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CybAero, Skyworks Team Up For Gyroplanes Development
October 30, 2017 @ 11:15 AMSwedish aerospace company CybAero has signed an agreement with Skyworks Global, an American company that focuses on the design and development of high performance gyroplanes. Skyworks will provide CybAero with a perpetual license to their gyro technology intellectual property
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V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Accidents Up 1.5 Times in Japan
October 30, 2017 @ 09:58 AMAccidents involving US Marines' V-22 Osprey tiltrotor in Japan has gone up by approximately 1.5 times from when the aircraft were first deployed at Marine Corps Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture five years ago, the
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China, Russia To Conduct Joint Anti-Missile Drill
October 27, 2017 @ 09:42 AMChinese and Russian militaries will hold a joint anti-missile drill based on computer simulations this year, Xinhua reports. "Chinese and Russian militaries have been in close collaboration this year
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Russia, Qatar Sign Military Coop Agreement, S-400 Missile System Export Likely
October 26, 2017 @ 01:47 PMRussia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Qatari counterpart, Khalid bin Mohammad Al-Attiyah, the Minister of State for Defence of Qatar, signed a joint intergovernmental agreement on military technical cooperation on the sidelines of the Russian ministers visit to Doha. The representatives of Russias state arms exporter Rosoboronexport and the Qatari Defense Ministry signed a memorandum and a framework contract in the defense sector in the presence of Shoigu and his Qatari counterpart, the defense ministry in Moscow said
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Turkey Successfully Test-Fires Home-made Atmaca Anti-Ship Missile
October 17, 2017 @ 10:59 AMTurkeys home-made Atmaca anti-ship missile (AShM) successfully completed a test to check the flight characteristics and or the range, the Turkish Navys technical head Admiral Ahmet Çakır said. “We are all closely following the Atmaca project and the first shots are being made and next year we will be shooting on the ships platform and we aim to make the Atmaca guided missile we plan to replace Harpoon as a [missile] with superior capability, long range, superior capabilities than Harpoon,” said Çakır at the 8th Marine Systems Seminar, according to a local media report of TRT Haber cited by ...
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DARPA Eyes Cloud-based Repository to Harness Geospatial Imagery for Defense Analyses
October 13, 2017 @ 10:33 AMDARPA seeks to create scalable cloud-based repository of global satellite data accessible via common interfaces, and pilot development of analytics-as-a-service for DoD users. The rapid pace of new commercial satellite constellation launches has led to a significant increase in the amount and availability of geospatial imagery
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US Missile Defence Systems Threaten Russian Strategic Deterrence System: Kremlin
October 13, 2017 @ 10:21 AMRussias defense ministry says the constant increase in US Missile defense systems threatens the countrys deterrence capabilities as the number of warheads being deployed by the US will surpass the number which Moscow is capable of containing. "According to our estimates, by 2022 the number of anti-ballistic missiles of the missile defense system will exceed 1,000, and will eventually surpass the number of warheads of Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles," Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Yemelyanov said during the Russian-Chinese briefing on missile shield issues on the sidelines of the first committee of the UN General Assembly on Thursday, TASS reports
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Airbus Writes Staff Letter As Austrian Eurofighter Case Nears ‘Conclusion’
October 9, 2017 @ 05:32 PMEuropean planemaker Airbus Group warns its staff in a letter to be prepared for budget constraint as the five-year investigation into allegations of fraud and corruption in the €2bn sale of Eurofighter jets are nearing “conclusion”. Tom Enders, Airbus chief executive, wrote to the aircraft makers 130,000 staff on October 6 to warn of the potential for “significant penalties” arising from corruption investigations under way in the UK, France, Germany and Austria, Financial Times reports
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China’s Type 055 Destroyer Has More Firepower Than US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class...
October 5, 2017 @ 11:01 AMChinas new missile destroyer has had 112 Vertical Launching Systems (VLS) installed, which according to experts could upgrade the rapid-reaction capability of weapons, local media reports. The new Type 055 guided-missile destroyer surpasses the US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in terms of launch cells quantity, state-run news agency Global Times reports citing a CCTV report
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Pakistan Army Tests Russian Weapons During Friendship 2017 Exercise
September 30, 2017 @ 06:27 AMRussian and Pakistani troops held joint firing exercise using small arms in Karachay-Cherkessia, Southern Military District during the course of ‘Friendship 2017 army exercise. At the firing instruction the Russian scouts presented their Pakistani counterparts with the AGS-17 Plamya machine gun, RPG-7B antitank grenade launcher, NSVS Utes machine gun, SVD-S sniper rifle and Makarov, Yarygin and Stechkin pistols
Pentagon to Arm Warfighters with ‘Made in America’ Low-Cost Drones
Norway to Buy 9 Sikorsky HH-60W Helicopters Worth $2.6 Billion
L3Harris Delivers First Overhauled P-8A Poseidon from 139-Aircraft Navy Fleet
South Korea’s DAPA Finishes Incheon Class Frigate Search Radar Upgrade
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...