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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
German Firm To Develop Rolling Airframe Missile Under US-Germany Cooperation

June 24, 2017 @ 05:07 AM

German manufacturer RAMSYS GmbH is being awarded an 82 Million Euro contract for design and development of a rolling airframe missile (RAM) Block 2B guided missile round pack. The RAM guided missile weapon system is co-developed and co-produced under an international cooperative program between the governments of the U
Ageis Missile Interception Test By US, Japan Fails Wednesday

June 23, 2017 @ 02:11 PM

The SM-3 Block IIA missile interceptor, developed jointly by US and Japan, failed to shoot down ballistic missiles during a test conducted Wednesday. The firing involved the SM-3 Block IIA missile that's built for the Aegis Missile Defense system, which is used to shoot down medium and intermediate-range ballistic missiles from ships at sea
Leonardo Wins 'Friend Or Foe' Identification Systems Order For UK Military Systems

June 22, 2017 @ 05:04 PM

Leonardo has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) worth in excess of 290 million Euros to fit jet fighters, helicopters, warships and missile systems with advanced identification systems. The contract will see Leonardo and HENSOLDT, working together as ‘Team Skytale, upgrade the IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) technology on more than 350 of the UKs operational aircraft, naval vessels and ground-based air defence systems to the latest ‘Mode-5 standard, the company announced Thursday
China's First Air-Independent Propulsion Submarine Achieves 10-Year Service Milestone

June 22, 2017 @ 12:10 PM

China's First AIP (air-independent propulsion) Submarine has achieved a 10 year service milestone, following performance of 50 important tasks and voyage of hundreds of thousands of miles since it was put into service a decade ago. The information was disclosed in a feature published on the website of the Ministry of National Defense on June 14
Armed F-16 Jet Crashes While Take Off

June 22, 2017 @ 10:33 AM

An F-16 fighter jet that had ordnance on board crashed at Ellington Airport Wednesday morning, injuring the pilot and prompting the shutdown of a nearby highway as well as an evacuation at the airport. The jet and its pilot were on a training mission as part of the Noble Eagle air defense program that began after September 11
USAF Selects Lockheed Martin's Simulator For 5th Gen Fighter Aircrew Training

June 21, 2017 @ 12:25 PM

Lockheed Martin has won a $104 million contract from US Air Force to develop, produce and field a threat simulator for future combat aircrew training. The program, known as the Advanced Radar Threat System Variant 2 (ARTS-V2), will use radar threat emitters to simulate advanced medium-range surface-to-air missiles (SAM) to support legacy and 5th generation combat aircrew training requirements
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...
Thales Expands Capabilities Of Laser-guided BAT-120 Weapon For French Mirage Jets

June 20, 2017 @ 12:37 PM

Thales, in coordination with the French defence procurement agency (DGA), has developed the capabilities of the BAT-120, a combat proven weapon system already qualified on the Mirage 2000 fighter jet. The laser-guided BAT-120 is a precision strike weapon, reasonably sized that can be carried in large numbers on the aircrafts wing pylons to fight all types of fixed or mobile targets (lightly armoured or unarmoured vehicles, go-fast vessels)
Pakistan Army To Get Three Bell AH-1Z Viper Helicopters This year

June 20, 2017 @ 12:31 PM

Pakistan Army will get its first three Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters this year making it the first foreign military sales of this helicopter type in 20 years. "The first three helicopters (from an order of 12) are undergoing final assembly in Amarillo, Texas" Bell Helicopters vice president of international military sales Rich Harris was quoted as saying by

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