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OrbitX's short term goal is to develop the first indigenous reusable rocket, and the long-term goal is to send the first Filipino to Mars and back. [3] OrbitX is known as the Philippines' first commercial spaceflight company. [4] [5] Its first flagship project is the Haribon SLS-1 launch vehicle.
3,000 acquired by Armed Forces of the Philippines in 2017, for issue to all service branches. Majority went to the Philippine Army. [ 25 ] AFP ordered 60,000 units under AFP 0.45 caliber Hammer Fired Pistol acquisition project, around 5,000 units expected to go to Philippine Marines.
The rocket launch was scrubbed due to pressure loss in one of its tanks, but it was rescheduled for launch two days later. However, the team had to return to Minglanilla, Cebu immediately because of the ongoing heightened restrictions of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) brought by the COVID-19 pandemic .
Philippines select Hyundai Heavy Industries to build 6 new offshore patrol vessels. [76] The contract to build these vessels was recently signed on June 27, 2022. The ship offered has a heavier displacement of 2400 tonnes and a length of 94.4 meters and width of 14.3 meters.
HEDM rocket components The Mk 3 Mod 0 Encased High-Explosive, Dual Mode (HEDM) rocket is effective against bunkers, masonry, concrete walls and light armor. It uses the Mk 420 Mod 0, [ 27 ] a deceleration-based fuze located at the rear of the warhead, to automatically distinguish between soft targets (low deceleration) and hard targets (high ...
A medium-lift launch vehicle (MLV) is a rocket launch vehicle that is capable of lifting between 2,000 to 20,000 kg (4,400 to 44,100 lb) by NASA classification or between 5,000 to 20,000 kilograms (11,000 to 44,000 lb) by Russian classification [1] of payload into low Earth orbit (LEO). [2]
Serbian Army - Elbit Systems announced on the 18th of November, 2024 that it was awarded a contract worth approximately $335 million to supply PULS multiple rocket launchers and Hermes 900 unmanned aerial systems an "unnamed European customer", which turned out to be Serbia. [23] The contract will be performed over a period of 3.5 years. [24 ...
A model rocket launch from Minglanilla, Cebu, Philippines. The Department of Science and Technology–Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) launched the first Philippine Space Science Education Program (PESSAP) in 2004, to promote science and technology, particularly space science, as a field of study to the Filipino youth. [42]