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Boston Engineering Wins USAF Contract For UAV Motor Control Capabilities
August 29, 2015 @ 12:57 PMBoston Engineering has won a $150,000 contract from the US Air Force to enhance its UAV capabilities and to also reduce drone noise. Specifically, Boston Engineering announced Friday that it will demonstrate an embedded motor control platform to accelerate US Air Force UAV research and development initiatives
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Subsystem Technologies Wins ARDEC, Rapid Prototyping and Technology Initiative Contract
August 27, 2015 @ 12:49 PMUSAs Subsystem Technologies has won an Army Rapid Prototyping and Technology Initiative (RPTI) contract as part of a major Joint Munitions & Lethality (JM&L) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) Strategic Sourcing Initiative. RPTI is designed to increase the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) responsiveness to meeting the soldier's immediate field requirements
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Google Uses NASA To Leapfrog Aviation Regulations For Drone Testing
August 13, 2015 @ 02:54 PMGoogle uses a legal loophole to piggyback on NASA to test drones in US airspace as it exempts the company from federal aviation regulations. The partnership with NASA will enable Google to test its commercial drones dodging the federal aviation regulations, the Guardian reported Wednesday
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Anonymous Hacker Group Threatens An ‘All-out Internet Warfare’ Against Malaysia
August 13, 2015 @ 09:38 AMA hacker group Anonymous Malaysia has threatened an ‘all-out Internet warfare against the Malaysian government and called on its Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to resign. The threat was posted in the form of an eight-minute video posted on 4th August on its official Facebook page
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US DoD Approves $9 Million To Raytheon, Lockheed To Develop Multi-Object Kill...
August 12, 2015 @ 03:34 PMThe US department of Defense has approved $9 million each to Lockheed Martin, Raytheon to define a proof-of-concept prototype of a Multi-Object Kill Vehicle. Under this new contract, the contractor will define a concept that can destroy several objects within a threat complex by considering advanced sensor, divert and attitude control and communication concepts, the US DOD announced Tuesday
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Saab Experimenting with Graphene in Camouflage Products
August 7, 2015 @ 10:37 AMSaab is exploring a new conductive ultra-light and strong material, ‘Graphene to use it in camouflage and other defense and security products. Graphene is the worlds first 2D material obtained in 2004
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Lockheed Martin To Pick Up Sikorsky For $9 Billion
July 20, 2015 @ 02:53 PMLockheed Martin has entered into an agreement to acquire Sikorsky Helicopters for US $9 billion with $1.9 billion in account tax benefits
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Germany's Benntec Systemtechnik Merges With MarineSoft
July 16, 2015 @ 01:35 PMGermanys benntec Systemtechnik GmbH has merged with MarineSoft GmbH to expand the companys potential for innovation. The newly merged company will continue to trade under the name benntec Systemtechnik GmbH and remain headquartered in Bremen, Germany, Rheinmetall AG announced today
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Airbus Unveils Bluecopter Eco-friendly Helicopter Demonstrator
July 7, 2015 @ 02:44 PMAirbus Helicopters today unveiled its Bluecopter demonstrator which promises quieter and more fuel efficient rotorcraft flights. “With Bluecopter, we have met our goals of decreasing fuel consumption by 40 percent, significantly reducing CO2 emissions, and lowering noise to approximately 10 decibel effective perceived noise (EPNdB) below ICAO noise certification limits, while raising the maximum payload and the passenger comfort
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Cubic's Intific To Develop Virtual Test Bed Technology For DARPA
July 6, 2015 @ 01:47 PMCubic Global Defense subsidiary Intific has won a contract from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a virtual test bed for Tactical Technology Office (TTO). The virtual test bed is intended to provide a realistic virtual training environment for the evaluation of squad-level-focused technologies to be developed under DARPAs Squad X Core Technologies (SXCT) program
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
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Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
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