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AgustaWestland Delivers Second AW139 Helicopter To South Africa
October 2, 2013 @ 01:47 PMAgustaWestland has delivered a second AW139 intermediate twin helicopter to a South Africa to perform corporate/passenger transport and Emergency Medical Services utilizing a quick convertible EMS pod. The AW139 has the provisioning to fit floatation gear, a cargo hook and is fitted with an infrared camera system to assist pilots in poor visibility conditions (clouds and/or dust for landings on unprepared surfaces)
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Rockwell Collins Wins $3.1 Million DARPA Contract
September 26, 2013 @ 09:39 AMRockwell Collins has been awarded a three-year contract valued at $3.1 million to develop technology that will dramatically reduce the size, weight, power and cost (SWAP-C) of software defined radios
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Northrop Grumman-Built Maritime Unmanned Aircraft To Continue Surveillance Mission
September 19, 2013 @ 03:15 PMThe U.S
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Lockheed Martin Successfully Launch First LRASM Vehicle From MK 41 Launch System
September 18, 2013 @ 04:38 PMLockheed Martin successfully launched the first Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) Boosted Test Vehicle (BTV) from a MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) canister. During the company-funded test, the MK 41 VLS successfully launched the LRASM BTV
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Boeing Shows-Off Phantom Swift UAV For DARPA VTOL Competition
September 13, 2013 @ 02:32 PMBoeing has developed a flying subscale model of the innovative Phantom Swift in time to be part of Boeing's proposal for DARPA's vertical takeoff and landing X-Plane competition, the company announced Friday. The scaled model of the Phantom Swift went from being an idea to a flying prototype in less than a month
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Terma's SCANTER 4100 Radar To Modernize Indonesian Navy Warship
September 12, 2013 @ 02:18 PMTermas SCANTER 4100 radar has been selected by Ultra for integration on the first of the Fatahillah Class corvettes. Ultra Electronics Command and Control Systems has been contracted by the Republic of Indonesias MoD for the mid-life modernisation of the first of the Fatahillah Class corvettes at the DSEi 2013
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Russia To Renew Iranian S-300 Missiles Deal
September 11, 2013 @ 01:55 PMRussia will renew an old deal with Iran to supply five S-300 ground-to-air missile systems. It will also build a second reactor at the Bushehr nuclear plant, according to Kommersant
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Russia's New Armata Battle Tank To Enter Testing In November
September 9, 2013 @ 04:06 PMRussia will begin testing its next generation Armata main battle tank by November, the head of the Russian Tank Forces said Saturday.“The prototypes will be unveiled soon at an exhibit in Nizhny Tagil, and their tests will kick off within a month or two, I believe,” Lt
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DARPA Tests Anti-Ship Missile Prototype
September 9, 2013 @ 04:01 PMThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced today that they are collaborating on the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) program, which successfully launched its first prototype on August 27. Designed for both surface and air launch, LRASM seeks to develop an autonomous, precision-guided anti-ship standoff missile based on the successful Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER) system
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Eurofighter Typhoon Completes 200,000 Flying Hours
September 9, 2013 @ 12:14 PMEurofighter Typhoon has now achieved more than 200,000 flying hours since the entry-into-service of its worldwide fleet, the company said in a statement adding that with 719 aircraft on contract, 571 aircraft ordered and 378 aircraft delivered, the programme has “never looked stronger”. Alberto Gutierrez, Chief Executive Officer of Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH, said, “This impressive milestone underlines the outstanding track-record of the Eurofighter Typhoon
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
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