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French Dassault Systèmes To Build 3D Shipyard Models in Australia

July 18, 2017 @ 03:49 PM

French software company Dassault Systèmes is discussing plans to build a 3-D virtual shipyard in South Australia. Dassault Systèmes, which is currently in South Australias capital Adelaide, provides software systems to support 3D design and modelling, simulation, information and intelligence
Philippines To Get Two Cessna 280B ISR Aircraft Soon

July 18, 2017 @ 11:44 AM

The United States is expected to deliver two Cessna 208 aircraft with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in “couple of weeks”. The Cessna 208B ISR variant carries an electro-optical sensor pod and other surveillance equipment
Five Korean Aerospace Industries' Subcontractors Raided Over Money Swindling Case

July 18, 2017 @ 11:20 AM

South Korean prosecutors raided five subcontractors to probe suspected corruption in connection with a few major defense projects. The prosecutors searched the firms and secured documents and digital materials as evidence related to allegations that KAI made illicit gains by inflating expenses for developing military aircraft, Yonhap reported Tuesday
Russian Mi-17sh-VN Helicopter Design Based On Combat Experience In Syria

July 14, 2017 @ 08:35 AM

Russian Helicopters will display the newly developed Mi-171Sh-VN advanced military transport helicopter at next week's MAKS-17 show. The Mi-171Sh-VN is the new version of the Mi-8/17 military transport helicopter; its main features being extensive armoring and weaponry
US SOCOM Selects BAE Systems For MC-130J Aircraft Electronic Warfare Systems

July 13, 2017 @ 04:43 AM

The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has selected BAE Systems to provide new electronic warfare (EW) systems for its fleet of AC/MC-130J aircraft. BAE Systems will upgrade the aircrafts survivability equipment with the capability to detect, identify, locate, deny, degrade, disrupt, and defeat various threats that aircrews encounter in hostile and challenging environments, the company said in a statement Wednesday
Cohort EID To Equip Portuguese Army With Tactical PRC-525 Radio Systems

July 10, 2017 @ 11:55 AM

Cohort EID has signed a 7.5 million Euro contract with the Portuguese Ministry of Defence to provide software-defined digital multiband, multirole, and multimode tactical PRC-525 radio systems for the Portuguese Army
DARPA Flight Tests Fast, Lightweight Autonomous Quadcopter

July 5, 2017 @ 09:43 AM

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently flight tested an unmanned quadcopters to demonstrate autonomous flight without the aid of human operators or global positioning systems. DARPA announced last week that Phase 1 of its Fast Lightweight Autonomy (FLA) program concluded a series of obstacle-course flight tests in central Florida, flying quadcopters autonomously through cluttered buildings and obstacle-strewn environments at fast speeds (up to 20 meters per second, or 45 mph) using onboard cameras and sensors as “eyes” and smart algorithms to self-navigate
Airbus delivers Final H145M Helicopter To Germany For Special Forces' Transport

June 27, 2017 @ 10:07 AM

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the 15th and final H145M multi-role helicopter equipped with a fast roping system to transport special forces, to Bundeswehr. The Bundeswehrs H145M LUH SOF helicopters are equipped with a fast roping system to transport special forces, camera system for reconnaissance, as well as equipment for fire support during deployment, enabling special forces to use the helicopters in a wide variety of new fields, the company announced Monday
Latest DARPA Program Eyes Digital Tech For Battle Management In Coastal Urban...

June 21, 2017 @ 11:16 AM

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencys (DARPA) last week announced its latest program that aims to develop advanced battle management, command and control tools and a comprehensive interactive virtual environment to test novel concepts for future expeditionary combat operations. The program, dubbed Prototype Resilient Operations Testbed for Expeditionary Urban Scenarios (PROTEUS), seeks to deliver a software platform for use on a tablet or other personal device that would enable dynamic and adaptive composition of battlefield elements—including dismounted forces, vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), manned aircraft, and other available assets—simultaneously across multiple command levels as the fight is evolving, the press...
US Navy Awards $492M Automated Digital Network System Contract

June 20, 2017 @ 10:06 AM

The US Navy has awarded multiple contracts estimated $492 million to four US firms - DRS Laurel Technologies, Leidos, SAIC and Serco Inc., for Automated Digital Network System (ADNS)

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