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BAE Systems To Convert 36 M88 Recovery Vehicles To HERCULES Configuration For...
April 27, 2016 @ 10:23 AMThe US Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract modification worth $109.7 million to convert 36 M88A1 recovery vehicles to the M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation Systems (HERCULES) configuration
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BACA Calls For Better Regulations On Drones
April 19, 2016 @ 01:14 PMThe Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA) has called for an immediate action on usage of unmanned aircraft after the incident yesterday involving a British Airways plane which collided with a drone on its final approach into Heathrow airport. “The fact that a passenger jet and drone collided brings into sharp focus the need for immediate legislation regarding these devices”, a statement by the association said today
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Boeing To Upgrade 117 AH-64D Apaches To AH-64E Model
April 15, 2016 @ 10:11 AMBoeing has won a contract from the US Army to remanufacture 117 AH-64D Apache helicopters to the new, more capable AH-64E model. The agreement, which also includes the acquisition of Longbow Crew Trainers, logistical support and spares, carries a total contract value of about $1
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Mexico Orders Seven Sikorsky Black Hawk Helicopters Worth $54 million
April 12, 2016 @ 08:52 AMSikorsky Aircraft has secured a foreign military sales contract worth $54 million from the US Army to provide seven UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Mexico. “Sikorsky Aircraft Corp
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Pratt & Whitney Wins $1 Billion F-35 Engine Propulsion Systems Contract
April 12, 2016 @ 08:40 AMPratt & Whitney has won the US Navy contract worth $1 billion for the production of F-35 Lightning II Propulsion systems for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, international partners and foreign military sales (FMS) customers. “United Technologies Corp
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General Atomics Completes First Aircraft Arrestment Of Super Hornet
April 4, 2016 @ 08:18 AMGeneral Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) completed the first aircraft arrestment made with the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) on March 31. GA-EMS, in collaboration with the US Navy, conducted the arrestment of an F/A-18E Super Hornet at the Runway Arrested Landing Site (RALS) located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, in Lakehurst, New Jersey
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DARPA Awards Phase 1 Contract For Aircraft-Launched-UAV Program
April 1, 2016 @ 01:45 PMThe US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Phase 1 contracts for its Gremlins program, which seeks to develop technologies and systems enabling aircraft to launch volleys of low-cost, reusable unmanned air systems (UASs) and safely and reliably retrieve them in mid-air. Such systems, or “gremlins,” would be deployed with a mixture of mission payloads capable of generating a variety of effects in a distributed and coordinated manner, providing US forces with improved operational flexibility at a lower cost than is possible with conventional, monolithic platforms
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Tata Motors Wins Additional Order For 619 High-Mobility Vehicles For Indian Army
March 27, 2016 @ 11:23 AMTata Motors have signed a follow-on contract for the supply of an additional 619 units, of its high-mobility (HMV) 6X6 multi-axle truck, from the Indian Army. Being built with a material handling crane, the Tata 6X6 HMV is meant for the loading-unloading and transportation of ammunition pallets, spares and other operational equipment, the company said in a statement Sunday
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China's Missile Manufacturer To Set Up Company For Commercial Launches
March 12, 2016 @ 10:53 AMFourth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC), a manufacturer of missiles, plans to use its solid-fuel rockets to tap into the international commercial launch market. Hu Shengyun, who heads solid-fuel rocket development at the Fourth Academy of CASIC, was quoted as saying by Chinamil Saturday that the company is considering founding a company dedicated to providing commercial launches for domestic and international clients
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Boeing Rolls Out Autonomous UUV Echo Voyager
March 11, 2016 @ 10:14 AMBoeing has rolled out an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), Echo Voyager capable of operating autonomously for months at a time. The 51-foot long Echo Voyager runs on a hybrid rechargeable system to run for months autonomously, and can also be launched and recovered without the kind of support ships usually necessary for unmanned, undersea vehicles, or UUVs, Boeing said in a news release Thursday
Chinese Diplomats Spreading Doubts About Rafale Fighter After Indo-Pak Aerial Engagement
U.K. Navy's New Drones Can Trick Sea Mines into Exploding Harmlessly
Turkey’s ASELSAN Demonstrates Laser Defense System Against Infrared-Guided Missiles
Russia Targets Patriot Battery in Kyiv as Germany Pushes for New U.S....
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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...
