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China Wraps up S-400 Air Defence System Tests

January 10, 2019 @ 12:13 PM

China has successfully completed testing of the S-400 air defence system after intercepting an airborne target by a missile fired from the system it acquired from Russia. The test-firing conducted last December was the second such test
Second GlobalEye AEW&C Completes Maiden Flight

January 4, 2019 @ 09:05 AM

Saab's second GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft completed its first flight on 3 January, taking off from Saab's Airfield in Linköping, Sweden. It undertook a test flight of 2 hours and 54 min collecting flight test data, the company said in a statement Thursday
Bell-Boeing to Support Ongoing V-22 Osprey Tests

January 3, 2019 @ 12:46 PM

Bell-Boeing has won a $23 million United States (US) Navy contract to support ongoing flight test and evaluation of the V-22 Osprey test military aircraft. Work will be performed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland (90 percent); and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2018
Russian Air Force Planes Flew 6000 more Hours in 2018 than 2017

January 3, 2019 @ 11:12 AM

Russian Aerospace Forces (RAF) aircraft flew 6000 more hours in 2018 than the previous year with individual pilots flying average of 100 hours each. In 2019 the RAF will receive more than 100 aircraft
Taiwan Plans Re-engineering J85 Turbojet Engines for Long-range Missiles

January 3, 2019 @ 10:04 AM

The Taiwanese Air Force in cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences is studying on how to reverse engineer the General Electric J85 small single-shaft turbojet engines from its decommissioned F-5E/F fighters to reuse them in missiles. Due to the strong engine thrust, it can provide a speed of Mach 1
Pakistan Eyes Buying 600 Battle Tanks: Indian media

January 1, 2019 @ 11:24 AM

The Pakistan Army is eyeing purchase of nearly 600 modern battle tanks including the T-90 from Russia, according to an Indian news agency. Most battle tanks Pakistan was planning to procure are likely to have features like computerised fire control system for increased accuracy, and they would be able to hit targets within a range of 3 to 4km, the Indian PTI news agency reported quoting intelligence sources as saying Sunday
Bell Boeing Wins $366M to Deliver 3 CMV-22B Osprey Variants to US...

December 29, 2018 @ 09:05 AM

Bell Boeing is awarded $366.6 million modification contract for the production and delivery of three CMV-22B variations in aircraft for the Navy and two MV-22B variations in quantity aircraft for the Marine Corps
South Korea Approves Plan to Develop Six Aegis-equipped Destroyers

December 26, 2018 @ 02:51 PM

South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has approved plan to develop six Aegis- equipped destroyer for an estimated cost of $6 billion. The Defense Project Promotion Committee has decided on the Korea Destroyer Next Generation (KDDX) project, under which the country will locally develop the destroyer by the late 2020s with a budget of around 1
HAL Light Utility Helicopter Passes 6KM Altitude Flight Test

December 12, 2018 @ 09:51 AM

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) has achieved an important milestone of flying at 6000 meters altitude in Bangalore, recently. The flight was carried out under the envelope expansion tests and flying at 6 km altitude is a critical requirement towards the certification of LUH
Lockheed Martin Selects IFS Applications for $3.5B US Army Contract

December 7, 2018 @ 01:22 PM

IFS Applications and Software has won a $3.5 billion Lockheed Martin contract for 2,600 user licenses of IFS Applications modules for supply chain management, warehouse management, purchasing and other functionality

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