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China To Accelerate Weapons Development & Export In 2014
January 13, 2014 @ 11:04 AMThe Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) of China spent a chunk of last year showcasing its new advanced weapons, bagging major arms deals and plans to accelerate its arms development this year. In September, Turkey began contract negotiations with the China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corporation (CPMIEC), which is under US sanctions for selling arms and missile technology to Iran and Syria
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Russian Pilots To Begin Training In Upgraded Il-38N Anti-Submarine Aircraft
January 6, 2014 @ 07:32 AMThe Russian Northern Fleet pilots will be retrained in 2014 to master the modernized Ilyushin Il-38N, a maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft. The first crew has already completed the theoretical part of the program and has begun the practical flight training, Captain First Rank Vadim Serga, a representative of the Northern Fleet was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti
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Brazil To Lease Gripen C Jets
December 23, 2013 @ 01:20 PMBrazil is considering leasing or buying second-hand Gripen C/D fighters until the new-generation Gripen E enters service in 2018, according to Defense Aerospace. Initial deliveries will go to Sweden, however, and first deliveries to Brazil are not expected until two years later, in 2020, contrary to earlier reports
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Gripen Aircraft Chosen For $4.5 Billion Brazilian Deal
December 19, 2013 @ 03:12 PMThe Brazilian Air Force (FAB) has selected Saab's Gripen-NG aircraft for its new multimission fighters contract worth $4.5 billion
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Sikorsky, Aurora To Work On DARPA VTOL X-PLane Project
December 16, 2013 @ 08:37 AMSikorsky Aircraft and Aurora Flight has won contracts worth $28 million to develop high-speed vertical takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft with the hover capability of a helicopter that can fly nearly 50 percent faster than the Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. In November, Sikorsky won a $14
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Sikorsky Wins Phase 1 DARPA X-Plane Program Contract
December 13, 2013 @ 07:23 AMSikorsky has won a contract for Phase 1 of the Vertical Take-Off and Landing Experimental Aircraft (VTOL X-Plane) program by the U.S
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Swedish Court Postpones $3 Billion Military Truck Procurement Deal
December 12, 2013 @ 03:58 PMThe Swedish Administrative Court has delayed a $3 billion defence procurement of military trucks and may take weeks to finalize, according to Svenska Dagbladet. The deal is a joint procurement by the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) and its Norwegian counterpart, FLO
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Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft Deployment Extended In Afghanistan
December 12, 2013 @ 08:26 AMThe Australian Government has extended the Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) deployment to Afghanistan providing high resolution Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) support until July 2014. The Heron RPA has been operating in the Middle East Area of Operations since January 2010, providing ISR support to missions in Uruzgan province and southern Afghanistan
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US-Russian Helicopter Deal Under Fire
December 10, 2013 @ 09:37 AMThe US government is under fire for allegedly misleading the Congress into buying Russian transport helicopters for US troops in Afghanistan. The Pentagon ordered 63 Russian Mi-17 rotorcrafts worth $1 billion over the past two years
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Rockwell Collins To Develop New Generation Software Defined Radios
December 3, 2013 @ 10:23 AMRockwell Collins has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a direct conversion digital receiver based on photonic technology under a three-year contract worth $8.5 million
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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...
