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Ukraine Begins Probe After 79 of the Army’s 100 Bulletproof Vests Fail

November 6, 2019 @ 08:12 AM

Ukraine has set up a probe against five top defense officials after 79 out of the army's tested 100 bulletproof vests could be pierced by weapons, and hence offered insufficient protection to the forces. “All five suspects are high-ranking defense officials: the head of the main directorate, his two deputies, and two heads of department
Pantsir-S Training for Serbian Military Personnel Begins

November 6, 2019 @ 05:57 AM

Russia has begun training of Serbian military personnel on the know-how of operating the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft system that Belgrade acquired recently. “Serbias Pantsir-S is currently being assembled
Serbia to not buy Russian S-400s

November 6, 2019 @ 05:25 AM

The president of Serbia denied having plans of buying S-400 air defense systems from Russia owing to cost issues, on Wednesday. "From what I saw, this is an impressive system
Delivery of S-400 Second Batch to Turkey to be Delayed

November 5, 2019 @ 12:43 PM

Delivery of a second batch of Russian S-400 missile defense systems may be delayed beyond a planned 2020 timeline over talks on technology sharing and joint production. "The delivery of a second batch of Russian S-400s may be delayed beyond a planned 2020 timeline over talks on technology sharing and joint production
Boeing admits Parachute 'Deployment Anomaly' in Spaceflight Abort Test

November 5, 2019 @ 12:08 PM

Boeing has admitted to a ‘deployment anomaly during a CST-100 Starliner manned spaceflight pad abort test in which all three parachutes failed to deploy. “We will review the data to determine how all of the systems performed, including the parachute deployment sequence
China's New Multiple Rocket Launcher Can Fire at Taiwan

November 5, 2019 @ 10:27 AM

China's new multiple rocket launcher (MRL), with a range of 360 kilometers can fire across the Straits of Taiwan with rockets and missiles. Unveiled at the National Day Parade last month, the system has domestic and export versions with the latter having a lesser range of about 280 kilometers
Lockheed Wins US Navy's Trident II D5 Missile Contract

November 5, 2019 @ 10:09 AM

The US Navy awarded Lockheed Martin $40.3 million modification contract for TRIDENT II (D5) missile production and deployed systems support
Bell-Boeing to Upgrade US Navy's MV-22 Aircraft to Block C Configuration

November 5, 2019 @ 08:19 AM

Bell-Boeing has won a $146 million modification contract to upgrade the US Navy's MV-22 aircraft from Block B to Block C configuration. This modification exercises the option to upgrade nine MV-22 aircraft from the Block B to the Block C configuration, as well as planned maintenance intervals for eight MV-22 aircraft, in support of the Common Configuration-Readiness and Modernization (CC-RAM) program, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Monday
Ukraine Displays New Supersonic Missiles for Sukhois

November 5, 2019 @ 05:41 AM

Ukraine presented a new supersonic missile for its Su-27 and Su-24M fighters at the Weaponry and Security 2019 exhibition. The engineers at the Dnipro-based Yuzhnoye Design Office, who developed the missile "Bliskavka" (lightning) claim it is virtually “impossible to shoot it down," Dnipro Panorama reports
Captor-E AESA Upgrades for Bundeswehr’s Eurofighters from 2022

November 4, 2019 @ 10:58 AM

Bundeswehrs fleet of Eurofighters will get Captor-E Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) upgrades starting 2022, Luftwaffe chief said during an interview with a local daily. “The Captor-E AESA radar will significantly increase the capabilities of the Eurofighter in air-to-air and air-to-ground applications

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