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Two Belgian F-16 Fighter Jets Destroyed in Accidental Cannon Fire
October 14, 2018 @ 02:57 PMAn F-16 fighter jet belonging to the Belgian Air Force was completedly gutted and another severely damaged after a mechanic accidentally activated a third aircrafts 20mm Vulcan M61A-1 cannon. The incident happened when the mechanic was servicing an F-16 warplane at Florennes Air Base in the south of the country Thursday, local media and agencies reported
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Boeing Launches Apache Helicopter Production Line for Qatar Order
October 14, 2018 @ 02:10 PMA production line to manufacture Apache Helicopters for the Qatari Amiri Air Forces was launched Saturday in Boeings US facility in Mesa, Arizona. Qatar had signed a contract to buy 24 Apache armed helicopters for 667 million in 2016
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F-35 Fighter Jets with US, Allies Grounded following Fuel-tube Problem
October 12, 2018 @ 02:56 PMOperations of F-35 fighter jet belonging to United States forces and international partners have been temporarily suspended pending a fleet-wide inspection of a fuel tube within the engine of the aircraft, the F-35 Joint Program Office announced Thursday. If suspect fuel tubes are installed, the part will be removed and replaced
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Syrian Engineer Develops Robotic Sniper Rifle
October 12, 2018 @ 01:53 PMA Syrian engineer has built a robotized machine gun that can detect a target and fire by itself. Using a Kalashnikov AK-47 rifle as the weapon, Hamzah Salam, an engineer from the village of Shreihi in Suwayda, southern Syria, has built a custom automatic rifle which he has dubbed as an ‘electronic sniper
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Roscosmos Announces Cause of the Soyuz-FG Rocket Aborted Launch
October 12, 2018 @ 12:40 PMA preliminary investigation into the Soyuz-FG booster rockets aborted launch earlier this week has revealed that it was caused by collision of elements during the separation of the carrier rockets first and second stages, Roscosmos Executive Director for Manned Flights Sergei Krikalyov said on Friday. "The primary cause is related to the collision of a side element making part of the first stage
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Mercedes Armored Vehicles for Montenegro
October 12, 2018 @ 12:01 PMGermany's parliamentary Secretary of State for Defence,Thomas handed over six Mercedes-Benz G-Class LAPV vehicles (light armoured patrol vehicles) at the Golubovci air base to Montenegro's Chief of General Staff, General Drakutin Dakić. The vehicle is known as the Enok in Germany
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Polish Military University Orders Saab Land Forces Training System
October 12, 2018 @ 11:50 AMSaab has received an order from the General Tadeusz Kosciuszko Military University of Land Forces (AWL) in Poland to expand its GAMER laser-based training capability (LSS). With the new system – the Laser Tactical Simulator (LTS), AWL is going to grow the number of participants in exercises and functionalities of their current GAMER live training system
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Eight Firms Share US DoD’s $25 Billion Worldwide Logistics Contract
October 12, 2018 @ 09:53 AMEight American firms will share a combined $$25,500,000,000 contract to provide for worldwide logistics support services to the United States Department of Defence. The firms re L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, AAR Supply Chain, Dyncorp International, Arma Aviation Corp, North American Surveillance Systems, Pinnacle, Black Hall Aerospace, and Leidos Innovations, ma US DoD release said Thursday
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Study Awarded to Upgrade Airbus’ Tiger Helicopter
October 11, 2018 @ 01:34 PMThe Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR), acting on behalf of the French, German and Spanish Armament agencies DGA, BAAINBw and DGAM, has awarded a de-risking study to a European consortium comprising Airbus Helicopters, Thales and MDBA for the mid-life upgrade (MLU) of the Tiger attack helicopter to the Mk 3 standard. France, Germany and Spain will prepare together the development of new features and identify the innovations needed to improve the Tigers survivability and keep it fully operational beyond 2040
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China Flies Graphene-armored Z-10 Attack Helicopter
October 11, 2018 @ 01:08 PMThe Chinese Z-10 attack helicopter, considered a competitor to the Boeing Apache, has been shown equipped with armor made from graphene, according to a video released by China Central Television (CCTV) last week. Commenting on the video report, state owned Global Time said that extra armor modules could be seen on the side of the helicopter near the cockpit
KNDS, Safran to Develop Land Robotics for France
U.S. Approves $7.41B Sale of Missiles, Smart Bombs to Israel
Argentina, Paraguay Sign Pact to Boost Border Security, Combat Transnational Crime
Ukraine, Poland Sign Defense Deal on Ammunition, Vehicles, Artillery, Air Defense
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