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Russia Test Fires New Bulava Submarine-Based Advanced ICBM
August 26, 2019 @ 08:15 AMRussia on Saturday test-fired its new Bulava solid-fueled advanced Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from Yury Dolgoruky submarine, from the Barents Sea, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. Moscow also launched Sineva ICBM from Tula submarine as part of combat training from the polar region of the Arctic Ocean
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Russia's New Stealth Drone May Operate Together with Su-57 Jet
August 26, 2019 @ 06:49 AMRussia's new stealth drone on display at the MAKS Airshow may operate either autonomous or in conjunction with the Su-57 stealth jet. The Sukhoi S-70 Hunter-B (Okhotnik-B) unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) initially appeared in a flyable form back in January, with its first flight occurring in early August
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Pentagon Orders $2.4B Worth F-35 Parts from Lockheed Martin
August 24, 2019 @ 10:37 AMThe Pentagon has ordered $2.4 Billion worth F-35 jet parts from Lockheed Martin in a deal seen as a fallout of Turkeys ejection from the F-35 program over S-400 row with the US
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South Korean Light Armed Helicopter Completes First Flight
August 23, 2019 @ 03:38 AMKorea Aerospace Industries (KAI) completed the first flight of the initial Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) prototype on August 19. The test flight with two pilots on board was conducted in KAIs headquarters for about 20 minutes, a statement posted on the KAI website said
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China Launches Unmanned Combat Ship
August 22, 2019 @ 12:05 PMChina launched an unmanned combat ship yesterday with its developer claiming the vessel is combat-ready. The ship has a length of about 15 meters and a displacement of 20 tons, is capable of conducting air defense, anti-ship and anti-submarine missions thanks to a phased array radar system, vertical-launched missiles and torpedoes
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Raytheon Awarded US Navy’s $190.5M Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Block 2 Modification...
August 22, 2019 @ 09:24 AMRaytheon has won a $190.5 million contract to supply US Navy with materials and spares in support of fiscal 2019 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 low-rate initial production requirements
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DARPA To Develop Advanced Tiny Chip-Scale Atomic Clocks For Military PNT Applications
August 22, 2019 @ 08:29 AMDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is presently working on an advanced version of its first-generation, battery-powered, miniature chip-scale atomic clock (CSAC) with 1000x performance improvements for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) applications. DARPAs Atomic Clock with Enhanced Stability (ACES) program aims to build the next-generation atomic clock owing to the limitations of the now commercially available CSACs
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China’s First Indigenously-Built Carrier To Be Inducted By Year-End
August 22, 2019 @ 07:01 AMChinas first indigenously built aircraft carrier, the “Type 001A” is likely to be inducted into Peoples Liberation Army-Navy (PLAN) by the end of 2019, Chinese media reported. The 65,000 tonne carrier will be countrys second carrier to be commissioned to service after the 58,000 tonne Liaoning
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Raytheon To Support Standard Missiles Of US, Korea, Taiwan & 4 Others
August 21, 2019 @ 08:18 AMRaytheon has won a $13.25 million modification contract to exercise options for engineering and technical services in support of Standard Missile-2/6 shipborne guided missiles belonging to US, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Australia and Denmark
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China to Debut Black Hawk Competitor, Z-20 Helicopter in October Event
August 20, 2019 @ 12:44 PMChina is preparing to unveil its highly anticipated Z-20 helicopter, seen as a competitor to the United States UH-60 Black Hawk at the National Day parade on October 1. Various state owned media reported quoting defence experts while CCTV carried footage of the chopper with the Peoples Liberation Army tail number
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
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