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Taiwan Plans to Buy 108 M1A2 Abrams Tanks
July 10, 2018 @ 12:03 PMTaiwan's Ministry of National Defence has requested the government to approve purchase of 108 US-made M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks. According to Taipei Times, the ministry decided to purchase the tanks for two armored battalions under the Sixth Army Corps stationed in northern Taiwan, after it turned down the armys request to buy 500 tanks
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New G-suits For Russia’s Su-57 Fighter Pilots Ready For Flight Tests
July 10, 2018 @ 11:55 AMThe new anti-gravity suits for Russias Su-57 fighter aircraft pilots are ready for flight tests and will reportedly be delivered from 2019, head of the Zvezda Research and Production Enterprise told TASS on Monday. "Our full-size suit is a one-piece outfit, which presses firmly on the arms and the larger part of the body
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Polish MiG-29 Fleet Grounded After Crash
July 10, 2018 @ 11:46 AMPoland will suspend all flights of Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter planes until Friday's crash of one of the aircraft is explained by a state commission, Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak announced at a press conference on Friday. A Polish MiG-29 plane from the 22nd Air Base in Malbork, north Poland, crashed at 1:57 am on Friday some 50 km east from its base, near Pasłęk, the Defence Ministry has reported
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Russia Working on Radio-photonic Radars for 6th-gen Fighter Jets and Drones
July 10, 2018 @ 11:44 AMRussia is working on development of radio-photonic radars for unmanned aerial vehicles and sixth-gen fighter aircraft, capable of creating accurate target image, TASS reports. The report says that such radars see considerably further than conventional one and will be capable of building a photographic image of the target that will be identified automatically
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BAE Systems Begins Transitioning Compass Call EW Weapon System to Business Aircraft
July 10, 2018 @ 11:35 AMBAE Systems along with L3 Technologies has begun transitioning its Compass Call Electronic Warfare (EW) system from US Air Force's EC-130H aircraft to Gulfstream 550 aircraft to improve stand-off jamming capability and also counter communications and radar threats. In 2017, BAE Systems and its partners completed the initial design review of the Compass Call weapon system, and the final design review is planned for this fall
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Dassault Reveals New-Gen European Fighter Jet in a Promo Video
July 10, 2018 @ 11:09 AMDassault Aviation has revealed what could be the contours of the next generation fighter jet to be made by a European team led by France. The video, ‘Wings for Europe released by the company on its website in May this year showed the outline of the new jet that France and Germany are eyeing to produce jointly
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Australian Companies to Develop Armed Tactical Micro-drones
July 10, 2018 @ 11:08 AMTwo Australian companies have signed an agreement to develop armed tactical micro-drone, the Cerberus UAV, with DefendTex, (an Australian based weapons research and development company) to provide the armament technology. The two Australian companies are Cyborg Dynamics and Skyborne Technologies who lately signed a partnership
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Switzerland Invites Bids to Replace its F-5, F-18 Fighter Jet Fleet
July 10, 2018 @ 10:36 AMSwitzerland has invited five European and US companies to submit their bids to replace its ageing fleet of fighter jets. The defense ministry has sent out the offer to Saab (Gripen), Dassault (Rafale), Airbus (Eurofighter), Boeing (Super Hornet) and Lockheed Martin (F-35A) for the Air 2030 program
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Pakistan's First High Resolution Imaging Satellite Launched
July 10, 2018 @ 10:16 AMPakistan's first high resolution imaging satellite with a resolution of one meter was launched today by a Chinese Long March 2-C Rocket. The PRSS-1 is China's first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
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Pakistan To Deploy Chinese JF-17 Fighters Near Gujarat Border
July 10, 2018 @ 09:21 AMPakistan will reportedly deploy its fleet of Chinese JF-17 fighters to a newly developed airfield located closer to the north western border of India, according to a report by
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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...