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Raytheon To Supply Turrets For US Marines Vehicles

August 18, 2016 @ 10:24 AM

Raytheon has won a $30 million contract to manufacture 20 turrets for the US Marine Corps LAV-25 light armored vehicle. The estimated completion date of work is on February, 28, 2019, the company announced Wednesday
Raytheon's SeaRAM Anti-ship Missile Test Fired

August 18, 2016 @ 09:51 AM

The US Navy has conducted its live test fire with the Raytheons SeaRAM anti-ship defense system installed on the USS Carney. During the test fire, the SeaRAM anti-ship defense system shoot down an unmanned, jet-propelled drone target, Raytheon announced Wednesday
Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Achieves Initial Operational Capability

August 17, 2016 @ 12:59 PM

The US Army recently declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor. "This is an extremely significant milestone in the maturity of our PAC-3 MSE interceptor, providing the warfighter with a more advanced hit-to-kill interceptor against the full spectrum of lower-tier threats," said Scott Arnold, vice president of PAC-3 programs at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Wednesday
Asian Nations Accelerating Missile Race

August 17, 2016 @ 12:20 PM

Asian nations are acquiring or modernizing missile defense capabilities to match emerging threats from their neighbours in turn accelerating a missile race in the region. The Japanese government on Monday decided on a plan to develop land-to-sea missiles with a range of 300 km (186 miles) to protect the nations isolated islands, including the Senkaku against Chinese ‘encroachment plans
Russian 'Backfire' Bombers Attack Syrian Terrorist Depots From Iranian Base

August 16, 2016 @ 03:17 PM

Russian Tu-22M3 bombers for the first time delivered airstrikes on Islamic State terrorist weapon depots in Aleppo, Deir-ez-Zor and Idlib provinces in Syira operating from Irans Hamadan airbase. Moscow and Tehran signed a military agreement allowing the Russian aircraft to be stationed at the airport in West Iran
Saab To Upgrade Australian Ground Based Air Defense Weapon System And Radar

August 16, 2016 @ 11:48 AM

Saab has signed a $25 million contract with the Australian Defence Force to upgrade the Armys RBS 70 ground-based air defence weapon system and Giraffe AMB radar. Delivered under the AIR 90 programme, the existing Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) capability of the RBS 70 and Giraffe AMB systems will be upgraded to include Mode 5 functionality
Stealthy F-35 Is Visible To Thermal Imagers

August 12, 2016 @ 03:26 PM

The much-touted ‘stealth features of the Lockheed Martin F-35 making it nearly invisible to radar, could be negated by a pronounced ability to be detected by infra red devices. The heat signature released by the aircraft engines and other power consumption devices such as the radar could negate gains main by its stealthy characteristics aimed at remaining invisible to radar
Brahmos Missile To Be Drop-Tested From Su-30MKI On Aug-27

August 12, 2016 @ 03:00 PM

The work on Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missiles Brahmos to integrate it on Su-30MKI fighter are at final stages and is likely ot be completed by month end. "The decisive test will be held on August 26-27
US Marine Corps To Reset Sikorsky CH-53E Heavy Lift Helicopter Fleet To...

August 12, 2016 @ 10:47 AM

The US Marine Corps is working on full reset of its 147 CH-53E heavy lift helicopter fleet to address systemic issues and to improve the platform readiness of the aircraft. Issues with the aircraft first came to light following the January 2014 crash of an MH-53E Sea Dragon, the Navy's version of the helicopter, off the coast of Virginia during a training exercise, Naval Air Systems Command said in a statement Thursday
China Likely To Replace Old Tanks With Type-96Bs

August 11, 2016 @ 10:57 AM

Chinese military is likely to replace all its older tank fleet with Type-96B tanks. "The Type-96B is the strongest variant of the Type-96 family and is truly an advanced, third-generation main battle tank," he said

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