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Ukraine Modernizes Russian Origin Mi-24 Helicopters
August 30, 2017 @ 12:53 PMUkraines state-owned Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant Aviakon has completed modernization of Russian-origin Mi-24 attack helicopters with domestic equipment for the countrys Armed Forces, the press service of the state-owned Ukroboronprom corporation said in a press release Tuesday. Dubbed Mi-24PU1, the new helicopter equipped with domestic EMS (Emergency medical services) and new voltage regulators designed to increase mobility of ground troops, providing them with fire support on the battlefield
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New Russian MiG Interceptor To Be Ready By 2020
August 28, 2017 @ 03:00 PMMiG Corporation, the developer of Russias cutting-edge interceptor aircraft, is expected to begin deliveries of MiG-41s in the mid-2020s, Sputnik reports. The research and development of the PAK DP, perspective aviation complex of long-range interceptor launched in 2013, dubbed MiG-41, is expected to replace the aging long-range interceptor MiG-31 and its variants whose active service life expires in 2028
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DARPA Aims To Build Microelectronic Systems With Modular ‘Chiplets’
August 28, 2017 @ 10:53 AMThe US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has kicked off a new program dubbed Common Heterogeneous Integration and Intellectual Property (IP) Reuse Strategies or CHIPS, to create a modular computing framework by mixing and matching of ‘chiplets. The crux of the program is to develop a new technological framework in which different functionalities and blocks of intellectual property—among them data storage, computation, signal processing, and managing the form and flow of data—can be segregated into small chiplets, which then can be mixed, matched, and combined onto an interposer, somewhat like joining the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle...
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Ukraine Presents New Armored Medical Evacuation Vehicle At Kyiv Expo
August 24, 2017 @ 10:57 AMUkraine unveiled an advanced armored medical evacuation vehicle during an on-going military vehicles and equipment expo in Kyiv on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of Ukraines independence. Dubbed ‘MT-LBS, the new armored vehicle is an updated version of MT-LB multi-purpose fully amphibious auxiliary armoured tracked vehicle, Defence-blog reports
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US Navy Sacks Top 3 Commanders Of USS Fitzgerald Which Collided With...
August 18, 2017 @ 05:09 AMThe US Navy has sacked top three commanders of the guided Arleigh Burke class destroyer, USS Fitzgerald that was involved in a collision with a merchant ship leading to the death of seven sailors and millions in damages. USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) commander Cmdr
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DJI Drones To Install Internet Blocking App following US Security Concerns
August 16, 2017 @ 07:59 AMChinese civilian drone manufacturer DJI, is developing a new local data mode that stops internet traffic to and from its flight control apps to provide data privacy assurance for government and enterprise customers. The move follows a US Army directive asking its members not use DJI drones due to data vulnerabilities
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N. Korean Missile Engines Purchased Illicitly From Ukrainian Plant: Study
August 15, 2017 @ 11:41 AMThe new study published by a global think tank has revealed that North Koreas success in testing intercontinental ballistic missiles that is capable of reaching the United States was made possible by black-market purchases of powerful rocket engines reportedly from a Ukrainian factory. Michael Elleman, a missile engineer and analyst for the International Institute of Strategic Studies, said in a
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Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet, F-7Ni Fighter Jets Bomb Boko Haram Positions...
August 10, 2017 @ 11:39 AMThe Nigerian Air Force (NAF), using Alpha jet as well as F-7Ni fighter jets, has bombed logistics bases used by Boko Haram militants in their Sambisa forest hideouts, in the northeast part of the country. The force component of operation "LAFIA DOLE" conducted intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission over Parisu in the Sambisa general area when it came across the gathering of Boko Haram fighters, NAF Spokesperson Olatokunbo Adesanya said
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South Korea To Buy 90 More Taurus-class Missiles in Return For Electronic
August 8, 2017 @ 08:15 AMSouth Korean government has allowed electronics companies to join a weapons procurement project for the first time. South Korea plans to buy additional 90 air-to-ground Taurus-class missiles from Germany and have asked local technology firms to submit a list of products that they wish to sell to the German firm,
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Taiwan To Buy Jet Engines From Honeywell For Indigenous Jet Trainer Program
August 8, 2017 @ 07:18 AMTaiwanese lawmakers visiting the US last week reached a deal to buy jet engines from Honeywell. The Legislative Yuan Foreign and National Defense Committees bipartisan delegation visited International Turbine Engine Co (ITEC) to discuss the purchase of jet engines for Taiwans indigenous high-performance trainer jet program
Clearest Video Yet of Chinese ‘Sixth Generation’ Fighter Gives Credence to Project's...
China Launches Online Platform For Taiwanese to Spy on Compatriots
S.Korea’s DAPA Upgrades UH- 60 Helicopter Simulator
U.S. Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAVs, New Zealand’s P-8A Poseidon to Undergo MRO...
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...