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Rockwell To Supply Communication and Navigation Components For ECIL
March 29, 2016 @ 04:57 PMRockwell Collins has received a contract from Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) to supply communications and navigation components for radios being indigenously manufactured by ECIL for Indian defense forces. These components supplied by Rockwell Collins are used for integration into digital V/UHF radio, an IP-enabled transeceiver for ship to ship, ship to shore and ground to air communications, the company said in a statement
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Finmeccanica Wins Italian MoD Contract For Nine M-346 Trainers
March 22, 2016 @ 12:10 PMFinmeccanica has signed a contract worth over 300 million Euros with ARMAEREO (Italian National Armaments Directorate) of the Italian Defence Ministry for additional nine Aermacchi M-346 advanced training aircraft for the Italian Air Force. The contract was signed by Grazia Nunnari, head of national and international contracts of ARMAEREO (Italian National Armaments Directorate) and Filippo Bagnato, Managing Director of Finmeccanicas Aircraft Division, in the presence of Chief Inspector General Francesco Langella, Director of Armaereo and the Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force, Lieutenant General Pasquale Preziosa
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US Navy's Trident II Ballistic Missile Has 3-D Printed Component
March 19, 2016 @ 06:53 AMThe US Navy's Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile has used a 3-D-printed missile component called the connector backshell during the recent test flights. The Navy recently conducted successful test flights (March 14 to 16) of three Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles built by Lockheed Martin
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HAL’s Light Combat Helicopter Passes Rocket Tests
March 14, 2016 @ 01:46 PMHindustan Aeronautics Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) has successfully fired Rockets (70 mm) from its prototype, TD-3 in weaponized configuration. “The initial rocket firing trials have been carried out at Jaisalmer, establishing satisfactory integration of hardware and software, structural integrity and safe separation of rocket ammunition
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Ficosa Converts Patrol Cars Into Mobile Police Stations
March 10, 2016 @ 10:36 AMFicosa has developed the Connected Police Car, a vehicle equipped with a technology that converts patrol cars into real mobile police stations. This project, carried out in collaboration with Telefónica, has been presented at SICUR 2016 (International Security, Safety and Fire Exhibition)
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General Dynamics To Assemble UK’s First Fully Digitized Ajax Armoured Vehicle In...
March 8, 2016 @ 09:08 AMGeneral Dynamics will begin assembling and testing UK Armys first fully digitised Ajax armored Vehicle in 2017. Following a £390 million commitment to the Ajax armoured vehicle by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), General Dynamics has decided to turn the former Linde Forklift Truck Factory into an assembly, integration and testing center for Ajax in Merthyr Tydfil, the
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US DoD Invites To Hack The Pentagon
March 3, 2016 @ 11:29 AMThe US Department of Defense will invite vetted outside hackers to test cybersecurity of some public DoD websites as part of a pilot project in April. ‘Hack the Pentagon is modelled after similar competitions known as ‘bug bounties conducted by US firms to discover gaps in the security of their networks, Reuters reported citing the DoD statement released Wednesday
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Sikorsky Introduces S-76C+ Helicopter Upgrade Program At Heli-Expo 2016
March 2, 2016 @ 07:36 AMSikorsky on Tuesday introduced a program that will enable operators to upgrade their S-76C+ helicopter to the S-76C++ configuration. The announcement was made at the 2016 Helicopter International Association Heli-Expo show
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UK Navy’s Latest Submarine Test Fires Torpedo Using BAE System’s Control System...
March 1, 2016 @ 09:40 AMThe UK Royal Navys advanced submarine, Artful has test fired a torpedo using a £50 million BAE Systems designed Common Combat System (CCS). The CCS is a command and control system which functions as the digital ‘brain of the boat controlling its ‘eyes, ‘ears and ‘nervous system
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Panama Settles Contracts Dispute With Finmeccanica
February 24, 2016 @ 09:02 AMThe Government of the Republic of Panama and Finmeccanica today reached a settlement related to the contracts awarded to the companies - Selex ES and Telespazio. The settlement reached by the Republic of Panama and Finmeccanica involves an extension to the original contract allocated to Telespazio for a digital mapping system for Panama, as well as the consensual termination of a $125 million contract allocated to Selex ES for a radar surveillance system in 2010, in relation to which the Republic of Panama will have the right to purchase helicopters or other equipment from Finmeccanica
Germany May Refuse F-35 Purchase over ‘Emergency Switch;’ Consider Eurofighter Instead
Iran, China, Russia to Hold Naval Drill Near Chabahar Port in Gulf...
DRDO’s Air-droppable Container for Boeing P-8i Maritime Aircraft Receives Type Certification...
As U.S. Halts Military Aid, Ukraine on the Verge of Losing Kursk...
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