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German Naval Troops Begin Training With NH90 Helicopter Simulator
December 17, 2019 @ 10:56 AMThe ground personnel of the German Navy have begun all-round training on the usage of NH90 Sea Lion helicopter with Rheinmetall having delivered the simulators in June 2019. "Thanks to advanced simulation technology from Rheinmetall, ground personnel of the German Navys new NH90 NTH Sea Lion helicopter are already able to start training
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Upgraded US Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 19 Completes Acceptance Trials
December 17, 2019 @ 10:23 AMLockheed Martins Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 19, the future USS St. Louis, completed Acceptance Trials in Lake Michigan recently
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Ireland DoD Orders Two Airbus C295 Airlifters
December 17, 2019 @ 09:32 AMIrelands Department of Defence (DoD) has announced the acquisition of two Airbus C295 medium airlifters in a maritime surveillance configuration. With this new order, the Irish Air Corps will become the 33rd C295 operator worldwide
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Rosoboronexport Secures $1.5M Contract to Supply High Accuracy ORSIS T-5000 Rifles
December 17, 2019 @ 09:14 AMRussias Rosoboronexport has secured a contract worth over 100 million rubles ($1.5 million) to supply a foreign customer with a batch of ORSIS T-5000 high accuracy rifles
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Northrop Delivers 1000th AGM-88E Anti-Radiation Guided Missile
December 16, 2019 @ 03:28 PMNorthrop Grumman has delivered the 1000th AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) supersonic, air-launched tactical missile system to the US Navy. A ceremony at the Northrop Grumman production facility in Northridge, California, commemorated the occasion, the company said in a statement
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Huawei Leads Chinese Exports of AI Surveillance Tech
December 16, 2019 @ 03:22 PMHuawei is a market leader in Chinese exports of AI surveillance technology having sold it to at least 50 countries, many of which have dismal human rights record. According to a report by a pro-US think tank, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "technology linked to Chinese companies -- particularly Huawei, Hikvision, Dahua and ZTE -- supply AI surveillance technology in 63 countries, 36 of which have signed onto China's Belt and Road Initiative," it said
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Navantia Out; Naval Group, Saab and TKMS in $3B Dutch Walrus Replacement...
December 14, 2019 @ 09:32 AMThe Dutch Ministry of Defense issued a B-Letter for the nearly $3 billion Walrus-class submarine replacement program and has shortlisted French
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With No Foreign Patents, 500 Russian Arms Copied Abroad
December 14, 2019 @ 07:19 AMDespite over 500 cases of copying of Russian military equipment in last 17 years, no patents have been filed in foreign countries to secure its intellectual property "Unauthorized copying of our equipment abroad is a great problem. There have been 500 such cases over the past 17 years
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Wind Tunnel Tests of Sino-Russian CRAIC CR929 Mockup Complete
December 14, 2019 @ 07:07 AMA series of wind tunnel tests of a scale model of CRAIC CR929 250-to-350 seat wide-body twinjet airliner to be jointly developed by China and Russia, has been completed. “The wind tunnel simulation (large tubes through which air is blown around an object) of High Speed Standard Model (HSM) made on a scale of 1:39 in the ‘fuselage plus wing configuration, in transonic T-128 wind tunnel was performed within a week by the specialists of TsAGI, part of Zhukovsky Institute,” UAC said in a
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AM General To Modernize Jordanian Fleet of 200 Humvee Vehicles
December 14, 2019 @ 05:30 AMAM General, a US-based firm has been contracted to upgrade 200 of Jordan's M998 High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicles (Humvee). "AM General was awarded a $15
Baykar’s Akinci Drone Fires AI-enabled Mini Cruise Missile
Large Jet-Powered Ekranoplan Spotted in China, Reviving Cold War-Era Technology
China Reveals Weapons to Destroy Power Grids
Milkor and Hanwha Systems Partner to Enhance UAV Surveillance Capabilities
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...
