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DARPA Tech To Enable UAVs Navigate Indoors Without GPS
February 13, 2016 @ 09:00 AMThe US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently demonstrated sensor-loaded quad-copters that can move around obstacles without pilot inputs as the initial phase of its Fast Lightweight Autonomy (FLA) program. DARPAs FLA program aims to develop algorithms that could reduce the amount of processing power, communications, and human intervention needed for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to accomplish low-level tasks, such as navigation around obstacles in a cluttered environment
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Lockheed-Korea Aerospace' T 50A Jet Enters USAF Trainer Contract Race
February 12, 2016 @ 10:39 AMLockheed Martin-Korean Aerospace Industries jointly developed T-50 A training jet will be competing in the US Air Force new training planes contract estimated over $8 billion. The USAF aims to replace its T-38 fleet in 2017 and could eventually buy upto 600 planes, Reuters reported Friday
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BAE Systems To Design UK Navy's ‘Nuclear Deterrance’ Submarine
February 11, 2016 @ 09:15 AMBAE Systems has been awarded a £201 million contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to design successor of the Royal Navy's Vanguard class submarines. The contract is to design the new class of submarines, which will carry the UK's independent nuclear deterrent, including the layout of equipment and systems, and to develop manufacturing processes
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South Korea On High Alert Against North’s ‘Reckless’ Provocations
February 8, 2016 @ 07:40 AMSouth Korea is on high alert for any signs of additional provocations by the North a day after Pyongyang launched a long range rocket. North Korea fired a long-range rocket allegedly carrying an Earth observation satellite Sunday
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Russia Develops Stationary SSC-5 Stooge Missile Systems With Silo-Based Launcher
February 6, 2016 @ 11:05 AMRussia is developing stationary version of the Bastion Coastal missile systems (SSC-5 Stooge) with a silo-based launcher. We were developing the mobile and the stationary versions of the Bastion coastal missile system simultaneously
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China's MA 700 Turboprop Aircraft Completes Stress Tests
February 5, 2016 @ 10:46 AMChina's MA 700 passenger turboprop aircraft completed stress tests on its wings and fuselage towards the end of 2015. An
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Boeing, USAF Completes First Refueling Flight Of KC-46A Tanker Aircraft
January 27, 2016 @ 07:57 AMBoeing and US Air Force aircrews successfully completed the KC-46A tankers first refueling flight on January 24. Following takeoff from Boeing Field in Seattle, the KC-46A flight test team completed a series of checkpoints before smoothly offloading 1,600 pounds of fuel to an F-16 fighter aircraft flying at 20,000 feet
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Russian PAK-FA Fighter Jet To Enter Regular Production In 2017
January 25, 2016 @ 11:56 AMRussian fifth generation fighter aircraft, PAK-FA is set to complete government tests in 2016 and will start regular production in 2017. “The eleventh T-50 aircraft is on berth and is 60-70 per cent ready
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Maiden Flight For Korea Aerospace Industries Medical Transport Helicopter
January 25, 2016 @ 08:43 AMKorea Aerospace Industries Ltd (KAI) has successfully conducted the maiden flight of a new medical transport version of its Surion helicopter. The 20-minute test flight took place at the KAI's headquarters in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, on Friday under the observation of about 40 officials from the defense procurement agency, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Army and the Armed Forces Medical Command, the company said Monday
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Philippines To Acquire Ammunition For Korean-made FA-50 fighters
January 7, 2016 @ 11:20 AMThe Department of National Defense (DND) of Philippines has allotted P106.138 million (US$2
French KNDS to Acquire Texelis, Maker of SERVAL Armored Vehicles
Netherlands Helping to Train 26 Ukrainians to Become Crew Chiefs for F-16
Trump's First Diplomatic Victory- Panama Abandons China for Better U.S. Ties
Missile Falls in Russian Territory from a Tu-22M3 Bomber on Way to...
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