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Sikorsky Wins Contract For DARPA’s Phase 3 Cockpit Automation Program

January 12, 2017 @ 08:48 AM

Sikorsky has won the contract for Phase 3 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program. DARPA's ALIAS program is leveraging advances in autonomy to reduce pilot workload, augment mission performance, and improve aircraft safety and reliability
Russia To Replace CCTV With Electromagnetic System To Detect Intruders

January 9, 2017 @ 02:43 PM

The Russian Defense Ministry will receive new Redan-125 electromagnetic security systems that can resist any kind of intruders from sneaking into military facilities. The Redan-125 consisting of modules, which resemble lanterns, would be put on the facility or hang on the wall, creating an electromagnetic barrier capable of detecting intruders even underground,
RADA’s Compact Hemispheric Radar Platform To Be Installed On CV90 Combat Vehicles...

January 9, 2017 @ 11:22 AM

RADA has plans to install Compact Hemispheric Radar (CHR) platform on CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) for testing and verification. RADA Electronic Industries has announced today its participation in the Dutch Active Protection System (APS) Project
New Light Tank For Chinese Army Likely

January 6, 2017 @ 11:07 AM

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is likely to be equipping its ground units with new light tanks, according to the photos published on Chinese online forums. Posted on 31 December on the CJDBY and FYJS websites, the images disabout 10 tanks on railway flatbed cars, resembling the Guilin railway station in China's southern Guangxi Province
Safran To Provide ASSM Air-to-Ground Bomb Guidance Kits To French Military

January 6, 2017 @ 01:11 AM

Safran has been awarded a contract from the French military procurement agency, DGA to develop and manufacture new modular ASSM air-to-ground block 4 bomb kits. Safran will provide ASSM family of kits, used by France and other countries, give precision guidance to standard bombs and come in several versions, depending on the type of guidance: inertial GPS, inertial/GPS + infrared imaging, and inertial/GPS + laser, DGA said in a statement Thursday
UK MoD Signs £410 Million A400M Airlifter Upgrade Contract

January 6, 2017 @ 01:04 AM

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has negotiated a £410 million contract that will provide in-service support for the UKs Atlas A400M aircraft. The A400M is the latest addition to the RAFs tactical airlifter capability and can carry up to 37 tonnes of payload over a range of 2,000 nautical miles
Irkut MC-21 Airliner’s Third and Fourth Prototypes Assembly Underway

December 30, 2016 @ 11:25 AM

Irkut Corporation has begun manufacturing components for MC-21 airliners third and fourth prototype. As per the
Bodytrak Soldier-Monitoring System Readies For Trials With UK Army

December 28, 2016 @ 01:36 PM

UK-based Inova Design Solutions' Bodytrak that uses an in-ear device to monitor vital signs from the human body, is readying to undergo trials with the British Army. Further, it would be used in support of a military charity expedition to Antarctica,
NATO Uses Italtel’s Transportable Data Centers For “Summer Tempest - Eagle Meteor...

December 14, 2016 @ 11:44 AM

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has used Italtels Transportable Data Centers at the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy (NRDC – ITA) for the first time during the “Summer Tempest - Eagle Meteor 2016” training exercise. The exercise, which brought together several armies from member countries of the Atlantic Alliance, was managed by the NRDC-ITA, stationed in Solbiate Olona, the company announced today
BAE Systems Gears Up For Unmanned Aircraft Technologies Trials

December 13, 2016 @ 02:44 PM

BAE Systems has geared up for unmanned aircraft technology trials using a Jetstream 31 turboprop airliner as a ‘flying testbed that flies itself whilst having pilots on board who could take control at any time. The trials are being conducted to assess how autonomous air vehicles could be integrated in UK airspace, The company announced today

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