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South China Sea Dispute: Chinese Vessels Prevents Filipino Flag Planting At Panatag
June 14, 2016 @ 01:46 PMThe territorial row in South China Sea has further escalated with an incident where Chinese coast guard vessels prevented members of a Filipino nationalist youth group from planting a Philippine flag on a rocky outcrop at the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal last Sunday. The incident between the Chinese and the Kalayaan Atin Ito movement (Freedom Its Ours) took place as the country was commemorating Independence Day and just as foreign ministers from Southeast Asian countries and China were preparing for a meeting in Kunming to discuss territorial rows in the hotly contested South China Sea, The Philippine Star reported
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Guided Missile Tech Used To Reduce Sports Injuries
June 13, 2016 @ 01:39 PMScientists at Australian Catholic Universitys School of Exercise Science reportedly developed a formula based on submarine and guided missile technology to reduce injury and improve performance among sportsmen. According to a report by WVXU, "smart algorithms," based on missile technology are implanted in newly-developed wearables and were tested on Australian cricket players
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Irkut Announces Price-war Against Boeing 737, Airbus A320 with MC-21 Roll Out
June 8, 2016 @ 03:00 PMIrkut Corporation of Russia today announced a price war in the medium-haul category of airplanes promising to undercut the price of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 by 15%-20%. “Our aircraft will be cheaper to buy, cheaper to operate and offer enhanced passenger comfort”, said Kirill Budaev, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Irkut Corporation, a member of the (United Aircraft Corp) group
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American Systems Wins $85 Million For Fourth and Fifth Generation Fighter Test
June 4, 2016 @ 06:25 AMAmerican Systems has won $85 million contract for fighter test services. The contract includes operational test and evaluation services related to fourth- and fifth-generation fighter systems and programs
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Lockheed Martin Flies First T-50A Upgraded Aircraft for South Korean T-X Competition...
June 3, 2016 @ 11:56 AMLockheed Martin has conducted an initial flight test of its T-50A jet aircraft. The newly configured T-50A is a variant of the T-50 developed by Korea Aerospace Industries and Lockheed Martin
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China's J-20 Stealth Aircraft, Y-20 Transport To Enter Service "In Near Future"
June 2, 2016 @ 09:58 AMChinas J-20 stealth fighter-bomber Aircraft and Y-20 tactical transport plane will be put into service “in the near future” and this will effectively enhance the PLA Air Forces capability. The official Chinamil
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Lockheed Martin Delegates Meet C-130J RORO University Challenge Winners
June 2, 2016 @ 09:08 AMA team of Lockheed Martin executives visited the Tata-Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Limited (TLMAL), and Tata Sikorsky Aerospace Limited (TSAL) facilities in Hyderabad on May 31 to meet the winners of the C-130J Roll-On/ Roll-Off University Design Challenge. The purpose of the visit was for the winners from IIT Chennai and University of Petroleum & Energy Studies who received a grant to develop a prototype of their modular design, to interact with LM & TASL Aerospace engineers and receive valuable feedback and guidance on their designs
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Airbus To Review Preliminary Design Of High-Speed Rotorcraft Demonstrator By Yearend
June 1, 2016 @ 12:52 PMAirbus Helicopters earlier this year passed an important milestone in the development of the high-speed, compound helicopter demonstrator currently being built as part of the Clean Sky 2 European research programme. A mockup of the breakthrough airframe design has just undergone wind tunnel testing in an Airbus facility
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Leonardo-Finmeccanica, Esterline Partner For Canada’s C-27J Spartan Fleet Avionics
May 26, 2016 @ 03:31 PMLeonardo-Finmeccanica and Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) have signed an agreement for the supply of high-performance avionics systems for the C-27J Spartan fleet. Team Spartan, led by General Dynamics, Leonardo Aircraft Division and DRS Technologies, is competing for Canada's Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue program with the C-27J Spartan aircraft
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Finland To Sell Nearly Half Of Patria To Kongsberg
May 26, 2016 @ 02:42 PMFinnish state owned company Patria announced a plan to privatize a portion of the company by selling it to Kongsberg, a partially state-owned defense company in Norway. "The competition authorities have granted their approval concerning sale by State of Finland of 49
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Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
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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
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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