Air Platform
The Boeing F-15SA Eagle Fighter Jet
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Month: March 2020
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The USAF taps Boeing to select new F-15 sensor supplier
The US Air Force has delegated to Boeing the task of selecting a supplier for a $198 million upgrade of the F-15C/D that will enable the twin-engined fighter to detect at long range the heat […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
The PLAN Declares Type 052D Destroyer and Type 054A Frigate Operational
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has declared that the Type 052D Luyang III-class destroyer Guiyang (pennant number 119) and the Type 054A Jiangkai II-class frigate Zaozhuang (pennant number 542) were officially declared ready for combat earlier this year by […]
Infantry Weapons
Heckler and Koch M320 Granade Launcher
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Europe
German Aerospace Employee Union Warns Government About Buying Super Hornet
Germany’s biggest aerospace employee union, IG Metall has warned the country’s government that it risks jeopardising the entire European defence industry if it selects a US-built Super Hornet fighter to replace the Luftwaffe’s Panavia Tornado […]
Europe
COVID-19: Eurofighter Typhoon production lines will be kept Open
Eurofighter has told that it has ‘robust plans’ in place across its four production facilities, including in the epicenter of Novel Coronavirus in Italy, Germany, Spain and the UK to mitigate any potential effects on […]
South Asia
Indian MoD awarded $5.25 billion contract for 83 HAL Tejas MK 1A
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) approved on 18 March the procurement of 83 units of the Mk 1A variant of the country’s indigenously designed Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) […]
Americas
Canada could be the next target of the Russian GRU, warned the head of NATO
Russian GRU is suspected of carrying out a number of notable cyber attacks, including a concerted assault on the information systems of another Baltic state, Estonia, in 2007, cyber attacks on Lithuanian banks and an […]
C4iSR
An In-depth Look at GaN Based AESA Radar
What GaN accomplishes and LDMOS does not is delivering the power that radar systems demand in certain frequencies. GaN is the better choice since it balances bandwidth, power, and size. LDMOS can provide high output power in a small package, but only for low frequencies. GaAs can provide high frequencies, but not high power. […]
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The Western Radar and EW are increasingly leveraging Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology to meet stringent high-performance criteria
What GaN accomplishes and LDMOS does not is delivering the power that radar systems demand in certain frequencies. GaN is the better choice since it balances bandwidth, power, and size. LDMOS can provide high output power in a small package, but only for low frequencies. GaAs can provide high frequencies, but not high power. […]