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China Conducts First Stealth Combat Drone Test
November 22, 2013 @ 10:02 AMChina has tested its first stealth combat drone, a "Sharp Sword" unmanned aircraft, state media said Friday, citing online photos of an aircraft resembling a shrunken US B2 bomber and hailing the advance toward Western-level technology. "The successful flight shows the nation has again narrowed the air-power disparity between itself and Western nations," the China Daily newspaper said, adding the flight made China the "fourth power
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S. Korea To Buy Lockheed Martin F-35 Jets From 2018
November 22, 2013 @ 09:38 AMSouth Korea will purchase 40 Lockheed Martin's F-35A stealth fighters from 2018, with an option to buy 20 more later, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) was quoted as saying by Yonhap News. JCS Chairman Choi Yun-hee held a meeting of top commanders to approve the plan to buy the 40 F-35 Block 3s, which are capable of conducting air-to-air and air-to-ground missions with internal carriage and external stations for missiles and bombs
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RAAF's F-35A On Track For Delivery
November 14, 2013 @ 01:24 PMAustralia's first F-35A – commonly known as the Joint Strike Fighter is on track to be operational in 2020, according to New Air Combat Capability Project Manager Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Kym Osley. AVM Osley was at the F-35A manufacturing plant Fort Worth in Texas recently when the RAAFs first F-35A came together
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Royal Netherlands Air Force Begins Chinook Training On Upgraded Simulators
October 23, 2013 @ 09:26 AMThe Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has begun training its Chinook aircrews to the CH-47D and CH-47F standards after the successful completion of Chinook simulators upgrades. The upgrade was done over the past two years to support RNLAF Chinook training, which is contracted to run through 2018 at CAE's MSHATF
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Israel Launches $1 Billion Howitzer Competition
October 21, 2013 @ 10:15 AMThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has opened bids for its $1 billion self-propelled gun modernization program aiming to replace nearly 50-year-old M109 self-propelled howitzers. An IDF official listed the new gun as key to the ground forces Fire2025, a strategic investment plan for firepower that is lethal, longer in range and more precise, yet flexible enough for effective use across the operational spectrum
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Israeli Defense Minister Visits Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Facility
October 14, 2013 @ 01:25 PMThe Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Yaalon visited the Lockheed Martin F-35 assembly line Thursday where the 5th Generation fighter aircraft is being built. This is the first time Minister Yaalon has been to the facility since the Israeli and U
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Exelis Wins $121.8 Million Network Support Contract
October 8, 2013 @ 02:42 PMExelis has received a five-year, $121.8 million contract for end-to-end systems engineering support from the U
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L-3 Communications Wins U.S. Defense Contracts Worth $163 Million
October 2, 2013 @ 12:25 PML-3 Communications has won a contract worth $63.4 million for the delivery of Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) COMSEC TRANSEC SYSTEM hardware to the U
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Raytheon Wins Imaging LADAR Transceiver Contract
September 25, 2013 @ 02:05 PMRaytheon Company has won a $10 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the research and development of the long range imaging LADAR (LRIL) transceiver. The LRIL will demonstrate the state-of-the-art in inverse synthetic aperture LADAR (ISAL) technology with the objective of producing an ISAL image from a space object in geosynchronous orbit
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Pentagon Awards Worth $478 Million Contracts To Northrop Grumman And Boeing
September 25, 2013 @ 02:02 PMBoeing Company has also won a $225 million modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract for the procurement of six operational flight trainers, six weapons tactics trainers, two part task trainers, one training systems support center, three 10-seat electronic classrooms, and one 20-seat electronic classroom in support of the U.S
Russia’s Kalashnikov Signs Contract to Supply 'Karakut' Reconnaissanc Drones to Indian Firm...
European Commission Disburses €3.9 Billion Loan to Ukraine for Drone Procurement
Russian Hackers Stealing Backup Data from Ukrainian Signal Accounts
Iran Wants to Solely Guide Ships Around Minefields in Strait of Hormuz
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