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CAE and Aeronautics begin flights at UAS centre in Alma, Quebec
April 11, 2012 @ 12:00 AMCAE and Aeronautics today announced that the first series of flights of the Miskam unmanned aerial system (UAS) have been conducted successfully over the past several weeks at the UAS Centre of Excellence (Centre d'excellence des drones) located at Alma airport in Quebec, Canada. The demonstration flights represent the first phase of a research and development (R&D) project aimed at demonstrating how unmanned systems can be used for civil applications such as remote inspection of pipelines and hydroelectric installations, surveillance of forest fires, observation of critical natural resources, assessing natural disasters and a range of other applications
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Interception of a supersonic sea-skimming target
April 11, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe French Navy’s Horizon class air defence frigate, Forbin, successfully engaged a supersonic target simulating an anti-ship missile flying at very low altitude. The target was launched from the DGA’s (the Direction Générale de l’Armement) missile test centre based on the Ile du Levant in the south of France (Var region) and intercepted in flight by the Forbin’s Aster 30 system
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U.S, Afghanistan Agree On Night Raids
April 10, 2012 @ 12:00 AMAfgan forces have officially taken over the controversial night raids since the U.S and Afghanistan signed a deal on the special forces operations last week
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India Has Big Potential For Night Vision Devices: ITT Exelis
April 5, 2012 @ 12:00 AMITT Exelis is a leader in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) related products and systems and information and technical services, supplying military, government and commercial customers in the United States and globally. The company, which is also in the space business, payload and weather satellites, talks about its future business plans and its tryst with India
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Full-Scale Prototype Of The T-90S To Be Displayed At Defexpo
April 3, 2012 @ 12:00 AMTank-maker Rosoboronexport will display the upgraded T-90S main battle tank at Defexpo 2012 as the central event at the exhibition. For its demonstration ''Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation'', JSC has set up a separate exposition with a full-scale prototype of the new tank in desert environment
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Bell Wins New OH-58D Army Contract
April 3, 2012 @ 12:00 AMBell Helicopter has announced that it has received a contract for the nonrecurring engineering and a "new metal" OH-58D cabin, as part of the OH-58D Wartime Replacement Aircraft Cabin program. The contract is the latest to have continually added additional Kiowa Warrior helicopters to address attrition rates with the extensively utilized United States Army Kiowa Warrior fleet
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Raytheon Wins $97M Contract for Missiles from US DoD
April 2, 2012 @ 12:00 AMRaytheon Co., Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz
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Rossell, CAE Get FIPB Approval To Form Joint Venture Company
March 31, 2012 @ 12:00 AMRossell India Limited and CAE will embark on a joint venture to provide synthetic training solutions for the Indian defence market. Rossell made the announcement today after it received approval from the Indian Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to form a joint venture company with CAE
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Eurofighter Wins Typhoon Support Deal
March 30, 2012 @ 12:00 AMEurofighter announced today that it has today signed a major contract with NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) to support the fleet of Typhoon jets across the four Eurofighter core nations: Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Part of a new contract, the five-year support contract, agreed with the nations which includes integrated mechanisms for continuing development work on the aircraft and will replace a number of legacy contracts whilst extending the terms for a longer period
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Selex Galileo Wins 25M Euros To Provide Support Services To Indian Navy
March 30, 2012 @ 12:00 AMSelex Galileo has scored a major a contract with the Indian Navy to provide support and service solutions through to 2022 worth 25 Million Euros. As per the terms of the agreement Selex Galileo will support the avionics facility at the Centre for Avionics Repair and Software Development (CARES) at India’s Naval Aircraft Yard at Kochi
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Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
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European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
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