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BAE Systems Signs Contract to supply LRSAM Sensors for US Navy's Super...

May 7, 2019 @ 04:23 PM

BAE Systems has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the production of more than 50 long range anti-ship missile (LRASM) sensors and are working to achieve early operational capability (EOC) on the United States Navy's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet in 2019. The two companies worked in tandem to achieve EOC for LRASMs on the B1-B bomber ahead of schedule
QinetiQ To Supply Canada With Unmanned Aircraft Systems

May 7, 2019 @ 01:40 PM

QinetiQ has won a C$51 million contract to supply unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to the Canadian Armed Forces. The vertical take-off UAS will provide Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) services to the Royal Canadian Navy and Special Operations Forces Command, for both domestic and international operations, the company said in a statement Tuesday
Damaged Flight Data Recorder of Japanese F-35 Jet Recovered from Seabed.

May 7, 2019 @ 09:49 AM

Heavily damaged flight data recorder of the crashed Japanese F-35 fighter jet with its storage medium missing had been recovered by the deep sea search vessel Van Gogh along with a piece from the canopy since Friday, Defence Minister Iwaya told a press conference today. The defense minister said the Air Self Defence Force (ASDF) will continue its operation with United States military support to recover the debris of single-seat stealth jet
USAF Shoots Down Multiple Missiles With a Laser Weapon

May 7, 2019 @ 08:58 AM

The United States Air Force (USAF) recently concluded a test of a laser weapons system that shot down several airborne missiles. The trial took place on 23 April at the White Sands testing area in New Mexico, where the system downed the projectiles using so-called Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD)
Israeli Iron Dome Failed to Intercept All Missiles Due To Close Firing...

May 7, 2019 @ 07:50 AM

The Iron Dome defence system failed to intercept all the missiles launched from Gaza on May 4 due to a number of reasons, including that of the missiles being launched from close range, according to Yaakov Amidror, former head of Military Intelligence's Research Department. "One of the key problems was that some of the rockets were launched from very close range, giving the Iron Dome next to no time to react and intercept them," The Jerusalem Post reported quoting Amidror as saying Tuesday
Raytheon Tests 'Hot fire rocket motor' For Defence Against Anti-ship Missiles

May 7, 2019 @ 04:07 AM

Raytheon has tested a new rocket motor for the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agencys (DARPA) Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System, or MAD-FIRES. The MAD-FIRES interceptor is designed to provide self-defence capability that defeats multiple waves of anti-ship missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as other threats, the company said in a statement Monday
Russia Developing New Shells for Tornado Multiple Launch Rocket Systems

May 6, 2019 @ 03:54 PM

Russia is developing new shells with extended range equipped with new warheads for Tornado-S and Tornado-G multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). "Work is currently underway to further improve munitions of the Tornado-S MLRS
Turkey To Develop New Supersonic Drone

May 6, 2019 @ 07:36 AM

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is likely to develop a supersonic drone capable of flying at 380kmph. "We are working on a supersonic UAV called Göksungur," Temel Kotil, CEO, TAI, told Anadolu Agency at the recently concluded IDEF 2019 exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey
India, UK Likely To Build HMS Queen Elizabeth-Type Supercarrier

May 6, 2019 @ 04:09 AM

India and United Kingdom are planning to replicate and build Britain's 65,000 tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth supercarrier in India. "An Indian delegation has already visited Rosyth dockyard in Scotland where HMS Queen Elizabeth was assembled and where a second supercarrier, HMS Prince of Wales, is now being built," the Sunday Mirror reported
India's Fourth Scorpene Sub To Begin Sea Trials on May 6

May 4, 2019 @ 01:07 PM

India's fourth Scorpene-class submarine INS Vela has completed its out fittings and will be launched on May 6 in the Arabian Sea, after which it is set to begin sea trials. “On May 6, the submarine will touch waters for the first time

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