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Leidos Wins US Army Support Contract For Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems
April 20, 2017 @ 11:54 AMLeidos has won a US Army contract to provide technical services and field support for the branch's Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems. If all options are exercised, the contract has a total value of $900 million for all awardees, the company announced Wednesday
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Beijing Offers USD $73,000 Reward To Spy-Spotters
April 11, 2017 @ 11:51 AMChina has offered US$1,500 to US$73,000 as prize money for providing information on on suspected foreign spies. “The pressing need for new measures to guard against foreign spies is an unfortunate side-effect of Chinas reform and opening up to the world,”
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German Army Gets New Cyber Command
April 3, 2017 @ 09:36 AMGerman Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen will assemble the new cyber command later this week for a celebratory installation in Bonn. The command will have its own independent organizational structure, thus becoming the sixth branch of the German military – on a par with the army, navy, air force, joint medical service and joint support service
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India Clears US$1.2 Billion Proposal To Acquire 32 ALH Druv Helicopter
March 29, 2017 @ 04:24 PMIndia has cleared a proposal worth around Rs 8,000 crore (US$1.2 billion) for acquiring 32 ALH Dhruv helicopters to be built by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
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Elbit Systems Wins $100 Million Worth Radio Systems Contract
March 22, 2017 @ 03:49 PMElbit Systems Ltd. has been awarded an approximately $100 million contract by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) for the supply of advanced radio systems
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UK's SEA Introduces Anti-Submarine Warfare Solution
March 21, 2017 @ 12:02 PMUk's SEA is launching a low cost, small Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) solution based on application of its innovative thin line KraitArray towed sonar. The system comprises a modular family of detection and countermeasures solutions that use common software to integrate SEAs range in decoy and torpedo launchers with the light weight KraitArray
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US Air Force Sends Industry Invitation For Light Attack Platform Experiment
March 20, 2017 @ 05:45 PMUS Air Force has released an industry Invitation to participate in evaluation of the military utility of light attack platforms in future force structure. The invitation is part of a broader Air Force effort to explore cost-effective attack platform options, US Air Force announced Thursday
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Saab Gets Order For AT4 CS ER Anti-Armor Weapon Systems
March 18, 2017 @ 03:41 PMSaab has received an order from an undisclosed customer for its new AT4 CS ER (Confined Space Extended Range) and the AT4 CS HP (Confined Space High Penetration) weapon systems. The new AT4 CS ER takes the well-proven anti-armour capability of the AT4 family and extends the effective range to 600 m
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Northrop Grumman To Provide LITENING Multi-Sensor Targeting System For Danish F-16 Aircraft
March 15, 2017 @ 11:16 AMNorthrop Grumman won a contract to provide the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) with pods containing a multi-sensor targeting and surveillance system known as LITENING for use on F-16 aircraft. LITENING allows coordinated air-to-ground and air-to-air capabilities, data links for cooperative targeting, laser spot search and track, laser markers and J-series weapons employment capabilities
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Lockheed Martin’s JASSM Completes Product Verification Flight Tests
March 10, 2017 @ 09:33 AMLockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) has completed two product verification flight tests at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Focused on demonstrating the updated Global Positioning System (GPS) anti-jam hardware and software, flight testing verified effective operation in both GPS-degraded and non-jammed environments
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One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
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European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
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