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Lockheed To Support JASSM Cruise Missiles Of Finland, Poland, Australia
August 14, 2019 @ 11:34 AMLockheed Martin has won a $99 million contract to support Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) cruise missiles of Finland, Poland and Australia. “This contract involves foreign military sales to Finland, Poland and Australia
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Israeli Warplanes Use US Base to Strike Iranian Targets in Iraq: Reports
August 3, 2019 @ 09:33 AMIsraeli fighters that launched airstrikes against Iranian targets in Iraq close to Iran-Iraq border reportedly took off from US' base in Baltnf, Syria. The bombing has reportedly killed 40 people, and a 100 more were left injured
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Hong Kong Protesters 'Deploying' Anti-surveillance Gadgets
August 1, 2019 @ 11:46 AMFrom flashing laser lights at security cameras to wearing masks, protesters in Hong Kong are using crude technology to defeat one of the most sophisticated mass surveillance systems in the world. China rolled out a surveillance system employing “gait recognition technology” to identify individuals in a crowd earlier this year
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Canada To Buy American MIDS-JTRS Radios For CF-18 Fighters, CC-130J Aircraft
July 31, 2019 @ 07:19 AMThe US State Department Tuesday cleared Canadas request to acquire Multifunctional Information Distribution System - Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS-JTRS), commonly known as American radios, to upgrade its fleet of CF-18 fighter jets and CC-130Jmilitary transport aircraft. “The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Canada of one hundred fifty-two (152) MIDS-JTRS (5) with support for an estimated cost of $44 million,” Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a
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Ukraine Arrests State Defense Plant Employee Over Charges Of Spying For Russia
July 6, 2019 @ 07:30 AMA Ukrainian state-owned defense industry worker has been taken into custody over suspicion of sharing sensitive information regarding Ukrainian military equipment with the Russian intelligence in exchange for money, Prosecutor Generals Office of Ukraine said in a
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Lockheed To Update US Navy’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles To Bring Them...
July 4, 2019 @ 07:17 AMLockheed Martin has won a $175 million contract to update United States (US) Navys Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) components and systems required to achieve objective requirements in the Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare Increment 1 Capability Description Document. The contract includes engineering, testing, product support and ancillary support to update the current missiles, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Wednesday
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Israeli Air Force Grounds Hercules Cargo Planes, Boeing 707 planes
June 21, 2019 @ 11:07 AMThe Israeli Air Force (IAF) has grounded Hercules cargo planes and Boeing 707 planes used for airborne refuelling following investigation into an accident early this year in which a C-130 Hercules cargo plane rolled off runway. In January, the Lockheed Martin plane rolled approximately 100 meters into a ditch at the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel, lightly injuring the two civilian workers
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China Displays Artillery Gun-outfitted Airborne Vehicle
June 19, 2019 @ 09:20 AMChina has unveiled “XLW 2040I,” a new military airborne vehicle outfitted with an artillery gun and capable of carrying ten different types of weapons at the 17th China Cross-Straits Technology and Projects Fair in Fuzhou, capital of East China's Fujian Province, on Tuesday. “The vehicle will boost the army's combat capability by providing solid support for its air strike forces and aerial delivery missions
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AeroVironment Acquires VTOL UAS Developer Pulse Aerospace
June 14, 2019 @ 11:39 AMUnmanned Systems maker AeroVironment has acquired Pulse Aerospace, LLC, a developer and supplier of small VTOL UAS, for $25.7 million in cash, including milestone-based earn-out payments of $5 million
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Chinese Surveillance Technology Ahead of Mask-wearing Hong Kong Protesters
June 14, 2019 @ 09:57 AMEven as protesters flooding the streets of Hong Kong are wearing masks to prevent being identified, China has rolled out a surveillance system capable of using body movements, iris scan and some other parameters to identify individuals in a crowd and track their every movement using GPS coordinates. Earlier this week, Hong Kong residents protesting a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to China for trial wore masks or covered their faces to prevent the governments mass data collection and sophisticated facial recognition technology
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Indian MoD Approves $7.2B Deal with HAL for 156 Light Combat Helicopters
Russia to Increase Su-34, Su-35, and Su-57 Aircraft Production This Year
Lethal Humvee SUV with Air-to-Air Missiles, EW Systems Being Built in Ukraine
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...
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...