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DARPA Aims To Revolutionize Situational Awareness with Thinking Imaging Sensors
September 19, 2016 @ 01:00 PMUS Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is aiming to develop a software‐configurable array that enables simultaneous and distinct imaging modes in different readout integrated circuits. “What we are aiming for,” said Jay Lewis, program manager for Reconfigurable Imaging (ReImagine), “is a single, multi-talented camera sensor that can detect visual scenes as familiar still and video imagers do, but that also can adapt and change their personality and effectively morph into the type of imager that provides the most useful information for a given situation
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Danish Army Selects Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s Vehicle Mission Systems
September 7, 2016 @ 04:06 PMLeonardo-Finmeccanica has signed a contract with the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) to provide Vehicle Mission Systems for the Danish Armys land vehicles. Based on the Leonardo solution, developed to be fully compliant to the very latest Generic Vehicle Architecture (GVA) technology, systems will be fitted on several platforms including the newly procured Piranha V APC, new Armoured Patrol Vehicles, Wisent engineering vehicles, Leopard II MBTs and CV90 IFVs, the company said in a statement Wednesday
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Taiwanese Patton Tank Plunges Into River, 3 Soldiers Killed
August 17, 2016 @ 10:56 AMThree Taiwanese soldiers died and one got severely injured after the one of the nation's M48 Patton main battle tank lost balance and fell into a river in while returning to its base. The driver said, he was trying to take a right turn but the left track got stuck while the right track operated normally and fell into a Wangha river in Pingtung County
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Israel unveils New 8X8 Armored Personnel Carrier ‘Eitan’
August 3, 2016 @ 07:08 AMIsrael has unveiled a new 8-wheeled home-grown armored personnel carrier, ‘Eitan. The multi-purpse APC will replace Israels ageing M1113 fleet
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UTC Aerospace Flight Trials New Pulse Aircraft Health Monitoring System With USAF...
July 28, 2016 @ 11:11 AMUTC Aerospace Systems is currently testing its new Pulse Health Monitoring System (HMS) to evaluate the airworthiness of sensing systems aboard the USAF's C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The Pulse HMS is a lightweight, scalable vehicle health management system designed to enable real-time evaluation of an aircraft's condition
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NASA To Test ‘X-57’ Hybrid Electric Research Plane
June 18, 2016 @ 08:38 AMNASA will test a new propulsion technology using an experimental airplane now designated the X-57 and nicknamed “Maxwell” - a hybrid electric research plane equipped with 14 electric propeller-turning motors located along the wings. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden highlighted the agencys first X-plane designation in a decade during his keynote speech Friday in Washington at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) annual Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition, commonly called Aviation 2016
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India Launches Satellite For Home-grown GPS System
April 28, 2016 @ 12:02 PMIndia launched a satellite today to set up the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), similar to the US GPS with the launch of IRNSS-1G, the last in the constellation of seven satellites. When the IRNSS-1G becomes operational in about a month's time, the IRNSS would offer services like terrestrial and marine navigation, disaster management, vehicle tracking and fleet management, navigation aide for hikers and travellers, visual and voice navigation for drivers
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DARPA Awards Research Contract For Future Armored Vehicles
April 27, 2016 @ 11:13 AMFuture Armored vehicles will be able to deflect incoming threats by moving their armor plates up, down or sideways, be light, agile and have greater situational awareness than the steel behemoths of today. The US Defence Advance Research projects agency has awarded contracts to Carnegie Mellon University, Honeywell, Leidos, Pratt & Miller, QinetiQ Inc
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Saab, Ashok Leyland Team Up For Producing Truck Simulators in India
March 30, 2016 @ 11:26 AMSaab and Ashok Leyland have joined hands to manufacture Truck Simulators in India under the Make in India concept. The two companies signed a teaming agreement in the end of 2015
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Syrian Army Seizes Cars Loaded With Munitions Bound For Terrorists
January 27, 2016 @ 09:38 AMThe Syrian army foiled an operation to smuggle large quantity of ammunition for medium and heavy weapons coming from the easter boder of Daraa province bound for terrorist organization in Syrian Badiya last week. Two cars loaded with 35 RPG rounds, 3000 PKC bullets, 3000 assault rifle bullets and grenades were seized by the Syrian army checkpoint on Jaunary 21, 2016
Blast in Iranian Port: Negligence or Sabotage?
Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Tested in Secretive U.S. Launch from Cape Canaveral...
Kim Jong-un Attends Launch of 5,000-Ton Destroyer at North Korean Naval Shipyard
India Closer to Hypersonic Weapon: DRDO Conducts Second Test of Scramjet Engine
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...
