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Qatar signs agreement with US to purchase $12bn Worth Boeing F-15 Fighter...
June 15, 2017 @ 08:25 AMQatar will purchase Boeing F-15 fighter jets worth an estimated US $12billion, an agreement to this effect was concluded by Qatari Minister of Defence Khalid Al Attiyah and his US counterpart Jim Mattis in Washington DC on Wednesday,
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DARPA’s Stealth Dirt Bike Uses Front-wheel Drive system
June 2, 2017 @ 02:44 PMLogos Technologies that has been developing a hybrid-electric dirt bike ‘SilentHawk since 2015, is currently also progressing on an all-electric motorcycle and multifuel hybrid with a lighter, air-cooled engine. Ultra-quiet, electric motorcycles designed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will help fighters sneak up on the enemy
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Russia's New MC-21 Airliner Has 175 Pre-paid Orders Worth $15 Billion
May 30, 2017 @ 01:14 PMRussia's MC-21 airliner which marked its first flight on Sunday could be sitting on orders worth US$15.7 billion with 175 firm orders at US$90 million apiece
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IBC Wins Raytheon Contract For Beralcast Component For F/A-18 Fighter Jets
May 30, 2017 @ 12:58 PMIBC Advanced Alloys Corp has won a contract from Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems to produce a beryllium-aluminum cast component for use in Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) system, currently in use on US Navy F/A-18 fighter jets. Although IBC expects to produce this part for Raytheon over multiple years
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Russia’s MC-21 Passenger Airliner Makes First Flight
May 29, 2017 @ 12:38 PMRussias new generation of passenger airliner MC-21-300 made its first flight with duration of 30 minutes, altitude of 1000 m at a speed 300 km per hour. Rostec Corp acts as the integrator of the aircraft multiple systems
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First Lockheed Martin LM-100J Freighter Completes Maiden Flight
May 26, 2017 @ 10:45 AMThe first Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial freighter aircraft achieved a critical milestone with the completion of its first flight Thursday. "This new model will perform many commercial roles in the decades to come, like humanitarian service following natural disasters and others like nuclear accident response, oil spill containment, and firefighting
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Boeing, DARPA To Jointly Develop New Experimental Supersonic Spaceplane
May 25, 2017 @ 01:07 PMBoeing and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are collaborating to design, build and test a technology demonstration vehicle for the Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program. Boeing will be given $146 million (£112 million) to build the spaceplane to a tight specification so it can carry small satellites into orbit at the drop of a hat
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Indonesia To Target Airbus, Thales If EU Cuts Palm Oil Imports
May 20, 2017 @ 10:41 AMIndonesia could target Airbus and Thales if the European Parliament acts on a resolution to reduce the use of palm oil of which the South East Asian nation is the world's largest producer. A recent European Parliament resolution seeks to reduce the use of palm oil for environmental reasons following a string of campaigns conducted by European NGOs which suggest that palm oil substances are detrimental to human health
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DARPA Works On Simplifying Design Process For Unconventional Defense Systems
May 18, 2017 @ 04:43 PMThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing mathematical tools and methods to tackle the challenges associated with designing complex military systems. The US defense research agency's Enabling Quantification of Uncertainty in Physical Systems (EQUiPS) program has advanced the field of uncertainty quantification, or UQ, which focuses on methods to accommodate all of the different factors that may affect predictive accuracy in designing the military model
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AESA-Radar Equipped Destroyer Being Prepared For Launch In Chinese Shipyard
May 18, 2017 @ 10:40 AMChina's new 052D guided-missile destroyers, which is equipped with phased array radar and vertical launching system, is undergoing outfitting work in Dalian Shipyard, Northeast China's Liaoning Province. There are five 052D destroyers already in active service while another six are undergoing outfitting and several are under construction, read a Sina Weibo Post by the China National Radio (CNR) Military Program on Sunday
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...