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British Army uses UAV for Counter-IED operations in Afghanistan
August 12, 2010 @ 12:00 AMThe Micro Air Vehicle, equipped with two cameras, is used to range ahead of the Talisman vehicles and detect the presence of IEDs. (UK MoD photo) Lance Corporal Rob McInerney is currently working at the forefront of counter-IED operations in Afghanistan piloting the 'Flying Robot', which is part of the Talisman counter-IED system
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Kongsberg awarded $86 million contract for CROWS from the US Army
August 4, 2010 @ 12:00 AMKongsberg has booked an order valued at NOK 515 millions from the US Army. The order is part of the increase of the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Stations (CROWS) framework agreement for up to 10,349 systems signed in December 2009
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General Dynamics Awarded contract to USS New Mexico.
August 3, 2010 @ 12:00 AMGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a $51.8 million contract modification by the U
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Canada orders for Counter-IED Robots in Afghanistan
July 29, 2010 @ 12:00 AMCanada has become the second NATO ally to deploy Dragon Runner robots in Afghanistan. The deployment was announced at a spring symposium at the Canadian Embassy devoted to conquering IEDs (improvised explosive devices) in Afghanistan
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BAE launches Omani Corvette at Portsmouth Naval Base
July 26, 2010 @ 12:00 AMThe Royal Navy of Oman's (RNO) second Corvette, Al-Rahmani, was commissioned this morning at Portsmouth Naval Base. It is the second corvette out of three designed and built by BAE Systems for the RNO
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Bell Helicopter Introduces Low-Cost Ground Velocity Sensor for Hover-Hold and SAR Missions
July 23, 2010 @ 12:00 AMBell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, working in cooperation with Esterline CMC Electronics, has developed and flight tested a new generation global positioning system (GPS) sensor to replace existing high-cost Doppler or inertial velocity sensors used in automated approach-to-hover and hover-hold systems
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Pratt & Whitney awarded $145 million contract to provide F-16s engines to...
July 22, 2010 @ 12:00 AMPratt & Whitney was awarded a contract from the U.S
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Eurocopter and Kawasaki Heavy Industries sign new cooperation agreement
July 21, 2010 @ 12:00 AMAt the Farnborough Air Show today, Shigeru Murayama, President of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Aerospace Company (KHI) and Lutz Bertling, President and CEO of Eurocopter, signed a new cooperation agreement for the EC145, a new evolution from the BK117 helicopter family. After more than 30 years of successful cooperation in the BK117/EC145 programme, today’s signature will extend the partnership of the two companies by another 15 years, until 2025
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India’s HAL in Lockheed Martin’s Aerial Refueling development team to extend F-16...
July 21, 2010 @ 12:00 AMIndia’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is part of a four nation team that has successfully developed an aerial refueling system to extend the range and loiter time of the F-16 fighter. The system has been tested to refuel F-16 fighters through DC-10 and IL-78 aerial tankers
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BAE Systems M777 howitzer programme exceeds £1 billion sales
July 19, 2010 @ 12:00 AMBAE Systems has received an order for 93 additional M777 howitzers, taking the order book to 955 systems and taking sales for the programme to over £1bn. The US is buying 58 guns for the US Army and U
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European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
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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