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CAE To Train US Army, Air Force Fixed-Wing Pilots
June 5, 2015 @ 09:00 AMCAE announced Thursday that it has won a contract from the US army to provide initial and recurrent training for more than 600 US Army and US Air Force fixed-wing pilots annually. The total value of the contract over the next eight years is expected to be approximately US$200 million
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Pentagon Plans Mach 5 Hypersonic Air Vehicle to Carry Guidance Systems
June 3, 2015 @ 11:20 AMPentagon plans to build an air vehicle by 2023 that can travel at speeds up to Mach 5 while carrying guidance systems and other materials, Military.com reported Monday
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Russian Air Force To Receive At Least 50 Strategic Tu-160 Blackjack Bombers
May 29, 2015 @ 09:08 AMThe Russian Defense Ministry will purchase at least 50 new Tu-160 (Blackjack) heavy strategic bombers when the aircraft's production is renewed, Russian Air Force Commander Col.Gen
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France Offers Crusie Missiles And Scorpene Subs To Poland
May 13, 2015 @ 04:05 PMFrance has offered to supply its long range MBDA missiles and Scorpene Submarines to Poland. Paris reportedly authorized the procurement of the DCNS built submarines and long-range MBDA missiles by Poland, Gazeta Wyborcza reported Tuesday
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China Plans To Produce 42,000 Drones
May 11, 2015 @ 01:37 PMThe Pentagon's annual report on the People's Liberation Army (PLA) revealed China's plan to produce nearly 42,000 land-based and sea-based unmanned weapons and sensor platforms. The report released on Friday added that apart from operating many armed and unarmed China drone aircraft, China is also developing long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence gathering as well as bombing attacks
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Pratt & Whitney Wins $325 Million VAATE III Contract
April 29, 2015 @ 03:07 PMPratt & Whitney announced today that it has been awarded $325 million contract for Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines (VAATE) III and beyond. The VAATE program is a joint government and industry effort to develop revolutionary and innovative technologies by the 2017 timeframe that will permit an order of magnitude increase in turbo-propulsion affordability over the year 2000 state-of-the-art technology
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GRSE Wins $3.1 Billion Indian Navy’s Frigate Order
April 23, 2015 @ 02:43 PMIndian Defense PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has won $3.1 billion (INR 20,000 crore) order to build three advanced stealth frigates for the countrys navy
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South Korea Unveils TR-60 Unmanned Tiltrotar
April 21, 2015 @ 11:53 AMSouth Korea has unveiled TR-60 unmanned tiltrotar which is able to take off and land vertically like a helicopter, while flying like an airplane, Arirang News reported Monday. The tiltrotar is capable of staying in air for up to six hours and can reach speeds of up to 500 kilometers an hour
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BCF Wins $486 Million USAF Security Systems Contract
April 14, 2015 @ 12:20 PMUS department of Defense announced Monday that BCF Solutions has won a $486 million contract for US Air Force protection site security systems. Contractor will provide for worldwide acquisition, upgrade and sustainment of a family of integrated base defense security systems including: fixed-site intrusion detection systems, tactical automated security systems, and delay/denial systems
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USAF Releases T-X Requirements Under ‘Bending The Cost Curve’ Initiative
March 21, 2015 @ 10:00 AMUS Air Force officials have released requirements for the T-X trainer aircraft family of systems that will replace the T-38 Talon under the ‘Bending the Cost Curve initiative. The release follows Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James emphasis on increased dialogue with industry to build affordability into the acquisition process, according to USAF Website
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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