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Sikorsky Wins Two SAR Helicopter Contracts At China Helicopter Expo
September 7, 2013 @ 10:13 AMSikorsky Aircraft yesterday signed two contracts for a total of eight Sikorsky S-76Dsearch and rescue (SAR) helicopters at the China Helicopter Exposition. The latest SAR contract is the fifth that China's MOT has awarded to Sikorsky for the S-76 series of helicopters since 2000
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U.S. Navy Employs Lockheed Martin's Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb
September 5, 2013 @ 08:59 AMLockheed Martin's paveway II Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb (DMLGB) was successfully employed with the U.S
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Manning Case: Why Did The Well-Equipped Apache Fire On Friendlies?
August 29, 2013 @ 01:00 PMBradley Manning, the 25-year old private first class from Oklahoma, who reportedly leaked over 750,000 classified Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, was found guilty of most of the charges against him including espionage, theft and fraud. Manning was detained in Iraq for suspicion of having leaked 39 minutes of classified cockpit gunsight footage from 2007 in 2010
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PUMA IFVs Head To UAE For Hot Climate Tests
August 28, 2013 @ 02:29 PMGerman armed forces will spend the next two months in the UAE testing the performance of the new Puma infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in hot climates after completing cold tests in Norway last year. The tests will be conducted under the direction of the Federal Office for equipment, information technology and operation of the Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) by personnel of the Bundeswehr Technical Centre (WTD) 91 Meppen (weapons) and WTD 41 Trier for mobility
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Russia To Procure 60 Mi-28UB Helicopters
August 12, 2013 @ 09:03 AMRussia will procure about 60 Mi-28UB helicopters to improve Mi-28N combat training, a Russian Air Force commander said. “We will purchase four to six [Mi-28UB] helicopters for each unit that has Mi-28N in service,” Lt
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Lockheed Martin Wins $223 Million South Korean Contract
August 5, 2013 @ 02:41 PMLockheed Martin has won a $223 million firm-fixed-price, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to supply Modernized-Target Acquisition Designations Sight Pilot Night Vision Sensors to South Korea. Also known as "M-TADS/PNVS", these are advanced electro-optical fire control systems that AH-64D/E Apache attack helicopter pilots use to fly their helicopters and target their weapons systems in daylight, at night, and in adverse weather conditions
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Additional F-35 Jets To Be Based At Luke Air Force Base
July 18, 2013 @ 08:26 AMThe U.S
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Italian Coast Guard To Receive "Luigi Dattilo" Patrol Boat This Year
July 16, 2013 @ 05:08 PMThe second of two multi-purpose vessels commissioned from Fincantieri by the General Command of the Port Authority Corp for the Italian Coast Guard was launched today at Castellammare di Stabia (Naples). The vessel, due to be delivered by the end of this year, is the twin unit of the “Luigi Dattilo”, launched last December, which will be delivered within this summer
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Raytheon Successfully Test Third Generation FLIR System
July 16, 2013 @ 04:42 PMRaytheon's 3rd Generation Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS) and fire control successfully achieved proof of concept in a series of laboratory and field tests. Preliminary evaluation of the impact of firing all versions of the TOW missile was also performed
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U.S. To Fly Grounded Jets, Training Budget Under Constraint
July 16, 2013 @ 12:06 PMThe U.S
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
Missile Falls in Russian Territory from a Tu-22M3 Bomber on Way to...
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