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UK To Integrate 62-Calibre Mark 45 Naval Gun On Type 26 Global...
July 28, 2016 @ 03:14 PMThe UK Maritime Indirect Fire System (MIFS) will be integrated onto the Type 26 Global Combat Ships, currently being designed by BAE Systems. MIFS includes the 5-inch, 62-calibre Mark 45 Naval Gun System, which is already in service with other NATO nations, including the US and Spanish navies, the UK department of defense said in a statement Thursday
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Airbus Launches Satellite Tasking Service For Defense, Intelligence And Security Application
July 27, 2016 @ 11:35 AMAirbus has launched a new satellite tasking service ‘One Tasking, for defence, intelligence and security application. One Tasking service provides 24/7/365 access to Airbus high-resolution and wide-swath satellite sensors
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Bell Boeing Wins $80 Million US Navy Contract For V-22 Osprey Parts
July 27, 2016 @ 08:56 AMBell Boeing has been awarded the US Navy contract worth $80 million to provide repair of various parts on the V-22 aircraft. “Bell Boeing Joint Program Office, California, Maryland, is being awarded $80,250,156 for modification of delivery order 0006 under a previously awarded contract (N00019-09-D-0008) for repair of various parts on the V-22 aircraft,” the US Department of Defense announced Tuesday
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Leidos Completes Initial Performance Trials Of DARPA’s Unmanned Anti-Submarine Demonstrator
July 26, 2016 @ 11:48 AMLeidos has completed initial performance trials of the technology demonstration vessel it is developing for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program. The at-sea tests took place off the coast of San Diego, California
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Rheinmetall To Supply Decoy Ammunition To Canadian Navy
July 14, 2016 @ 01:10 PMRheinmetall recently signed a licence agreement with the Canadian government, General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems–Canada to produce Omnitrap decoy ammunition for the Canadian Navy. Signed at the recent CANSEC show in May 2016, the contract is worth a mid-range eight-figure euro amount with thirty-year agreement term
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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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Ukrainian-Polish Consortium To Supply 40 R-27P1 Missiles For Polish MiG-21 Jets
July 8, 2016 @ 10:04 AMThe consortium formed by Ukraines Spectechnoexport and Polands WB Electronics has won a contract to supply aircraft weapons for Mikoyan MiG-21 fighter jets of the Polish Air Force. The military equipment inspectorate of Poland's National Defense Ministry reported on its website that the two firms won a tender to supply 40 R-27P1 medium-range air-to-air missiles for MiG-21 fighter jets of the Polish Air Force, Interfax reported Wednesday
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Indian GRSE Faces Disqualification In $319 Million Philippines Navy Frigate Contract
July 5, 2016 @ 10:20 AMIndias state-owned Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers might lose $319 million Philippine naval contract for supplying two light frigates as it failed to clear financial assessment tests after winning the contract. Reports from the Philippines suggest that a post-qualification assessment found GRSE deficient on financial requirements
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NZ Defence Force To Test Launch Penguin Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
June 30, 2016 @ 11:57 AMThe New Zealand Defence Force will test launch its new Penguin anti-ship cruise missile during the biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) scheduled June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California
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Indigenous Ship-Launched Anti-Sub Torpedo Handed Over To Indian Navy
June 29, 2016 @ 10:29 AMIndias Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO) launched indigenous ship launched anti-submarine torpedo, ‘Varunastra Tuesday and is handed over to the navy by Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar Wednesday. The electric torpedo designed and developed by Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), a lab of DRDO and is capable of targeting quiet and stealthy submarines, both in deep and littoral waters in intense countermeasure environment, DRDO said in a statement
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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
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...
