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India’s Nirbhay Subsonic Cruise Missile’s Fifth Launch Deferred Due To Tech Snag...
June 2, 2017 @ 02:30 PMThe fifth test of Indias home-grown subsonic cruise missile, Nirbhay has been deferred due to a technical snag. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) postponed the test which was planned to be conducted on Wednesday
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US Air Force To Keep A-10 Attack Planes In Service Following Three...
May 29, 2017 @ 10:35 AMUS Air Force has proposed to keep all 283 A-10 attack planes, which were once almost at the edge of retirement, in the 2018 Pentagon budget plan sent to Congress this week. The Air Force have reversed the Obama administration's view of the plane as an unaffordable extra during a time of tight budgets,
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3-D Printed Rocket Could Challenge India, China For Affordable Satellite Launch Services
May 26, 2017 @ 11:27 AMThe successful launch of California-based Rocket Labs' battery-powered and 3-D printed rocket yesterday that costs $5 million per flight could challenge affordable satellite launch services from India and China. The first flight was conducted in New Zealand facility because of the open seas to its south, and a relatively low amount of air traffic, unlike in the United States, boats and flights have to be re-routed for most rocket launches
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Boeing, DARPA To Jointly Develop New Experimental Supersonic Spaceplane
May 25, 2017 @ 01:07 PMBoeing and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are collaborating to design, build and test a technology demonstration vehicle for the Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program. Boeing will be given $146 million (£112 million) to build the spaceplane to a tight specification so it can carry small satellites into orbit at the drop of a hat
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Sikorsky Wins $55 million US Navy Contract For Four CH-53K Transport
May 23, 2017 @ 08:40 AMLockheed Martins Sikorsky Aircraft business unit won $55 million for four CH-53K Sea Stallion maritime helicopters. "Sikorsky Aircraft Corp
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Lockheed Martin Awarded $137M To Cut Costs Of F-35 Fighters
May 20, 2017 @ 10:12 AMLockheed Martin has been awarded $137 million contract to cut the costs of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Department of Defense said in a press release. "Lockheed Martin Corp
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US Navy’s Third Ford-class Nuclear Powered Supercarrier To Get Advanced Arresting Gear...
May 19, 2017 @ 09:28 AMGeneral Atomics will manufacture and install an advanced arresting gear for the third next-generation Gerald Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 80) under a $195 million contract. The advanced arresting gear is the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS)
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DARPA Works On Simplifying Design Process For Unconventional Defense Systems
May 18, 2017 @ 04:43 PMThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing mathematical tools and methods to tackle the challenges associated with designing complex military systems. The US defense research agency's Enabling Quantification of Uncertainty in Physical Systems (EQUiPS) program has advanced the field of uncertainty quantification, or UQ, which focuses on methods to accommodate all of the different factors that may affect predictive accuracy in designing the military model
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Raytheon Wins 3DELRR Radar Development USAF Contract
May 12, 2017 @ 09:22 AMRaytheons Integrated Defense Systems has won a $52.6 million engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract from US Air Force for Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) System
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Thailand Signs Deal With China For S26T Diesel Electric Submarine
May 10, 2017 @ 04:04 PMThailand Navy (RTN) has signed a USD390 million worth contract with China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) on Friday last week to procure a S26T diesel electric submarine. The contract, worth THB13
Netherlands Completes T-72 Tank Deliveries to Ukraine
French Firm under Contract to Supply 12,000 Rifles to Ukraine Goes Bankrupt
Rosoboronexport Secures $4.5 Billion in Contracts with 15 Countries in 2025
Israel Tests 20 New Anti-Drone Weapons
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...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U