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Ukrainian Authorities Caught Iran Importing Missile Components From Kiev Airport
January 24, 2017 @ 10:05 AMUkrainian border guard authorities late last week seized 17 boxes containing missile systems components on an Iran-bound airliner. The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (DPSU) released photos on 20 January showing missile system components found on an aircraft that was about to leave Kiev's Zulyany airport for Iran,
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Iraqi Mi-35 Gunship Chopper Crashes, 4 Killed
January 5, 2017 @ 12:28 PMAn Iraqi attack helicopter crashed on Wednesday due to a technical failure killing all four crew members during an army aviation mission. “During this morning, an aircraft crashed south of the Mosul battlefield, due to a technical failure,” the Joint Operations Command (JOC) coordinating the fight against the IS militant group said in a statement
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StandardAero Wins USAF Contract To Support Rolls Royce T56 Engine Module
December 16, 2016 @ 12:54 PMStandardAero has won a contract from the US Air Force to perform Rolls-Royce T56 engine module and maintenance. The one-year contract is a "bridge” contract that sustains T56 overhauls while the USAF prepares for a future commercial competition that will result in a multi-year maintenance contract, the company announced Thursday
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DARPA Awards $2.5 Million For LiquidPiston's High-Efficiency X4 Rotary Engine Prototype
December 15, 2016 @ 07:29 AMThe U.S
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Islamic State Adopts Practices Similar To National Military Forces To Manufacture Weapons
December 14, 2016 @ 08:57 AMIslamic State forces have adopted similar practices to national military forces to manufacture improvised weapons including cast mortar round casings, rocket components, explosives and propellants. According to a report by London-based Conflict Armament Research (CAR) investigation carried out between 11 and 16 November 2016 documenting six weapon manufacturing facilities operated by IS forces, IS forces operate a ‘Central Organisation for Standardisation and Quality Control (COSQC), which falls under the authority of the groups ‘Soldiers Bureau, Committee for Military Development and Production
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US Finds India's First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant 'Non-operational For Decade'
December 1, 2016 @ 09:20 AMThe US Naval engineers who inspected Indias first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikranthave found it as non-operational for up to decade. They found the carrier with shortcomings like lacking at least small missile system to defend itself, a limited ability to launch sorties and no defined strategy for how to use the ship in combat
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Complete List Of 36 Indian Defense Ministry Approved FDI, JVs For Equipment
November 25, 2016 @ 06:56 PMIndia has so far approved 36 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)/ Joint Venture proposals in defense sector for the manufacture of defense equipment, both with Indian Public and Private Companies as on March 2016. This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre in the parliament Friday
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Airbus Helicopters Hands Over First Three AS565 MBe Panther Helicopter to Indonesia
November 23, 2016 @ 11:57 AMAirbus Helicopters has delivered first three of 11 AS565 MBe Panther helicopters to Indonesia at the companys headquarters in France. The delivery took place ahead of contract schedule, follows the contract signed in late 2014 with PT Dirgantara Indonesia for 11 AS565 MBe helicopters
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Spanish Air Force Carries Out Acceptance Flight Of Its First Airbus A400M...
November 7, 2016 @ 09:32 AMThe Spanish air force is likely to receive its first Airbus A400M aircraft on Monday. Spanish air force pilots and Airbus DS made an acceptance flight to test and certify the aircraft that is to be delivered is in perfect condition and is fully operational on November 2
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DARPA Develops Digital Copilot For Military Aircraft
October 29, 2016 @ 08:48 AMUS Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a “digital pilot” technology that can fly military aircraft on its own. DARPAs digital pilot technology ALIAS (ALIAS Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System) easily drops into an aircraft and becomes an invisible, automated co-pilot for a human pilot
First Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessel Delivered to Australian MoD
Dutch F-35s Train for Rapid Deployment in Estonia
Turkish Baykar to Make Drones in Morocco
Sweden Announces $1.2B Military Support, its Biggest Ever to Ukraine
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...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U