An intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) payload suspended 500 ft-1500 ft from a parasail behind a ship has been demonstrated by the US Defence Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA). The low-cost, fully automated parafoil systems prototype is designed to extend maritime vessels long-distance communications and improve their domain awareness
The US Defence Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) has demonstrated the Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) technology on an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft, the primary ground attack plane of the US Air Force. The A-10 demonstration flights, conducted from April through June this year, came on the heels of similar successful tests conducted earlier this year with the U
Rockwell Collins has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop technologies that could serve as a backup to GPS. The research is being conducted as part of DARPAs Spatial, Temporal and Orientation Information in Contested Environments (STOIC) program
South Korea and the Philippines on Monday signed a pact to protect classified military information in a bid to exchange military intelligence. South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo and his Filipino counterpart Secretary Voltaire Gazmin signed the deal in Manila following their talks, according to Seouls defense ministry statement, Yonhap reported
The US Defence Advanced Research Products Agency (DARPA) has conducted an experimental demonstration of a novel robotic landing gear system which will help Helicopters land an take off from angled, irregular and moving surfaces. The adaptive system replaces standard landing gear with four articulated, jointed legs that are able to fold up next to the helicopters fuselage while in flight and are equipped with force-sensitive contact sensors in their feet
Russia and China are finalizing an agreement to jointly manufacture a heavy-lift helicopter next year and will conduct its first flight around 2020. Speaking at the third Chinese Helicopter Expo at Tianjin, Wu Ximing, chief helicopter designer at Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) was quoted by China Military Online, “"The project is progressing smoothly, and we are discussing with our Russian counterparts terms and clauses in the agreement
CAE has won US$90.5 million worth defence contracts including a Mitsubishi Electric order to provide components of the Magnetic Anomaly Detection (MAD) system for twenty P-1 maritime patrol aircraft of Japan
The French defense minister has submitted a proposal to Malaysia for the purchase of 18 Rafale fighter jets. "We provided a full offer to the Malaysian authorities; this offer will be studied by the authorities
Malaysia has made it clear that it is not interested in buying the Mistral helicopter carriers but only the Dassault Rafale fighter jets. Malaysian defense minister Hishammuddin Hussein today said, “Malaysia is reviewing a proposal from France to buy Rafale fighter jets but any decision would depend on how affordable the aircraft are
Several business representatives from French defense industry will be part of the delegation that will be accompanying Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian during his visit to Malaysia on August 31st and September 1. Representatives from Dassault Aviation, Thales, Safran, DCNS, DCI, MBDA will be part of the delegation along with 10 members of Parliament, among them Jean-Pierre Raffarin, chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee and former Prime Minister, and Patricia Adam, chairman of the National Assembly Defense and Armed Forces Committee, French Embassy in Kuala Lumpur said last Thursday