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Russian Helicopters Unveil New Rotary-Wing UAVs
December 26, 2013 @ 02:43 PMRussian Helicopters has demonstrated future rotary-wing unmanned air vehicle system to the countrys Airborne Forces (VDV), the company official was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. “The holding is developing future rotor-wing systems suitable for the airborne forces, infantry and other units,” Russian Helicopters general director Alexander Mikheyev said
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US Army Demos Drone-Mounted Laser Weapon Capabilities
December 13, 2013 @ 08:14 AMThe US Army has for the first time successfully tested a vehicle-mounted laser that managed to shoot down incoming mortar rounds and drone aircraft, officials were quoted as saying by AFP. Installed in a dome-shaped turret atop a military vehicle, the high-energy laser hit more than 90 mortar bombs and several small unmanned planes over a six-week test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico
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Russia To Increase Arms Exports By 2020
December 13, 2013 @ 08:00 AMRussia is planning to quadruple its annual arms sales to $50 billion by 2020 in a race for the top spot on the global arms exporters list, a senior government official was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. “Not counting inflation, I think we could reach $50 billion [in arms exports] annually by 2020,” Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said in Moscow
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USAF Plans A-10 Thunderbolt II Retirement: Report
December 12, 2013 @ 10:14 AMThe US Air Force is considering retiring A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack jet, called "Warthog" – first designed as a tank buster to target Soviet armored vehicles in the early 1970s, due to budget constraints. The Defense Department faces $1 trillion in budget cuts over the next decade, half of them due to automatic reductions in spending known as sequestration
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Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft Deployment Extended In Afghanistan
December 12, 2013 @ 08:26 AMThe Australian Government has extended the Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) deployment to Afghanistan providing high resolution Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) support until July 2014. The Heron RPA has been operating in the Middle East Area of Operations since January 2010, providing ISR support to missions in Uruzgan province and southern Afghanistan
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US-Russian Helicopter Deal Under Fire
December 10, 2013 @ 09:37 AMThe US government is under fire for allegedly misleading the Congress into buying Russian transport helicopters for US troops in Afghanistan. The Pentagon ordered 63 Russian Mi-17 rotorcrafts worth $1 billion over the past two years
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US Readies New Large Spy Drone
December 9, 2013 @ 01:46 PMAn unmanned spy drone with a wingspan larger than that of a Boeing 737, the recently revealed RQ-180 UAV, seeks to extend US airpower dominance over countries equipped with stealth detection capabilities. A recent report in Aviation Week pulled the curtains off the RQ-180, a US$2 billion program, whose existence is acknowledged neither by its developer Northrop Grumman nor the Pentagon
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USAF's Secret New UAS To Be Operational In 2015: Report
December 6, 2013 @ 04:50 PMThe US Air Force's secret unmanned aerial system (UAS), designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, is scheduled to be operational by 2015, according to Aviation Week. A large, classified unmanned aircraft is now flying—and it demonstrates a major advance in combining stealth and aerodynamic efficiency
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US Army M-ATVs To Be Equipped With Q-Net RPG Defeat System
December 6, 2013 @ 11:42 AMQinetiQ has won a contract to supply Q-Net rocket propelled grenade (RPG) defeat system for installation onboard the US Army's mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) all-terrain vehicles (M-ATVs). Under the $18
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Dutch Defense Ministry Buys Drones Worth €250 Million
November 22, 2013 @ 03:42 PMThe Dutch defence ministry is buying four US unmanned aircraft, MQ-9 Reaper, at a cost of up to €250 million, to be operational by the end of 2017, defence minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert told parliament in a statement on Thursday. The drones can also carry weapons but the Netherlands does not need that capacity at present, a ministry spokesman told Nos television later
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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