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General Dynamics' Knifefish Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Completes Mine-hunting Evaluation
March 21, 2017 @ 12:02 PMThe General Dynamics Mission Systems has completed an evaluation of Knifefish, an autonomous surface mine countermeasure (SMCM) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV). In coordination with the US Navy, the test events took place off the coast of Boston using submerged Navy mine test targets, the company announced Monday
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UK's SEA Introduces Anti-Submarine Warfare Solution
March 21, 2017 @ 12:02 PMUk's SEA is launching a low cost, small Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) solution based on application of its innovative thin line KraitArray towed sonar. The system comprises a modular family of detection and countermeasures solutions that use common software to integrate SEAs range in decoy and torpedo launchers with the light weight KraitArray
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US Army Demos Laser Weapon On Stryker Armored Vehicle
March 20, 2017 @ 03:43 PMThe US Army demonstrated the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization, or JIDO, UAS Hard-Kill Challenge at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, from Feb. 27 to March 3
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Indian Air Force Likely To Operationalize 123 Tejas Fighter Jets By 2024-25
March 20, 2017 @ 09:12 AMIndian Air Force will have 123 indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas fighter jets in its fleet by 2024-25 provided that the current development and capacity enhancement plans move as per schedule. Currenly, "Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is engaged with setting up a new assembly line and is also involving the private sector in a big way," the Chief Managing Director (CMD) of HAL T
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India's Light Combat Aircraft's Body, Wing Production Work Outsourced To Increase Production...
March 20, 2017 @ 04:46 AMIndia has outsourced Part-production of its home-made Light Combat Aircraft, ‘Tejas to Indian private companies by Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) as part of ‘three pronged program to speed up production of the fighter jets. “We are getting fuselage (body) made by private companies and the HAL, in future, will just be an integrator
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Israel F-15 Fighter Jets Escape Missiles Fired By Pro-Assad Forces During Syria...
March 19, 2017 @ 06:30 AMIsrael F-15 fighter jets have managed to escape salvo of ground-to-air missiles from Pro-Assad forces Friday morning after having struck several targets inside Syria. "Israel has shot down one of numerous anti-aircraft missiles launched Thursday night by Syria at Israeli F-15 fighter jets that had hit designated targets within Syria," Israel Defense Forces was quoted as saying by
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Russia Courts Turkey For Defense Sales
March 17, 2017 @ 10:43 AMRussian Rosoboronexport has expressed its desire to renew full-fledged military and technical cooperation with Turkey. The Russian arms exporting agency is participating in the IDEF exhibition in Turkey from May 9-12 this year with an array of defence equipment which it is hoping Ankara will buy given its increasingly strained relationship with the west
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Russia Readies New Early Radar Warning Aircraft For Testing In July
March 17, 2017 @ 07:40 AMRussias next generation early radar warning aircraft, Beriyev A-100 Premier “flying radar”, will begin testing this July. "The Beriyev R & D Group in Taganrog (Russian acronym TANTK) is one of the parties engaged in the development of the early radar warning complex," Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Yuri Borisov told TASS Thursday after a tour of the production facility
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Retired Admiral Charged In US Navy Bribery Scandal
March 15, 2017 @ 09:54 AMThe latest development in a 3-year old corruption scandal involving the US Navy officers for selling military secrets to an Asian defense contractor, has come to attention again with the arrest of an official on Tuesday. Bruce Loveless, who recently retired, became the second admiral charged in the investigation, increasing the number of current and former officials charged to 20 in one of the Navy's worst corruption scandals, AP reported Tuesday
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Micronet Enertec Wins Order For Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Diagnosis, Simulation System
March 13, 2017 @ 02:33 PMMicronet Enertec Technologies subsidiary Enertec Systems 2001 Ltd. (Enertec), has won a $350,000 purchase order from a large private aerospace & defense contractor for the development of a rugged diagnosis and simulation system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
Lockheed Martin Awarded $35 Billion for THAAD Missile Defense Interceptor Production
Russian Drones Destroy US MAAWLR Air Defense System in Ukraine
Russia’s YAK-130M Modernized Combat-Trainer Conducts Maiden Flight
American MAAWLR Air Defense System Seen in Ukraine
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
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