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Ecuador Considers Returning India's Hindustan Aeronautics 'Dhruv' Helicopters

November 23, 2016 @ 10:24 PM

Ecuador government has considered returning advanced light helicopters ‘Dhruv to Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) after a court case involving both the sides is settled. The Ecuador government intends to return due to long-run issue performance of the chopper
BAE To Build Explosion Proof Military Tanks

November 21, 2016 @ 04:16 PM

BAE is building a military tank that can withstand explosions by bouncing back into shape after impact, so that the vehicle can continue its mission. The firm is using a bendable titanium alloy suspension system, made from the same type of material used in flexible glasses, which enables the vehicle's suspension to return to its normal form after impact
K-Max UAS, Optionally Piloted Choppers Jointly Demonstrate Firefighting, Search-and-Rescue Operations

November 16, 2016 @ 05:58 AM

Lockheed Martin demonstrated for the first time the optionally piloted Kaman K-MAX and the Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft (SARA) performing collaborative fire fighting and search-rescue with the Indago quadrotor and Desert Hawk 3.1 fixed wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS)
India Requests US To Procure EMALS For Its Naval Carriers

November 14, 2016 @ 10:45 AM

The Indian Navy has sent letters of request (LoR) to the Pentagon under government-to-government deals to acquire Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for its carriers. The LoRs contain price and availability for 22 Guardians and three EMALs catapults and are now under consideration by the US department of defense for clearance under the Foreign Military Sales,
US Navy's Freedom Variant LCS To Be Equipped With Airbus' TRS-4D AESA...

November 10, 2016 @ 02:52 PM

Airbus defense and space has signed a contract with its electronics and border security affiliate to deliver TRS-4D Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radars to US Navys Freedom Variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. Airbus will provide TRS-4D radars through Freedom-class prime contractor Lockheed Martin, Airbus announced Wednesday
US To Suspend Production Of Projectiles Designed For Zumwalt-class Warships

November 7, 2016 @ 09:24 AM

The US Navy has decided to suspend production of guided precision projectiles for the guns mounted on its newest Zumwalt-class warships, citing major cost overruns. Lockheed Martin-built Long Range Land-Attack Projectile (LRLAP), a guided precision munition that is key to the DDG 1000 Zumwalt-classs mission, costs $800,000 per round, as reported by
MBDA To Fit Sea Ceptor Air Defense Missile System On Type 26

November 5, 2016 @ 05:15 AM

UK Ministry of Defense has awarded $125 million to MBDA for the advanced Sea Ceptor air defense missile system to be fitted to each of the new Type 26 ships. Using innovations in radar and datalink technology that will guide these powerful missiles with pinpoint accuracy, Sea Ceptor will provide the Royal Navy with a shield against airborne threats such as the new generation of supersonic anti-ship missiles, fast jets, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles, the MoD said in a statement Friday
Has China Found A buyer For Its CH-5 Combat Drone?

November 2, 2016 @ 03:02 PM

Chinas CH-5 combat/reconnaissance drone, touted by Chinese experts as a competitor to the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, may have found its first international customer following Beijing giving the green signal for the drones export. "Several foreign nations have expressed intentions to purchase the CH-5, and we are in talks with them," Shi Wen, chief designer of the Caihong, or Rainbow, series at the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics in Beijing was quoted as saying by the official China Daily ahead of the Air Show China 2016
Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon Only Competitors In Malaysian MRCA Competition

October 24, 2016 @ 11:40 AM

Malaysia will either order Dassault Rafale or Eurofighter Typhoon fighters for its new multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) program to replace its Russian Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters. “By the year 2020 we have to make a decision on the [purchase of the] MRCAs
US Navy Commissions Latest Littoral Combat Ship

October 24, 2016 @ 10:06 AM

Lockheed Martin manufactured seventh Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit has been commissioned by the US Navy on Saturday. USS Detroit is the fourth Freedom-variant in the LCS class

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