “We want to deliver the first round as soon as possible,” Hill continued. “That also means we can't take shortcuts in the design or in the requirements or in the flight testing regime, because if you want to go save time that is what most programs will do, so we can't afford that, but I will tell you that timeline will be driven by who we award to.” The RKV program was part of an ambitious technology effort helmed by Boeing — though Raytheon was building the Kill Vehicles — to replace the current Exo-Atmospheric Kill Vehicle. Both are ground-based interceptors designed to defend the US against long-range ballistic missile attacks. The companies won't have to pay back any of the billion-plus dollars the government awarded them to do the work, as Pentagon officials have said some of the effort can be salvaged and used on the new program. Problems had been mounting in the program's development for years. The Missile Defense Agency said back in 2016 it expected the first RKV flight test by 2019, with fielding in 2020. The last estimate, released with the fiscal 2020 budget request, pushed the fielding date back to 2025. https://breakingdefense.com/2020/04/dod-tries-again-on-multi-billion-missile-interceptor/
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7 mars 2022 | International, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR
La Chine va augmenter ses dépenses militaires en 2022
La Chine a annoncé ce samedi l'augmentation de ses dépenses militaires, à hauteur de 7,1% en 2022. L'annonce a été faite par le ministère des Finances, à l'ouverture de la session plénière annuelle de l'Assemblée nationale populaire (ANP, le Parlement chinois). Ce pourcentage est en hausse par rapport à 2021 (+6,8%). Il s'agit de la plus forte progression depuis 2019 (+7,5%). Le Figaro précise que « avec cette enveloppe de 1 450 milliards de yuans (230 Md$), la Chine dispose du deuxième budget de défense mondial, après les États-Unis (740 Md$ prévus pour 2022) ». La progression des dépenses militaires chinoises est nettement supérieure à la croissance attendue du PIB, fixée samedi par le Premier ministre Li Keqiang à 5,5% pour l'année en cours. Ensemble de la presse du 7 mars