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Kelvin HughesTo Supply SharpEye Radars For UK Navy's Offshore Patrol Vessels
April 14, 2015 @ 03:21 PMKelvin Hughes announced Monday that it has won contract to supply their SharpEye radars for the UK Royal Navys new River class Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) to be built on the Clyde. The UK Royal Navy is to receive three new OPVs to be named HMS Forth, HMS Medway and HMS Trent
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DARPA Issues RFI For Anti-Submarine Warfare Unmanned Vessel Programme
March 31, 2015 @ 02:28 PMThe US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) programme. The programme aims to develop a new unmanned surface vessel to independently track ultra-quiet diesel-electric submarines over thousands of miles, Shephard reported on Tuesday
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NATS To Continue Work With QinetiQ To Facilitate Live Weapon Tests
March 31, 2015 @ 01:54 PMUK ‘s air traffic services provider NATS has won a seven year contract extension to continue its work with QinetiQ to facilitate live weapons tests at ranges, including the use of state of the art fighter aircraft, armoured vehicles, ships and Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS). QinetiQ operates and manages some of the MODs core Test and Evaluation (T&E) Air Ranges, which are operated under a 25 year Long Term Partnering Agreement for delivering T&E and training support, services to the MOD, NATS announced in its press release on Monday
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Japan, India Decide To 'Enhance' Defence Equipment And Technology Cooperation
March 31, 2015 @ 10:14 AMDefence minister, Manohar Parrikar, is on his maiden visit abroad to Tokyo for holding defence dialogue with his counterpart General Nakatani since Sunday. The two held the detailed dialogue yesterday, defence ministry said here in New Delhi
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DARPA Developing Gimbal-Mounted Radar To Lock Target Through Cloud Coverage
March 25, 2015 @ 10:35 AMThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing radar that locks onto a target through cloud coverage. Dubbed Video Synthetic Aperture Radar (ViSAR) system, it enables aircraft to offer close-air support to ground troops despite unclear weather conditions
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BrahMos Aerospace Offers Missile To Russia
March 24, 2015 @ 10:13 AMThe Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace has proposed to Russian Defense Ministry the sale of a new cruise missile for the countrys armed forces. The corporation's co-director, Alexandr Maxichevy told Prensa Latina, the official news agency of Cuba, on Monday that a goal of BrahMos Aerospace Ltd is exporting this missile to other countries using Su-30 fighter aircraft
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Raytheon Wins Rapidly-Developed Phased Array Systems Support Contract
March 17, 2015 @ 02:21 PMRaytheon has won two modification contracts of total $5 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to support the Arrays at Commercial Timescales (ACT) program, the company announced in its press release on Tuesday. ACT is focused on developing technology that enables rapidly upgradable and widely deployable radar array architectures
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Boeing, US Defense Department To Roll Out ‘Unhackable’ Drone By 2018
March 14, 2015 @ 11:01 AMBoeing and US DoD are planning to roll out an unhackable unmanned aircraft by the end of 2017, nextgov.com website reported Thursday
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Sikorsky Wins $8 Million Contract For DARPA’s ALIAS Program
March 6, 2015 @ 01:38 PMSikorsky has won $8 million contract for Phase 1 of the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The DARPA's ALIAS programs aim is to develop and insert new automation into existing aircraft to enable operation with reduced onboard crew, according to the press release announced on Friday
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China To Raise Defense Budget By 10 Percent
March 4, 2015 @ 06:10 PMChina will raise its defense budget by about 10 percent this year, compared to last year's 12.2 percent, Xinhua reported Wednesday
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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...
