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Thales To Unify Air Traffic Management System For Australian Air Force And...
March 3, 2015 @ 09:16 AMThales announced today that it has been chosen to develop a single air traffic management system that will unify the separate systems used by the Royal Australian Air Force and Airservices Australia. According to the company press release, the system will replace Airservices Australian Advanced Air Traffic System (TAAATS) and the Department of Defenses Australian Defense Air Traffic System (ADATS), which are nearing the end of their service lives
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BAE Systems Helo Countermeasures Against Shoulder-fired Missiles Ready For Export
March 3, 2015 @ 08:48 AMBAE Systems announced today that its advanced threat infrared countermeasures (Atirm) system for helicopters against shoulder-fired missiles has been approved by the Pentagon for export. BAE and the US Army developed the system to protect Army helicopters against shoulder-fired missiles
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Indian Firm Develops Self-Destructive Missile Technology
March 3, 2015 @ 08:32 AMAn Indian firm Kaynes has developed a technology which allows missiles to self-destruct after the launch, if it veers off-course or if it detects unauthorized access to controls. A senior DRDO official was quoted as saying by TOI on Monday that the company has developed an Electronic Safe Arm Fire Systems (ESAFS) ballistic missile actuator unit, which is being evaluated by DRDO's missile teams for integration into various platforms
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Sagem To Integrate SIGMA 30 Pointing Systems On Vertical Launch MICA Missiles
March 2, 2015 @ 02:46 PMSagem (Safran) announced today that it has signed a contract with MBDA to integrate SIGMA 30 navigation and pointing systems on several VL MICA surface-to-air weapon systems. Sagem designed SIGMA 30 pointing system will provide air defense systems independent deployment and firing capability in the absence of GPS
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Iran To Have Home Made Drones With Increased Flight Duration For Asymmetric...
March 2, 2015 @ 01:47 PMIranian Air Force is planning to increase the amount of home-made long range drones with increased flight duration in the next five years, Sputnik reported today. "We are also after increasing the flight duration of drones and their armaments and electronic war systems for possible asymmetric wars," Commander of Iranian Air Force (name not provided) was quoted as saying by Sputnik
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F-35B 'Incapable' Of Carrying Small Diameter Bombs
March 2, 2015 @ 12:16 PMThe Pentagon's most expensive fighter F-35B is "incapable" of carrying the military's highly advanced bombs because of a design flaw, the joint program office confirmed this week. The F-35B's internal weapons bay is too small for a Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) load, according to Inside Defense report
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Indian Navy Seeks 50 Ship Borne Drones
March 2, 2015 @ 12:08 PMIndias Directorate of Naval Air Staff has issued Request for Information (RFI) last month seeking 50 ‘Naval Ship-Borne Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (NSUAS) that can augment various patrolling and search-related tactics on its vessels. Indian Navy currently operates two squadrons of Israeli-origin Heron and Searcher Mk-II UAVs at the Indian Naval Air Station (INAS) 342 at Kochi and INAS 343 at Porbandar in Gujarat and Kerala
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Airbus Delivers Super Puma Helicopters To Japan Coast Guard
March 2, 2015 @ 09:41 AMThe Japan Coast Guard (JCG) took delivery of EC225 helicopter equipped with advanced search and rescue mission systems from Airbus Helicopters Monday. This is the last of three EC225s ordered by JCG in July 2011; the earlier two having been delivered last year
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Russian Arms Manufacturer Kalashnikov Mulls Drone Production
March 1, 2015 @ 10:37 PMKalashnikov is eyeing to produce unmanned aerial vehicles in a joint venture with ZALA Aero, the companys CEO Alexei Krivoruchko said at the International Defence Exhibition IDEX 2015 in Abu Dhabi. Kalashnikov has decided to purchase 52 per cent stake in ZALA, a manufacturer of unmanned aircraft
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Russian Firm Manufactures Similar US Humvee Variation
March 1, 2015 @ 10:11 PMRussia has come up with a new variation on the US Humvee or HMMWV that can seat 10 soldiers and weighs an approx. 4
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One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
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