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Final Test Of Norwegian Joint Strike Missile Scheduled For March 2018
October 5, 2017 @ 01:54 PMThe final flight test of Norways new air-to-ground, designed to be carried internally by the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, is scheduled for March 2018,
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Japanese F-15 Lost Missile Part During Emergency Take-off
October 5, 2017 @ 01:12 PMJapan Air Self-Defense Forces F-15 fighter jet lost part of its air-to-air missile while taking off for an emergency mission from Chitose Air Base in May 2017. The fighter jet was reportedly scrambled for an alert mission to intercept an unidentified aircraft in Chitoseon on May 5 when one of the missile blades dropped off mid-flight,
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Ukroboronprom Floating Dry Dock for Cyprus Shipyard
October 5, 2017 @ 05:29 AMUkroboronproms Kherson State Plant, Pallada launched the newest composite autonomous floating dock with a carrying capacity of 7100 tons. After launching, specialists of Palada plant will conduct a full test cycle, after which the dock will undergo American Bureau of Shipping certification for the first time in the history of Ukrainian shipbuilding industry and the Bureau
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Egypt Destroyed North Korean Arms Shipment Claims Cairo
October 3, 2017 @ 03:21 PMEgypt claimed that it destroyed a North Korean arms shipment that entered the Suez Canal in 2016 while rejecting a Washington Post report that the weapons had been destined for its military. Citing US officials and Western diplomats, the Post reported Sunday that the Egyptian army was secretly buying $23 million worth of rocket-propelled grenades in 2016 from North Korea, which has been the subject to a UN Security Council ban over its missile and nuclear tests
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Three IAF Women Pilots To Fly Su-30 In Dec, Three More To...
October 3, 2017 @ 10:27 AMIndian Air Forces first female combat fighter pilots will likely be flying Sukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft by year end, an air official told
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General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Wins Second Flight III Destroyer Modification Contract
September 29, 2017 @ 02:39 PMGeneral Dynamics Bath Iron Works is being awarded modification contract for incorporation of the Flight III baseline on DDG 126 and award of one fiscal 2016 ship (DDG 127) in the Flight IIA configuration. Flight III will incorporate the SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) and upgrade the electrical power and cooling capacity plus additional associated changes
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United Launch Services Wins $832 Million Contract for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
September 27, 2017 @ 11:21 PMUnited Launch Services has been awarded an $832 million modification contract for its Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. This contract provides mission assurance, program management, systems engineering, and integration of space vehicle with launch vehicle, launch site and range operations, and launch infrastructure maintenance and sustainment, US department of defense said in a statement Wednesday
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Leonardo to Provide Data Security to Galileo Navigation Satellites
September 27, 2017 @ 12:06 PMLeonardo has been chosen by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct a study into the management of data security for the Galileo European navigation satellite program. Leonardo will develop benchmark architecture and define requirements and processes for managing the programme's information security, in accordance with recent European cyber regulations
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Indian Navy Commissions Water Jet Fast Attack Craft, INS Tarasa
September 26, 2017 @ 06:31 PMINS Tarasa, a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai today. Vice Admiral Luthra said the passage of the ship during her maiden voyage from Kolkata to Mumbai, in rough weather, bears testimony to the seaworthiness of the ship
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United States Air Force Is Short Of 1500 Pilots
September 26, 2017 @ 12:14 PMThe senior leaders of the United States Air Force discussed alternative methods of aviator training and requirement initiatives to address shortage of over 1500 pilots in its aircrew units that has left Americas aerial warfighting branch scrambling to find a way to stop decline in skilled aviators. The 2017 Aircrew Summit held on September 22 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, had air force senior leaders from the headquarters, major commands and other experts discussed strategies, plans and initiatives falling under the ACTFs seven lines of effort: requirements, accessions, production, absorption, retention, sortie production and industry collaboration
Sikorsky Unveils S-92 Phase IV Gearbox for Commercial Helicopters
Australia to Consider French Submarines Amid AUKUS Deal Concerns?
Rheinmetall Begins Australian Assembly of Navy’s Missile Countermeasure Systems
Netherlands to Deploy 2,000-Km Range Radar at Herwijnen after Environmental Approval
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U