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Lockheed, Boeing Offer Fighter Aircraft Manufacture In India As Rafale Negotiations Drag...
April 12, 2016 @ 12:09 PMLockheed Martin and Boeing have made elaborate presentations to the Indian Ministry of Defence (M0D) on manufacturing the F-16V and the F/A-18 aircraft respectively in India even as New Delhis negotiations with Paris to purchase 36 Dassault Rafale aircraft drag on. Informed sources told
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Pakistan Plans to Produce 24 JF-17 Thunder Fighter Aircraft This year
April 11, 2016 @ 11:27 AMPakistan plans to increase the rate of manufacture of the JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft from 17 in 2015 to 24 in 2016. The countrys Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman expressed determination to produce up to 24 jets in 2016
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DARPA To Fly Unmanned XS-1 Spaceplane Ten Times In 10 days
April 8, 2016 @ 08:54 AMThe US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) DARPA announced Thursday Phase 2 of its Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program, which seeks to design and fabricate an experimental unmanned spaceplane and fly the vehicle ten times in ten days. The reusable XS-1 would demonstrate the potential for low-cost and “aircraft-like” high-ops-tempo space flight, enabling a host of critical national security options while helping to launch a new and potentially fruitful commercial sector
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Pakistan Seeks Thales Damocles Targeting Pod For JF-17 Aircraft
April 7, 2016 @ 02:42 PMPakistan is assessing the Thales-made Damocles targeting pod to be mounted on its JF-17 aircraft for giving the fighter precision-targeting capability. Pakistan Air Force deputy chief Muhammad Ashfaque Arain, currently in Paris to discuss the possibility of acquiring the Domacles pod was quoted by Reuters today as saying, “the Damocles is a battle- proven system and the other options are not
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US Navy Guided Missile Canisters Contract For BAE Systems
April 7, 2016 @ 09:08 AMBAE Systems has won a $38.2 million contract modification from the US Navy to provide additional missile canisters for the Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS)
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CAE To Develop C-130J Fuselage Trainer for Royal Australian Air Force
April 6, 2016 @ 01:04 PMCAE Australia has won a contract from Australias Department of Defence Capability and Acquisition Sustainment Group (CASG) to develop a C-130J fuselage cargo compartment trainer for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The C-130J Fuselage Trainer (FUT), which will be delivered to RAAF Base Richmond in spring 2018, will beused to provide high-fidelity training to loadmasters
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Lockheed Martin Demos Miniature Hit-to-Kill Interceptor
April 6, 2016 @ 11:12 AMLockheed Martin successfully launched its Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor from a Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) in an engineering demonstration today at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The launch demonstrated the agility and aerodynamic capability of the MHTK missile, which is designed to defeat rocket, artillery and mortar (RAM) targets at ranges greatly exceeding those of current and interim systems
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DARPA Demos Aircraft, UAV Collision Avoidance System
April 6, 2016 @ 08:11 AMThe US Defence Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has completed the first flight tests of the integrated sense-and-avoid (SAA) system that is designed to enable manned and unmanned aircraft to automatically detect nearby aircraft and avoid potential mid-air collisions. An unmanned air vehicle (UAV) repeatedly used the technology demonstration system to detect and track in real time a Cessna 172G aircraft approaching from various vertical and horizontal distances
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DARPA Awards Phase 1 Contract For Aircraft-Launched-UAV Program
April 1, 2016 @ 01:45 PMThe US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Phase 1 contracts for its Gremlins program, which seeks to develop technologies and systems enabling aircraft to launch volleys of low-cost, reusable unmanned air systems (UASs) and safely and reliably retrieve them in mid-air. Such systems, or “gremlins,” would be deployed with a mixture of mission payloads capable of generating a variety of effects in a distributed and coordinated manner, providing US forces with improved operational flexibility at a lower cost than is possible with conventional, monolithic platforms
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Croatia Probes Faulty MiG-21 Purchase From Ukraine
March 30, 2016 @ 06:32 AMThe Croatian military police has launched a corruption probe in the July 2013 purchase of 12 Mikoyan MiG-21 fighter jets after they found five of the aircraft actually belonged to Yemen Air Force. Five of the aircraft purchased were quickly removed from service due to technical problems
Russia Deploys New Pantsir-SMD Missile Systems
Poland Seals Major K2 Tank Deal with South Korea, Local Assembly to...
Russia Used Jet-Powered Geran UAV in Deadliest Attack on Kyiv Killing 32,
Fourth Chinese Type 075 Amphibious Assault Ship Joins Navy
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
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...