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Russia To Soon Test MC-21 Jet Powered By PD-14 Engine
December 10, 2019 @ 09:37 AMRussia is soon to test its MC-21-300 airliner equipped with domestically developed PD-14 engines, following US sanctions that prevented Moscow from using Pratt &Whitney engines in its aircraft. "The assembly of the MC-21-300 fuselage to be tested with the Russian PD-14 engine was completed
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Denmark to Integrate Kongsberg's Protector RWS On Piranha Military Vehicles
December 10, 2019 @ 08:57 AMDanish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) has contracted Kongsberg for its Protector Remote Weapon Station (RWS) for integration onto the Army's Piranha V 8x8 vehicles. The contract amounts to 270 MNOK ($29
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Germany to get Kongsberg's Counter Drone System
December 4, 2019 @ 09:44 AMGermany has awarded Kongsberg a $27.2 million (250 MNOK) contract to supply a Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) to its armed forces
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MBDA Missile & Saab’s Radar System Integrated Into Northrop IAMD Battle Command...
November 27, 2019 @ 09:52 AMEuropean MBDAs Common Anti-air Modular Missiles (CAMM) and Saabs Giraffe radar systems have been integrated into Northrop Grummans Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS). CAMM was the first non-US missile system to be demonstrated with IBCS earlier this year, and Giraffe represents the first non-US sensor system to be demonstrated, Northrop said in a
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Northrop Grumman Seeks Partners for Australian Battle-management System Project
November 19, 2019 @ 11:47 AMNorthrop Grumman is seeking expressions of interest from Australian industry to join them in their efforts to support the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) with Project AIR6500, which involves building a 5th generation multi-domain joint battle management system (JBMS). The Project is valued at over $1 billion
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UAE Firm to Buy 50% Stake in Russian Helicopters’ Subsidiary, VR-Technologies
November 18, 2019 @ 07:54 AMRussian Helicopters Holding Company has signed with the Emirati Tawazun Holding Company an agreement on the basic terms of the transaction for the purchase of a 50% stake in VR-Technologies. The document was signed by Director General of Russian Helicopters Andrey Boginsky and Director General of Tawazun Tareq Abdul Raheem Al Hosani
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Thai Navy to get Schiebel's Camcopter S-100 UAS
November 4, 2019 @ 09:13 AMSchiebel has won a contract to supply Camcopter S-100 Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to the Royal Thai Navy (RTN). Following an extensive competitive tender process, Schiebel was awarded its first contract with the RTN, which was signed by Schiebels CEO Hannes Hecher and Admiral Prachachart Sirisawat, Director General Naval Acquisition Management office at the Royal Thai Navy, and authorised by Commander In Chief of Royal Thai Navy Headquarters in Bangkok
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Finland Issues RFQ for €10B HX Fighter Procurement
November 1, 2019 @ 08:10 AMFinland's Ministry of Defence issued a request for quotation (RFQ) for its €10 billion HX fighter competition to Boeing (F/A-18), Dassault (Rafale), Eurofighter (Typhoon), Lockheed (F-35) & Saab (Gripen), on Thursday. “The Advanced Call for Proposals sent now initiates the second negotiation phase, which will determine the final contents of the procurement packages with each bidder
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Naval Group, Fincantieri, 50:50 Joint Venture is Named ‘NAVARIS’
November 1, 2019 @ 06:13 AMNaval Group and Fincantieri have christened their equally shared joint venture as ‘NAVARIS. The incorporation of the JV, NAVARIS is expected as planned before the end of the current year
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DARPA to Trial AI-based Dogfight Technology
October 28, 2019 @ 08:48 AMArtificial Intelligence (AI) based technology designed to take over low-level maneuvering tasks from fighter pilots. The first two trials will take place November 2019 and January 2020 near Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, which is developing and managing the simulation air environment for the AlphaDogfight Trials
India Commissions New Russian-Built Project 11356 Frigate ‘Tamal’
U.S. Approves $510M Sale of JDAM Guidance Kits to Israel
Turkey to Prioritize 10-Ton Multi-Role Helicopter over ATAK-2 Combat Chopper
Russia Shows All-weather Anti-drone Electronic Warfare System 'Radon-O'
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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
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...
