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DARPA Demonstrates Robotic Pack Mule Prototypes
September 11, 2012 @ 12:00 AMDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Legged Squad Support System (LS3) program today demonstrated two robotic pack mule prototypes for the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Earlier this year DARPA and the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) began a two year platform-refinement test cycle with the first DARPA/MCWL-hosted test planned for December 2012 on a military base
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GE Completes Lynx Radar Testing
September 10, 2012 @ 12:00 AMGeneral Atomics Aeronautical System announced that it has completed the integration and operational testing of its Lynx Multi-mode Radar. The next-generation facility, it integrates Synthetic Aperture Radar, Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI), and Dismount Moving Target Indicator (DMTI) radar into one
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After India Success, Is Dassault Rafale A Favorite In Brazil?
September 5, 2012 @ 12:00 AMBrazil has taken up India’s offer to review its notes on selecting a winner for the MMRCA (medium multi-role combat aircraft) competition, as the emerging South American nation looks to add 36 fighter aircraft to its Air Force. While visiting New Delhi, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff met with Indian officials on the sidelines of the BRICS conference to confer over India’s selection of the Rafale
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U.S Army Apache Helicopter Fleet Completes 3.5 Million Flight Hours
August 28, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIn a major milestone for Boeing, the AH-64 Apache helicopter fleet has completed 3.5 million flight hours with the U
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India’s Nuclear Capable Missile Prithvi II Battle Ready
August 25, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIndia today test fired its nuclear capable ballistic missile, the Prithvi II, in a user trial conducted by the Strategic Forces Command of the Indian Army, off the coast of Odisha. Monitored by the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the firing of the indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile met all mission objectives and was hailed “successful”
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U.S Army Certifies Raytheon's JLENS Ready For Battlefield
August 14, 2012 @ 12:00 AMRaytheon has introduced a powerful, integrated radar system that can detect, tract and target a large number of threats allowing combatant commanders engage swarming boats and incoming cruise missiles, around the clock, from hundreds of miles away. The first class of U
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Alenia Aermacchi Rolls Out Singapore’s First M-346 Advanced Trainer
August 8, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will soon receive its first M-346 advanced trainer from Alenia Aermacchi. ST Aerospace, the prime contractor, teamed with Alenia Aermacchi and Boeing in 2010 to supply 12 M-346 aircraft and ground based training system for the RSAF’s Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) programme
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Is Israel, Like Pakistan, Supporting Home Grown Terrorism?
August 7, 2012 @ 12:00 AMAs Iran continues to develop its nuclear enrichment program despite growing calls from Western States to halt, five nuclear scientists from the country have been assassinated over the last two years. With the most recent killing in January 2012, Iran is accusing Israel of aiding bombers and breeding terrorism in its country
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U.S Navy’s New Remotely Piloted Aircraft Pilot Training Simulator To...
August 2, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe US Navy has introduced the T-6 Texan II simulator for remotely piloted aircraft pilots training which also saves millions of dollars in traditional simulator training. When using the traditional T-6 simulators, which cost about $3 million each, would have cost upward of $27 million total, which doesn't count the price of a new building it would require to house them
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Cassidian Introduces New Airborne Ultra-High Resolution ‘SmartRadar’
July 30, 2012 @ 12:00 AMCassidian has introduced an airborne ground surveillance radar that uses the newest ultra-high-resolution radar technology to monitor wide areas with stationary targets while at the same time detecting and tracking moving targets at great distances. The utilisation of a special modular architecture permits scalability of bandwidth, frequency band and processing performance
Ukrainian MoD, Palantir Tech Developing Drone Detection Models Using Russian War Data
New Russian Anti-drone Radar Can Track 50 UAVs Simultaneously
In a First, China Sanctions Philippines Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., His Relatives...
General Atomics AeroTec Signs First Sale Contract for D0228 NXT Aircraft
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