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Alcoa Wins $50 Million US Army Contract To Provide Light-Weighting Solution For...
March 4, 2016 @ 07:44 AMAlcoa Defense has been awarded a five-year contract worth $50 million from the US Army for R&D projects focused on developing innovative, light-weighting solutions for ground combat vehicles. The “Ground Vehicle Light-Weighting” contract is to support efforts to accelerate technology research and development and provide engineering solutions for Department of Defense ground vehicles and intelligent ground systems
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DARPA Commences Unmanned VTOL Plane Project
March 4, 2016 @ 07:39 AMThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced Thursday that the Virginia-based Aurora Flight Sciences was awarded a contract worth $89 million for Phases II development of vertical take-off and landing X-plane research project. The VTOL Experimental Plane (VTOL X-Plane) program aims top aircraft speed without sacrificing range, efficiency or the ability
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Britain, France Sign 2 Billion Euro Combat Drone Project
March 3, 2016 @ 03:52 PMFrance and Britain on Thursday inked a deal to invest more than two billion euros in the development of combat drones and will include BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation Following a two-year feasibility study begun in 2014, "we hope to proceed to the next phase in 2017 to prepare for the full-fledged development of operational demonstrators of air combat drones by 2025," AFP quoted the French government as saying in a statement. "This test programme, the most advanced in Europe, will be based on a platform of multi-purpose drones that could provide the basis for future operational capacity beyond 2030," it said
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AW109 Trekker Light Twin Engine Helicopter Takes To Skies
March 3, 2016 @ 03:37 PMFinmeccanica announced the maiden flight of the new AgustaWestland AW109 Trekker light twin engine helicopter. A prototype aircraft took to the air for the first time today at the Helicopter Divisions Cascina Costa facility (Italy), the company said in a statement Wednesday
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US Army Issues Notice To Upgrade Styker Vehicle Fleet
March 3, 2016 @ 03:28 PMA “Sources Sought Notice” was issued today by the US Army for the next major upgrade to the entire Stryker Family of Vehicles, focused mainly on lethality improvements. These improvements will encompass both the flat-bottom hull and double v-hull platforms, and will not be limited to cannon application and improvement
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Kuwaiti 28 Eurofighters To Cost $8.6 Billion
March 3, 2016 @ 03:17 PMKuwait will have to pay KD 2.6 billion (US $8
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France, UK To Unveil $2.1 Billion Joint Drone Project
March 3, 2016 @ 03:01 PMUK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Fracois Hollande will unveil a 1.5 billion pound ($2
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Turkish Aerospace Industries’ Basic Trainer Sets High Speed Record
March 3, 2016 @ 02:32 PMA basic trainer aircraft manufactured by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has set a new record for high speed in a test flight in Ankara. The new two-seater trainer aircraft, ‘Hurkus set a record 659 kilometers per hour speed on Feb 28 during a test flight, Hurriyet Daily reported Thursday
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General Dynamics Wins Gun Barrel Contract From Smith & Wesson
March 3, 2016 @ 12:11 PMGeneral Dynamics has been awarded a multi-year contract by Smith & Wesson to produce hammer forged, military grade gun barrels. The barrels produced under this contract will be used in Smith & Wesson'sM&P pistol, which is being offered for the US Army's XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS) competition, the company said in a statement Wednesday
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US DoD Invites To Hack The Pentagon
March 3, 2016 @ 11:29 AMThe US Department of Defense will invite vetted outside hackers to test cybersecurity of some public DoD websites as part of a pilot project in April. ‘Hack the Pentagon is modelled after similar competitions known as ‘bug bounties conducted by US firms to discover gaps in the security of their networks, Reuters reported citing the DoD statement released Wednesday
American MAAWLR Air Defense System Seen in Ukraine
Russian MS-21-300 Airliner Demonstrates 3800 km Range, Single Engine Take-off
KNDS Announces Initial Pubic Offering to Sell 20% of Existing Share Capital
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One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
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