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Progress Report About China's Aircraft Carrier To be Presented at Upcoming CPC...

August 23, 2017 @ 09:20 AM

A progress report about China's home-made aircraft carrier, designated 002 will be made at the upcoming 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) showing the importance the CPC attaches to indigenous defence technology development. The carrier, whose manufacturer the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corp (DSIC), a subsidiary of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) had announced earlier that the vessels would be completed ahead of schedule
Japan Launches Satellite For Improved GPS System

August 19, 2017 @ 12:16 PM

Japan has launched third of its new quasi-zenith satellites on Saturday to improve the global positioning system (GPS) navigation services. The launched third of its new quasi-zenith satellites is one of a constellation being put into orbit to improve the accuracy of available global positioning data,
Russian Mi-171A2 Helicopter Type-Certified For Day/Night All-Weather Flight Operations

August 18, 2017 @ 10:26 AM

Russian Mi-171A2 Helicopter has obtained a type certificate for operations in a convertible configuration from the Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation (Rosaviatsia). The type certificate confirms that the Mi-171A2 developed at Moscow Mil Helicopter Plant has been approved to transport passengers and cargoes day and night in standard and adverse weather conditions, including over water areas both as per Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
Turkish Havelsan Opens First Middle East Office in Qatar

August 10, 2017 @ 07:31 AM

Turkish Havelsan will open its first Middle East office in Qatar, a country that is one of its strategic partners. Havelsan Deputy General Manager Mehmet Akif Nacar stated that the company's office that is to be opened in the Qatari capital aims to monitor the company's projects in Doha, Dailysabah reported Wednesday
Saudi Air Force Aircraft Arrive In USA For Red, Green Flag Exercise

August 9, 2017 @ 10:56 AM

Saudi Royal Air Force (RSAF) aircraft have arrived to the USA to participate in the Red and Green Flag exercise 2017 comprising selective air and technical crews and a number of air control teams. The Saudi Air Force flew thousands of kilometres in various weather conditions with the highest levels of safety and professionalism to reach the US, Saudi Press Agency reported Wednesday
BAE Systems Introduces New Mobile Multiple-Object Tracking Radar

August 9, 2017 @ 10:14 AM

BAE Systems today introduced iMOTR, an innovative, mobile multiple-object tracking radar (MOTR), which provides military test and evaluation ranges a higher degree of accuracy in tracking time, space, and position information (TSPI) for objects in flight. BAE Systems developed the iMOTR solution over the past two years using the companys internal research and development funding
Israel Testing Tech To Detect, Destroy Improvised Explosive Devices

August 4, 2017 @ 01:02 PM

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has started to test its new system, Counter Improvised Explosive Device and Mine Suite (CIMS) mobile system that can identify, locate and destroy improvised explosive devices and mines before troops even reach them. CIMS that was created by Elta, one of IAIs subsidiaries, can detect both surface and underground IEDs, mines and roadside bombs
Airbus Perlan Glider Reaches New Heights, Searching Evidence On Climate Change

August 3, 2017 @ 05:08 PM

The Airbus Perlan Mission II glider has attained its highest ever altitude, rising to 32,500 feet during test flights in southern Argentina. Now in its second season of testing near the Patagonian city of El Calafate, the Perlan 2 team is focusing to eclipse the current world gliding altitude record of 50,727 feet, which milestone was set in 2006 by Einar Enevoldsen and the late Steve Fossett, flying the Perlan 1 glider
South Korean Surion Helicopter To Undergo Formal Tests Again

July 27, 2017 @ 10:47 AM

The Surion chopper, developed by South Korea's sole aircraft-maker Korea Aerospace Industries, will be undergoing anti-icing system tests again after countrys audit agency deemed KUH-1 helicopter to be unfit for flight missions. The nation's arms agency Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said Thursday that it's preparing for a test on Surion's anti-icing system in the United States
Vectrus Wins US Keesler Air Force Base Operations Support Contract

July 24, 2017 @ 03:38 PM

Vectrus Systems Corp has won a $97 million US Air Force contract to provide base operations support services at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The contract has a seven year period of performance and represents new work to Vectrus, the company announced Monday

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