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Raytheon Lists Firepower Meant For F-35 Fighter Jet
July 25, 2016 @ 03:10 PMRaytheon is providing precision munitions for firepower, a smart bomb rack that can be maintained on the fly and an advanced landing system to ensure successful missions for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. “Raytheon has been involved since Day One,” said Tom Copeman, vice president of business development for the company's Air Warfare Systems product line
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Upgraded IL-76 Service Life Extended by 40 Years: Russian Company Claims
July 25, 2016 @ 02:45 PMThe Ilyushin Il-76MD-M military transport plane is currently performing test flights as part of its production flight tests. "As of today, the plane has performed ten test flights
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IAF AN-32 Transport Plane Goes Missing With 29 People Onboard
July 22, 2016 @ 12:19 PMAn Indian Air Force AN-32 plane enroute to Port Blair from Chennai has gone missing with 29 people on board on Friday morning. The plane took off from the Tambaram air base near Chennai at 8
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Elbit Systems To Provide Thermal-Imaging Observation Systems To European Country
July 20, 2016 @ 12:43 PMElbit Systems has been awarded contracts, in a total amount of approximately $30 million, to supply advanced thermal-imaging observation systems to a country in Europe. The systems will serve all army command levels, from the dismounted soldier to the headquarters command and will be supplied over a one-year period
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LONGBOW Wins $90 Million Contract For Apache Helicopter Radar Upgrades
July 14, 2016 @ 09:37 AMThe US Army awarded the LONGBOW Limited Liability Company (LLC) an $89.8 million contract to upgrade the Apache attack helicopter's LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR)
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Mahindra To Manufacture Airbus AS565 MBe Panther Helicopter Airframe Parts
July 13, 2016 @ 08:46 AMAirbus Helicopters has awarded a contract to Mahindra Aerostructures to make airframe parts for the AS565 MBe Panther. These parts will be produced at the Mahindra facility in Bengaluru, India
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SPEAR Missile Meant For UK F-35 Fighter Test-Fired From Eurofighter Typhoon
July 12, 2016 @ 02:53 PMA UK Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft has successfully fired a SPEAR air-to-surface precision strike weapon for the first time in a flight trial conducted from BAE Systems site in Warton, Lancashire. The SPEAR missile is being developed to meet the UKs Selective Precision Effects At Range Capability 3 (SPEAR Cap 3) requirement for the UKs F-35 Lightning II aircraft, with the potential to equip Typhoon
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Leonardo AW189 Cleared For All-Weather Operations
July 11, 2016 @ 12:32 PMThe European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified Leonardo-Finmeccanicas AW189s Full Ice Protection System (FIPS) clearing the way for the aircraft to operate in full icing conditions. The EASA certification comes after three years of flight trials in Northern Europe and North America, during the winter months, to gather data and test the effectiveness of the system which includes electrically heated main and tail rotor blades, heated windscreens and an ice detection system
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US Plans To Use Indian Satellite For Weather Updates On Afghanistan
July 11, 2016 @ 08:25 AMThe US is planning to use the services of an Indian satellite to get quicker weather information in war-torn Afghanistan, crucial for the movement of its military assets, the Pentagon has said. The Pentagon decided to use the Indian satellite after European weather satellites were moved to cover operations in Iraq and Syria, following which it explored the possibility of taking the services of Chinese satellites but dropped the idea after initial evaluation due to hacking apprehensions by the Chinese, PTI reported Sunday
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Long-body Version of Chinese Y-20 Military Transport Aircraft Planned
July 8, 2016 @ 12:17 PMA long-body version of the Chinese Y-20 Military Transport Aircraft is being planned to increase the aircrafts weight carrying capacity. The aircraft, which looks similar to the now discontinued Boeing C-17 military transport, is meant to carry military and civilian cargo over long distances
Denmark to Reorient Patrol Ships Design for Arctic Operations
UAE's Edge Signs Contract with Hungary to Supply CARACAL Sniper Rifles
Russian Su-57 Jet to Set the Skies on Fire at Aero India
U.S. Navy Deploys New AI-powered System to Detect Houthi Threats in Red...
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