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DARPA To Fly Unmanned XS-1 Spaceplane Ten Times In 10 days

April 8, 2016 @ 08:54 AM

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) DARPA announced Thursday Phase 2 of its Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program, which seeks to design and fabricate an experimental unmanned spaceplane and fly the vehicle ten times in ten days. The reusable XS-1 would demonstrate the potential for low-cost and “aircraft-like” high-ops-tempo space flight, enabling a host of critical national security options while helping to launch a new and potentially fruitful commercial sector
India Seeks Tech Transfer Guarantee For F-16, F/A-18 Make-in-India Bids

April 7, 2016 @ 10:20 AM

India has sought guarantee from US for technology transfer in case any US based company bids for fighter jet program under the ‘
DARPA Demos Aircraft, UAV Collision Avoidance System

April 6, 2016 @ 08:11 AM

The US Defence Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has completed the first flight tests of the integrated sense-and-avoid (SAA) system that is designed to enable manned and unmanned aircraft to automatically detect nearby aircraft and avoid potential mid-air collisions. An unmanned air vehicle (UAV) repeatedly used the technology demonstration system to detect and track in real time a Cessna 172G aircraft approaching from various vertical and horizontal distances
Finmeccanica Signs 28 Eurofighter Aircraft Deal With Kuwait

April 5, 2016 @ 03:40 PM

The Kuwait Ministry of Defence and Finmeccanica have signed a contract for the supply of 28 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, to be built in Italy. The intergovernmental contract was signed in presence of Italian Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti and his Kuwaiti counterpart, Shaikh Gen
DARPA Awards Phase 1 Contract For Aircraft-Launched-UAV Program

April 1, 2016 @ 01:45 PM

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Phase 1 contracts for its Gremlins program, which seeks to develop technologies and systems enabling aircraft to launch volleys of low-cost, reusable unmanned air systems (UASs) and safely and reliably retrieve them in mid-air. Such systems, or “gremlins,” would be deployed with a mixture of mission payloads capable of generating a variety of effects in a distributed and coordinated manner, providing US forces with improved operational flexibility at a lower cost than is possible with conventional, monolithic platforms
Qatar Concludes Rafale Agreement At DIMDEX 2016

April 1, 2016 @ 10:29 AM

Qatar has officially signed a contract to purchase 24 Dassault Rafale fighters on the first day of the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX), held from March 29-31. At the show, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Khalid Al-Attiah, signed the final agreement, Arabian Aerospace reported
No Proposal For Leasing Second Russian Nuclear Submarine From India

March 29, 2016 @ 09:37 AM

Russia has not received any proposal from the Indian government for leasing of second nuclear submarine. We haven't received any proposal for leasing of a second nuclear submairne from the Indian government, Sergie Chemezov, Rostec CEO said during a press briefing on the second day of the ongoing DefExpo India 2016 in Goa
Russia, Israel Compete To Upgrade India’s T-72 Tanks

March 28, 2016 @ 07:47 AM

Israeli firm Nimda has offered to help upgrade the Indian Armys Ajeya tanks, a domestic version of the Russian T-72M1. At DefExpo 2016, the company stated that it is in the advanced stages of signing an agreement with an unnamed Indian company in order to move production to India
UAE Could Defer Dassault Rafale Order to 2017 or 2018

March 18, 2016 @ 01:22 PM

UAE is likely to defer a decision to procure 60 Rafale jets from France to 2017 or 2018. The order could also be divided into three tranches of 20 aircraft each
DARPA Program To Utilize Peripheral Nerves To Accelerate Learning

March 18, 2016 @ 11:26 AM

DARPA is working on a developmental time machine using the peripheral nerve stimulation to enhance learning processes as a substitute for drugs to treat diseases and accelerate healing and also to control advanced prosthetic limbs and restore tactile sensation to their users. The new program Targeted Neuroplasticity Training (TNT), seeks to advance the pace and effectiveness of a specific kind of learning—cognitive skills training—through the precise activation of peripheral nerves that can in turn promote and strengthen neuronal connections in the brain, DARPA said in a statement Wednesday

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