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Vector Aerospace To Refurbish Pakistan Navy's Leonardo Sea King Helicopters
June 9, 2017 @ 04:58 PMVector Aerospace Corp has begun service on a contract signed with the Pakistan Navy that will see the return to refurbish three Leonardo Helicopters (ex-Westland) Sea Kings. The refurbishment work required to bring the aircraft back to flying condition along with configuring the helicopters to the Pakistani Navy mission specifications will take place at the companys Fleetlands facility in Gosport, Hampshire, UK
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Modi Government Blacklisted AgustaWestland In VVIP Chopper Scam: Defense Ministry
April 29, 2016 @ 09:24 AMRubbishing the previous governments claim that the Anglo-Italian helicopter maker AgustaWestland was blacklisted by the UPA government, the defence ministry said Thursday its the current government that had actually put on hold all procurement and acquisition cases in the pipeline of six companies involved in the VVIP chopper scam. “It is the present Government which through its order dated 03 July 2014, put on hold all procurement / acquisition cases in the pipeline of six companies figuring in the FIR registered by the CBI, namely: M/s Agusta Westland International Ltd
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Is Russia Reconfiguring Military Assets In Syria?
March 21, 2016 @ 11:08 AMA number of Russian Mi-28NE and Ka-52 attack helicopters are reported to have landed in Syria on the day Moscow recalled more than half of the deployed fighters and bombers. Russian President Vladimir Putin had announced on 14 March that Russia would withdraw the ‘main part of its forces in Syria
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US Army Developing Robotic Insects
December 18, 2014 @ 07:20 AMThe US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) team is developing a pair of tiny robotic wings measuring only 3 to 5 centimeters in length. The wings are made of lead zirconium titanate, referred to as PZT, a material that creates electric charge under an applied pressure or can create strain (i
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Future AFVs To Be More Agile, Light Weight And Also Blast Resistant
October 16, 2014 @ 10:53 AMArmored fighting vehicles are going to become more agile and light weight than their predecessors and will be able to maneuver against incoming threats decreasing the probability of hitting and penetrating the vehicle. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencys Ground X-Vehicle Technology (GXV-T) program intends to improve the survivability of ground-based armored fighting vehicles by increasing vehicle agility
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DARPA’s GXV-T To Develop Revolutionary Technology To Improve Survivability
September 10, 2014 @ 11:13 AMThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today said one of the key goals of the Ground X-Vehicle Technology (GXV-T) program is improving the survivability of ground-based armored fighting vehicles by increasing vehicle agility. Vehicle agility involves the ability to autonomously avoid incoming threats, either by rapidly moving out of the way or reconfiguring the vehicle so incoming threats have a low probability of hitting and penetrating—all without injuring the occupants in the process, it said
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Northrop Grumman To Supply Platform Management System To UK
July 5, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe UK has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation to supply the Platform Management System for the Royal Navy's fifth Astute-class submarine. The company’s Sperry Marine business unit will supply the PMS for Astute Boat 5 under a performance partnering arrangement (PPA) with BAE Systems Maritime-Submarine
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Havelsan selects CAE Medallion-6000 visual system for Turkish Air Force simulators
November 3, 2010 @ 12:00 AMCAE today announced it has been awarded a series of military contracts valued at more than C$85 million, including a program to provide its CAE Medallion-6000 image generator for Turkish Air Force fighter and trainer aircraft simulators, a program to continue providing training services to the U.S
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Indian parliament told of progress on Israeli Military Industries, six others, blacklisting...
November 24, 2009 @ 12:00 AMThe following decisions have been taken in respect of seven firms / companies / suppliers / vendors, supplying defence equipment to the armed forces during the last 2 years and the current year i.e
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Rockwell to provide ad-hoc networking for Canadian Navy
July 28, 2009 @ 12:00 AMThe Canadian Department of National Defence has selected Rockwell Collins to provide Sub-Net Relay Controllers (SNC-2050), High Speed Modems (HSM-2050) and Very High Speed Modems (VHSM-3000) for the Sub-Net Relay (SNR) program. The contract is valued at $7 million
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India Unveils Fifth-gen AMCA Full -Size Engineering Model at Aero India 2025
American F-35, Russian Su-57 Stealth Jets Come Face to Face At Aero...
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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