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Harris Corp Wins $88M Airborne Jammers Contract For US Navy Electronic Warfare...

May 2, 2016 @ 02:06 PM

Harris Corporation has won a $88 million contract to supply electronic jammers for US Navy F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft. The jammers protect the Navy jets from sophisticated electronic threats, including modern integrated air defense systems
DARPA Awards Research Contract For Future Armored Vehicles

April 27, 2016 @ 11:13 AM

Future Armored vehicles will be able to deflect incoming threats by moving their armor plates up, down or sideways, be light, agile and have greater situational awareness than the steel behemoths of today. The US Defence Advance Research projects agency has awarded contracts to Carnegie Mellon University, Honeywell, Leidos, Pratt & Miller, QinetiQ Inc
Former Head of US Defence Contracting Firm Jailed For Sending Tech Details...

April 15, 2016 @ 01:44 PM

A former US defence contractor has been sentenced to nearly five years in jail for illegally exporting the military blueprints and technical drawings of parts used in some of the high-tech and sensitive hardware like F-15 to India, using a local churchs website. Hannah Robert, 49, circumvented the US government and provided export-controlled technical data related to various types of military technology to an individual in India, said assistant US attorney general John P Carlin in a statement, PTI reported
CIA Funds Skincential Sciences’ New Skincare Products For DNA Extraction

April 9, 2016 @ 09:52 AM

Skincential Sciences, cosmetic products sellers new skin care product which can be used to collect users DNA has grabbed the attention of the In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The documents obtained by
North Korea Tests Ballistic Missile Engine

April 9, 2016 @ 09:27 AM

North Korea on Saturday conducted the new inter-continental ballistic missile engine test at the Sohae Space Center. The countrys leader Kim Jong Un was quoted as saying by North Koreas Central News Agency (KCNA) that the new ballistic missile engine test was a "great success" and "provided a firm guarantee for mounting another form of nuclear attack upon the U
DARPA, ONR To Commence Open-Water Testing Of Unmanned Anti-Submarine Warfare Ship

April 8, 2016 @ 09:36 AM

The US Office of Naval Research and the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will soon commence open-water testing of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV), able to traverse thousands of kilometres for months at a time without a single crew member aboard. ACTUV is a 130-foot twin-screw trimaran, designed for enhanced stability in all kinds of weather
DARPA To Fly Unmanned XS-1 Spaceplane Ten Times In 10 days

April 8, 2016 @ 08:54 AM

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) DARPA announced Thursday Phase 2 of its Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program, which seeks to design and fabricate an experimental unmanned spaceplane and fly the vehicle ten times in ten days. The reusable XS-1 would demonstrate the potential for low-cost and “aircraft-like” high-ops-tempo space flight, enabling a host of critical national security options while helping to launch a new and potentially fruitful commercial sector
Western Sanctions Force Kalashnikov To Increase Civilian Arms Share

April 4, 2016 @ 11:06 AM

Kalashnikov is forced to strive for an increase in the share of civilian products due to the western sanctions against the company since July 2014. The US prohibited imports of Kalashnikov products to the nation citing Russias alleged interference in the Ukrainian internal conflict
Rostec Offers Mobile Fire Units For MANPADS

March 28, 2016 @ 04:27 PM

Rostec will showcase a new mobile fire control unit for MANPADS (man-portable air-Defense systems) at the ongoing DEFEXPO-2016 land and naval systems exhibition in Goa, India. "UIMC will present a mobile fire control unit for anti-aircraft Defense system at the DefExpo 2016," the press service said in a statement
Norwegian Air Force’s First AW101 Helicopter Performs Maiden Flight

March 24, 2016 @ 07:46 AM

Finmeccanica announced today that the Royal Norwegian Air Forces first of 16 AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters successfully performed its maiden flight on 21 March at its Helicopter Division Yeovil factory in the UK. The successful on-schedule maiden flight marks a major milestone and the start of the flight test programme that will lead to initial aircraft deliveries to the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MoJ) in 2017

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