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BAE Wins $142 Million US Army's Self Propelled Howitzer Ammunition Carriers Contract
November 4, 2014 @ 01:40 PMBAE Systems has won a follow on contract valued at $142 million to produce additional M109A7 self-propelled howitzers and M992A3 ammunition carriers for the U.S
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Airbus DS TO Provide Flight Simulators For Polish Air Force’s C295 Aircraft...
November 4, 2014 @ 01:37 PMAirbus Defense and Space has signed a contract with the Poland MoD to provide a full flight simulator (FFS) for the Polish Air Forces C295 aircraft fleet, the company said in a statement Monday. The FFS will be installed in the Krakow C295 Training Centre at the Balice Krakow Air Base, where the PAF´s 16 C295 is based currently the worlds biggest C295 fleet
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NATO Tests Integrate Floating and Flying Unmanned Systems
November 4, 2014 @ 01:29 PMFloating and flying robots have been successfully tested and demonstrated at CMRE during the 2014 sea trials, according to NATO Science & Technology Organisation.The NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), part of the NATO Science and Technology Organization, recently hosted maritime sea trials delivered in the context of the ICARUS (Integrated Components for Assisted Rescue and Unmanned Search operations) project, which is funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP7)
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China To Ramp Up Cyber Defence Capabilities Following Increasing Attacks
November 4, 2014 @ 12:43 PMChina is implementing stronger cybersecurity measures as cyber attacks grow more rampant and deadly. Lu Wei, minister of cyberspace, told a Beijing press conference last week that in the past month 10,000 websites had been hacked in China, 80 per cent of which were government sites
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Sigma Labs To Develop ICME Framework To Predict Metal Component Properties For...
November 4, 2014 @ 12:02 PMSigma Labs today announced that it has received a contract from Honeywell Aerospace as part of a Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Phase II award to develop Integrated Computational Material Engineering (ICME) framework. Phase I work was completed earlier in 2014
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Astronics Wins UK’s Bowman Tactical Communication Support Contracts
November 4, 2014 @ 11:58 AMAstronics has won two five year contracts to support UKs Bowman tactical communication systems, the company said in a statement. The contracts include full logistical support for Bowman Radio Test solutions (RTS), including necessary repair and calibration, spares provisioning, obsolescence management and logistics support analysis required to maintain the 80 systems currently fielded
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F-35C Fighter Successfully Completes First Aircraft Carrier Landing
November 4, 2014 @ 11:48 AMThe F-35C fighter jet made its first successful aircraft carrier landing off the coast of San Diego aboard the USS Nimitz Monday, US Navy said in a statement. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been plagued by technical glitches and budget issues, but the successful landing at sea is being hailed as a major step forward by the Pentagon
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Letter Offering Mistral Delivery Provides Legal Ammo To Russia
November 4, 2014 @ 11:38 AMDCNS may have unwittingly given Russia cause to sue the French company over the non-delivery Mistral-class helicopter carrier after its Project Director wrote a letter inviting the Russian Navy to take delivery of the ship. Yves Destefanis, the project director responsible for delivering Mistral helicopter carrier to Russia was sacked on Thursday after contents of the letter became public
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Neurotechnology Ranks Second In MINEX Ranking For Fingerprint Matching Algorithms
November 4, 2014 @ 11:16 AMNeurotechnology today announced that the latest version of its fingerprint matching algorithm has achieved second place in the Ongoing MINEX evaluation organized by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The MINEX test measures the interoperability of fingerprint algorithms using the INCITS 378 fingerprint standard template format
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Airbus DS Chooses Hughes As Its Satellite Terminal Development Partner For XeBRA...
November 4, 2014 @ 11:13 AMAirbus Defence and Space has chosen Hughes Network Systems as its terminal development partner for a new X-band satellite terminal device service named XeBRA (Zee-brah). Utilizing Hughes waveform technology is less than 12 lbs terminal and provides a portable voice and data capability suitable for tactical military environments
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India's L&T Delivers First Set of Wing Assemblies for LCA Mk1A Fighter...
Portugal Adds Third KC-390 Airlifter to Fleet as A-29N Super Tucano Begins...
Australia Delivers First Batch of M1A1 Abrams Tanks to Ukraine
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...