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NAVAIR Delivers Dual-Mode Bomb
October 22, 2008 @ 12:00 AMNaval Air Systems Command delivered the first Dual-Mode Laser-Guided Bomb (DMLGB) to the Fleet this month. DMLGB provides the Navy F/A-18 Hornet and the Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier aircrews the capability to employ a precision weapon in Global Positioning System aided inertial navigation system, or laser guidance mode
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FLIR Systems Announces $28.9 Million Order From Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
October 21, 2008 @ 12:00 AMPORTLAND, OR --- FLIR Systems, Inc. announced today that it has received a $28
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Raytheon Receives $12 Million for Development of Excalibur 1b
October 21, 2008 @ 12:00 AMTUCSON, Ariz. --- The U
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Jet crisis shrouds India Aviation show in Hyderabad
October 18, 2008 @ 12:00 AMAfter a break of six months, the airport at Begumpet in the heart of Hyderabad has come alive as it is to be the venue of the civilian air shows. India Aviation 2008 exposition, spread over four days, is the first in the series of such shows, to be held once every two years that offers high drama with a wide range of aircraft on the ground
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Submarine Rescue Group Train in Gibraltar
October 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AMDuring the past week the Royal Navy's Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (SPAG), whose remit involves deploying a team of people with escape and rescue knowledge to the scene of a submarine in distress, has been training off Gibraltar.>> During the training 40 specialists, including three doctors, four medics and members of the Submarine Escape Training Tank, used a 'floating village' of 25-man life rafts to rescue various 'casualties', including the Commander of British Forces in Gibraltar, Commodore Matt Parr, from an imaginary submarine
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DCNS achieves automatic UAV landing on frigate
October 13, 2008 @ 12:00 AMDCNS successfully landed a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in automatic mode on French Navy frigate Montcalm while the ship was under way in the Mediterranean on 9 and 10 October 2008. Until now, unresolved challenges involving UAV recovery by ships at sea have limited their deployment for safety reasons
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World First: DCNS Achieves Automatic UAV Landing On Frigate
October 13, 2008 @ 12:00 AMPARIS --- On 9 and 10 October 2008, DCNS successfully landed a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in automatic mode on French Navy frigate Montcalm while the ship was under way in the Mediterranean.>> Until now, unresolved challenges involving UAV recovery by ships at sea have limited their deployment for safety reasons
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Air Force Gets Last Batch of F-15K Fighters
October 9, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Air Force received its last batch of three F-15K fighters Wednesday from Boeing in the United States under the 40-plane first-phase F-X program to introduce 120 high-end multi-role combat aircraft, Air Force officials said.>> With this latest addition the Air Force has a total of 39 F-15K aircraft, since a unit crashed in the waters off Pohang, some 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul, during a night mission in June 2006
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Ornge Orders Ten AW139 Helicopters
October 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AMAgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company; is pleased to announce that Ornge of Ontario, Canada, has ordered ten AW139 medium twin helicopters with an option for two additional aircraft. The overall contract value is about US$120 million
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Brazil - UH-60L BLACK HAWK Helicopters
October 1, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- On September 26, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Brazil of UH-60L BLACK HAWK Helicopters as well as associated equipment and services.>> The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $525 million
French KNDS to Acquire Texelis, Maker of SERVAL Armored Vehicles
Netherlands Helping to Train 26 Ukrainians to Become Crew Chiefs for F-16
Trump's First Diplomatic Victory- Panama Abandons China for Better U.S. Ties
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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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U