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Indian Medium-altitude Long Range (MALE) Attack Drone Tested Successfully
February 26, 2018 @ 08:49 AMRustom-II, Indias first home-made Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) combat-reconnaissance drone,christened TAPAS 201, also called RUSTOM-II successfully completed its maiden flight on March 21st. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) has an endurance of 24 hours and can conduct surveillance and reconnaissance missions for the countrys armed forces
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Boeing, Oerlikon Team Up For Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace
February 20, 2018 @ 12:30 PMBoeing and Oerlikon, a technology and engineering group, signed a five-year collaboration agreement to develop standard materials and processes for metal-based additive manufacturing in aerospace applications. Additive manufacturing, popularly known as 3D printing, is a controlled process in which material is joined or solidified to create a three-dimensional part
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Harris Corp Wins $161M Electronic Jammers Contract For US Navy and Australian...
February 9, 2018 @ 08:10 AMHarris Corporation has received a $161 million contract to supply electronic jammers to protect U.S
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Pakistani JF-17 Thunder Fighter Jet Destroys Target During a Firing Exercise
February 5, 2018 @ 11:36 AMPakistan has completed live firing exercise of a missile from a JF-17 Thunder fighter jet at Sonmiani Firing Range. The home-grown JF-17 Thunder shot down a slow speed target with BVR (Beyond Visual Range) and IR (Infrared) missile with pin point accuracy at Sonmiani firing range, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman was quoted as saying in a statement Friday
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Sikorsky Qualifies Weapons System for Black Hawk Helicopter
February 5, 2018 @ 09:40 AMSikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has completed qualification to military standards of a comprehensive weapons system for S-70M / S-70i Black Hawk helicopters. Fully integrated with the aircraft's existing avionics, the system allows either pilot to place munitions quickly from forward firing guns, rocket pods and laser-designated air-to-ground missile launchers onto static or moving targets with high accuracy
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Lockheed Martin to Procure Weapons Certification, Modification Kits for Israeli F-35s
February 3, 2018 @ 04:27 AMLockheed Martin Corp is being awarded $147,963,919 contract modification for the procurement of Israel-unique weapons certification, modification kits, and electronic warfare analysis in support of the F-35 Lightning II with the Israeli Air Force. The contract includes Israel system design and development to provide 3F+ fleet capability for the government of Israel under the Foreign Military Sales program, a US DoD contract announcement said
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US Army Plans to Expand Wingman Program to M113 Armored Personnel Carriers
February 2, 2018 @ 04:42 PMArmy engineers aim to qualify an autonomous combat vehicle on a gunnery range in the coming months, as part of a new program they say is the first step toward weaponized robotics. Under the "Wingman" Joint Capability Technology Demonstration, or JCTD, program, engineers have already been able to autonomously pilot a specially-configured Humvee and hit targets with its on-board 7
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Ukraimash Opens Mi-8 Helicopter Service Center in Bangladesh
February 1, 2018 @ 10:53 AMUnrainian firm Ukrinmash has opened a service center for Soviet-era Mi-8/Mi-1/Mi-24 helicopters at the request of the Bangladesh Air Force Command. Official Ukrainian delegation consisting of representatives of the State Concern “Ukroboronprom”, State Firm “Ukrinmash” and management of the aircraft repair factory “Aviakon” attended the opening on January 27, 2017
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Airbus H145M Helicopter Test Fires Thales’ Laser Guided Rockets
January 31, 2018 @ 03:29 PMAirbus Helicopters announced Wednesday that its new H145M helicopter demonstrated the ability to fire laser guided rockets, the FZ275 LGR from Thales, in the first weeks of December 2017 at the Älvdalen test range, Sweden. The electro-optical system (MX-15D) from L3 Wescam with embedded laser designation enabled a deviation of less than a meter for all rockets fired at a distance of up to 4
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Orbital ATK To Upgrade US Navy’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile
January 25, 2018 @ 01:53 PMOrbital ATK has won a developmental contract by the U.S
Denmark Commits $970M Military Aid to Ukraine
Bulgaria Receives First F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet
Dutch F-35s on NATO Patrol Duty, Intercepted 23 Russian Aircraft
Second Indian Air Force Jaguar Crash in Less Than a Month Kills...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...