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Rheinmetall Hires Former US DoD Official as Senior Vice President for American...
September 22, 2017 @ 11:56 AMRheinmetall has hired a former senior US department of defense official, Stephen C Hedger as its Senior Vice President Corporate Development USA. Hedger last served as Chief of Staff to former US Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work, who oversaw the annual development of the more than $600 billion US defense budget, and as Deputy Chief of Staff to then US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter
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RAF Drone Pilots Fighting Islamic State to Get Medals
September 20, 2017 @ 02:10 PMThe UKs Royal Air Force drone pilots who fight against Islamic State terrorists could be awarded medals for serving the nation. "The changing character of warfare provides new challenges; not just about how we fight but also how we recognize and support those who serve,” UKs Defense Secretary Michael Fallon was quoted as saying by
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Military Modernization Worth $70B Under US National Defense Authorization Act FY18
September 19, 2017 @ 02:49 PMThe US Senate passed the $700 billion defense policy bill to boost military spending such as weapons and wartime missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. The committee earmarked prioritized modernization to direct funds of close to $70 billion to provide critical military capabilities to warfighters, according to the National Defense Authorization Act for financial year 2018 document published Tuesday
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Iranian 10-Ton Bomb More Powerful Than US Air Blast Bomb
September 18, 2017 @ 02:22 PMThe head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards aerospace wing and missile program said Iran is in possession of a 10-ton bomb comparable in scale to the United States "Mother of All Bombs". “Following a proposal by the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Irans Defense Industries Organization manufactured a 10-ton bomb,” General Amir Ali Hajizadeh told
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US Senate Poised to Pass $700 Billion Defense Policy Bill
September 18, 2017 @ 12:20 PMThe US Senate is likely to pass a $700 billion defense policy bill to boost military spending such as weapons and wartime missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. The legislation is expected to be approved on Monday which will require the Defense Department to deploy 14 additional ground-based interceptors at Alaska that will expand to 58 the number of interceptors designed to destroy incoming warheads
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France To Arm Military Surveillance Drones
September 6, 2017 @ 03:34 PMFrance has decided to arm its surveillance drones in West Africa as part of counter-terrorism operations against IS militants, Defense Minister Florence Parly said on Tuesday. The decision will initially apply only to the six unarmed Reaper surveillance drones that France bought from the United States
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US F-16 Fighting Falcon Crashes In Arizona
September 6, 2017 @ 02:32 PMUS F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet attached to the Arizona Air National Guard crashed leaving its pilot dead on Tuesday afternoon in southeastern Arizona. A male pilot died in the crash, the Graham County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday night
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Lockheed Martin to Provide F-16 Jet Tech Services to 12 Countries
August 29, 2017 @ 03:47 AMLockheed Martin has been awarded a $47.8 million contract for engineering and technical services in support of the F-16 fighter aircraft requirements to 12 foreign military sales customers in the Middle East, South America and Asia
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Russia To Supply T-90 Tanks To Iraq, Vietnam In 2017
August 24, 2017 @ 12:03 PMRussia has concluded contracts with Iraq and Vietnam for the supply of a total of 137 tanks in 2017. The first contract (for 64 tanks) is concluded with the foreign customer "704"
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Israeli Patriot Missile Intercepts Target UAV As Part of Air Force Drill
August 17, 2017 @ 09:45 AMThe Israeli Air Force (IAF) has successfully intercepted a target UAV using Patriot surface-to-air missile system from a base in central Israel as part of an air force drill. As part of the exercise, the American-made system scored a direct hit on an airborne UAV
Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Tested in Secretive U.S. Launch from Cape Canaveral...
Kim Jong-un Attends Launch of 5,000-Ton Destroyer at North Korean Naval Shipyard
India Closer to Hypersonic Weapon: DRDO Conducts Second Test of Scramjet Engine
Poland’s First Locally Built AW149 Helicopter Takes Flight
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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...
