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An-28 with 19 Persons Missing in Russia, Second Incident Involving Antonov Plane...
July 16, 2021 @ 02:23 PMThe Antonov An-28 aircraft belonging to Siberian Light Aviation airline which disappeared earlier today made a hard landing in Tomsk region. It is the second mishap involving an Antonov light transport plane in 10 days
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IAEA Breaks Ground For Facility to Tackle Nuclear Terrorism
July 15, 2021 @ 05:58 PMThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), today broke ground for a new facility that will help strengthen countries abilities to tackle nuclear terrorism in areas such as the illegal trafficking of nuclear material and the physical protection of facilities. The IAEA Nuclear Security Training and Demonstration Centre will be located at the IAEA facility in Seibersdorf, 30 km south of Vienna, Austria, and is scheduled to be operational in 2023
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Russia to Host 12 International Defense Exhibitions in 2022-23
July 11, 2021 @ 11:48 AMRussian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has approved the holding of 12 international defense exhibitions during 2022-2023. According to the document posted on the governments legal information web portal on Friday, the 2023 list includes the MAKS International Aerospace Show in Zhukovsky, the International Maritime Defense Show in St
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Singapore Airlines becomes First Carrier to Offer Live Onboard e-Shopping
July 9, 2021 @ 12:59 PMSingapore Airlines became the first airline to offer live e-shopping onboard via KrisShop. Singapore Airlines customers now have access to the worlds largest seatback shopping experience at 30,000ft
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Unmanned Armata Tank Tested in Russia
July 9, 2021 @ 05:54 AMRussia has started testing the unmanned version of its T-14 Armata tank, first revealed during the Army-2020 Forum. “The Armata tank was originally designed as a crew-driven vehicle
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Bulgaria to Build Runway as Part of F-16 Infrastructure as NATO Declines...
July 8, 2021 @ 01:01 PMBulgaria will shoulder the costs of building a runway for its F-16 jets at Graf Ignatiev Air Force Base after NATO denied to take responsibility. Georgi Velikov Panayotov, Minister of Defence of Bulgaria, said during a news conference Wednesday that “someone for unknown reasons” had decided that the cost of building the runway would be borne by NATO without actually discussing this with NATO headquarters
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Thales’ New Long-Range Surveillance Drone 'UAS 100' Completes First Flight
July 7, 2021 @ 10:18 AMFrances Thales successfully completed the first flight of a half-scale prototype of its UAS 100 long-range unmanned air system on June 22. Developed in partnership with Issoire Aviation and Hionos, and with the support of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces via the Defense Innovation Agency (AID), UAS100 will help meet demand for more cost-effective drone missions with a lower environmental impact
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Russian S-500 Air Defense System Completes Tests, all set to Enter Service
July 7, 2021 @ 05:19 AMThe Russian S-500 air defense system (ADS), said to counter not only aircraft, missiles and space weapons, but also satellites in low-earth orbit (LEO) has completed state tests and is set to enter service with the countrys military forces. "Currently, a number of tests have been carried out with combat launches of anti-aircraft guided missiles at air targets
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Israel Aerospace Integrates Naval Combat Suite on Sa’ar 6 Corvettes
July 6, 2021 @ 07:28 AMIsrael Aerospace Industries (IAI) is integrating offensive and defensive systems including MF-STAR (Magen Adir) radar onto the Navys Sa'ar 6 corvettes. IAI, together with the Administration for the Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure (part of IMoD) and the Israeli Navy, completed the first phase of installing the MF-STAR (Magen Adir) radars on the Israeli Navys Saar 6 corvettes and will continue to integrate the BARAK MX Air Defense System (Raam Adir) on the vessels
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Contact Lost with Russia’s Passenger Aircraft with 28 Onboard
July 6, 2021 @ 07:10 AMA Russian An-26 airplane with 28 people onboard went missing in the Far Eastern peninsula of Kamchatka on Tuesday. The countrys emergencies ministry said the aircraft, en route from regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana town, lost contact with the air traffic control during the flight
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U.S. Policy Threatening Lockheed Martin Billions in F-35 Cuts?
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...
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...