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Oshkosh P-19 Vehicle To Undergo Testing
January 30, 2014 @ 08:01 AMThe US Marine Corps will test the recently delivered three Oshkosh P-19 Replacement Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicle prototypes. The Oshkosh P-19R was selected in May 2013 to serve as the Marines off-road firefighting vehicle of the future
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Finland To Replace Russian-Made Missiles With US-Made Anti-Aircraft Missiles
January 27, 2014 @ 04:10 PMFinland is set to acquire hundreds of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles from the United States, Carl Haglund (SFP), the Minister of Defence, announced during his visit to US, Washington last week. Stingers are shoulder-launched short-range missiles that can be used to bring down helicopters, aircraft and drones
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T-20 Tier II UAV Flies With 3D Imager
January 25, 2014 @ 07:52 AMArcturus UAV has for the first time integrated GeoDragon sensor system, capable of high resolution 2-D and 3-D image capture, in its T-20 Tier II unmanned aerial vehicle. The GeoDragon system can create 3-D reconstructions in near-real time and output high-resolution digital elevation models, LIDAR-like datasets, and wide area maps
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US Navy Receive General Dynamics MUOS Ground Stations
January 24, 2014 @ 07:33 AMGeneral Dynamics delivered three ground stations for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) to the US Navy. The MUOS ground stations act like cell phone switches, receiving radio calls relayed through MUOS satellites from service members around the globe and connecting them to ground-based Department of Defense communication networks in just seconds
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Rafale Flies In Heavily-Armed Configuration
January 23, 2014 @ 01:38 PMDassault Aviation has successfully flight tested RAFALE under a new heavily-armed configuration. It comprises six AASM Hammer missiles, four medium and long range air-to-air missiles from the MICA family, two METEOR missiles, and three 2,000 liter fuel tanks
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French Air Force Successfully Demo Raytheon Paveway II GBU-50
January 22, 2014 @ 08:10 AMRaytheon and the French Air Force successfully completed a demonstration of a penetrator variant of a Paveway GBU-50 from a Mirage 2000D multirole fighter jet. "Raytheon is committed to delivering GBU-50's unique capabilities to our French customer,” said Mike Jarrett, vice president of Air Warfare Systems
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Italian Air Force To Purchase CAE UAS Mission Trainer
January 21, 2014 @ 12:37 PMCAE has won a contract to provide an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Mission Trainer representing the General Atomics Predator remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). The Italian Air Force will receive the CAE UAS Mission trainer in early 2015, and will be used to provide initial and mission training for Predator pilots and sensor operators
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Future Assault Rifles To Tag Targets Much Like Social Media Photo Tagging
January 16, 2014 @ 10:53 AMNext-generation military assault rifles will not only be sleeker and faster but will pack in a heavier punch. These firearms will be developed not only for military snipers and sharpshooters but for the average soldier with need for greater capabilities
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Lockheed Martin Demos LRASM MK 41 Vertical Launch System Interface
January 16, 2014 @ 08:22 AMLockheed Martin recently validated that its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) can be launched from any MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) upon software modification to the existing shipboard equipment. During the company-funded test, LRASM and Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS), MK 41 VLS and Mk-114 booster hardware with modified software executed simulated missions and provided all electrical interfaces and data transfers needed to prepare and launch LRASMs
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T-50 Fighter To Feature Higher Stealth Capabilities
January 15, 2014 @ 03:26 PMSukhoi Aircraft has introduced the new design solutions to increase the stealth capabilities of T-50 by managing to greatly reduce the effective surface scattering of the fighter, which is the basic element for visibility on aircraft radars. An average value of this indicator for the T-50 fighter is between 0
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One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
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