CAE and Aeronautics today announced that the first series of flights of the Miskam unmanned aerial system (UAS) have been conducted successfully over the past several weeks at the UAS Centre of Excellence (Centre d'excellence des drones) located at Alma airport in Quebec, Canada. The demonstration flights represent the first phase of a research and development (R&D) project aimed at demonstrating how unmanned systems can be used for civil applications such as remote inspection of pipelines and hydroelectric installations, surveillance of forest fires, observation of critical natural resources, assessing natural disasters and a range of other applications
Afgan forces have officially taken over the controversial night raids since the U.S and Afghanistan signed a deal on the special forces operations last week
ITT Exelis is a leader in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) related products and systems and information and technical services, supplying military, government and commercial customers in the United States and globally. The company, which is also in the space business, payload and weather satellites, talks about its future business plans and its tryst with India
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will produce more than 2,500 additional Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) trucks and trailers for the U.S
India's Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL) will showcase its R&D might at DEFEXPO 2012. The main highlight will be Network Centric Warfare (NCW) systems developed indigenously for the Indian defence forces
When the Obama administration dispatched three B-2 bombers from a Missouri air base on March 19 last year to cross the ocean and reach Libya, it put roughly $9 billion worth of America’s most prized military assets into the air. The bat-shaped black bombers, finely machined to elude radar and equipped with bombs weighing a ton apiece, easily demolished dozens of concrete aircraft shelters near Libya’s northern coast
Keeping in mind the needs of India’s armed forces, Textron Systems will showcase variety of state-of-the-art technologies at DefExpo 2012 in New Delhi. Since 2010, India has been acquiring precision air-launched weapons including the Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) from Textron
Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company, has won a U.S
Bharat Electronics Ltd is expected to begin testing of its homegrown Software Defined Radios (SDR) within the next 3-4 months, according to Anil Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, BEL told Defenseworld.net in an exclusive interview
The F-16 Fight Falcon is currently undergoing a field service evaluation of biofuel thanks to a joint effort from airmen from the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and Airmen from the Ohio Air National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing. In 2011, the Defense Department $8 billion on fuel allowing Air Force officials to work toward making the fleet a little "greener" by researching, testing and ultimately implementing the use of alternative fuels