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P&W to Power Russia's VRT500 Helicopters
November 17, 2019 @ 01:39 PMVR Technologies, a subsidiary of Russian Helicopters selected Pratt & Whitney's PW207V gas-turbine engines to power its VRT500 light helicopters at the Dubai Airshow 2019. PW207V is the advanced modification of PW200 family engines with the capacity of up to 700 hp designed for light-class rotorcraft
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Turkish S-400 System to be Operationalized in April 2020
November 17, 2019 @ 01:28 PMTurkey's S-400 systems will be put to service by April 2020, said Ismail Demir, head of the Turkish Defense Industry Directorate. "We are planning to put the Russian systems into service in April 2020," Demir was quoted as saying by CNN Turk on Saturday
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Indian Navy’s MiG-29K Suffers Engine Fire, Crashes
November 16, 2019 @ 08:06 AMThe engine powering an Indian Navy MiG-29K fighter caught fire, following which the plane reportedly crashed soon after taking off from Dabolim air base, Goa state, on Saturday. "At about noon on 16 Nov 2019, a MiG-29K twin seater aircraft, on a routine training sortie, encountered a flock of birds after take off from the naval Air Base at Dabolim Goa," the Indian Ministry of Defense said in a statement
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Russia’s Upgraded MiG-31BM jets to Enter Service by Year-end
November 16, 2019 @ 07:37 AMTwo MiG-31 fighter jets upgraded to the “BM” standard will be inducted into active services with the Russian forces by the end of the current year. The high-altitude fighter interceptors will enter service with the Central Military Districts fighter air regiment stationed in the Krasnoyarsk Region, Eastern Siberia, by the end of 2019, the Districts press office said in a statement Friday
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Rolls-Royce Wins USAF’s T-56 Aircraft Engines Upgrade Contract
November 16, 2019 @ 07:00 AMThe Pentagon has awarded Rolls-Royce a contract worth $67 million to provide Series 3.5 upgrade to the T-56 turboprop engines used in C-130 Hercules military transport planes
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Bechtel Bags US Navy's $1.4Bn Naval Nuclear Propulsion Components Contract
November 16, 2019 @ 05:53 AMBechtel Plant Machinery has won three of the United States Navys Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program contracts worth $1.43 billion combined
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Lockheed Wins $3.33Bn to Support Military Communication Satellites
November 16, 2019 @ 05:23 AMThe Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin $3.33 billion to support Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF), Milstar and other satellites meant to relay secure communications for the armed forces of United States, Britain, Canada, Netherlands and Australia
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Russia's Yak-130 To Make Its Debut At Dubai Airshow
November 15, 2019 @ 09:24 AMRussia's Yak-130 combat trainer will be presented for the first time at this year's edition of Dubai Airshow (17-21 November). The aircraft will be part of the flying displays
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Leonardo's Acoustic Sensor System Completes Live Sea Trial
November 15, 2019 @ 09:00 AMLeonardo's new ULISSES acoustic sensor system has completed live sea trial off the coast of Italy, meaning that development is on track for completion by the end of 2019. Production will now take place in 2020 for deliveries the same year, the company said in a statement Thursday
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US Designates Lockheed's New Solid State Radar as AN/SPY-7(V)1
November 15, 2019 @ 08:06 AMThe United States government has designated Lockheed Martin's latest generation solid-state radar technology, as AN/SPY-7(V)1. "The world's latest generation solid-state radar technology, formerly known as Lockheed Martin's Solid State Radar (LM SSR), has been designated as AN/SPY-7(V)1 by the United States government," the company said in a statement Thursday
DARPA-backed Startup Speeds Up Production for Radar, Electronic Warfare Amplifiers
Poland to Deploy 96 'Tarantula' Robots in New Unmanned Troop Units
U.K. Orders 1,500 Sig Sauer MCX Rifles for Royal Marines
Indonesia Eyeing Italy's Retired "Garibaldi" Aircraft Carrier, Harrier Jets
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U