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Arianespace to Launch Egyptian satellite Nilesat 201
January 5, 2009 @ 12:00 AMOn the occasion of the visit of the French Prime Minister in Egypt, it was announced that Arianespace has been chosen to launch the Nilesat 201 satellite, as part of a turnkey contract that Thales Alenia Space signed with Egyptian operator Nilesat.>> Nilesat 201 will be placed into geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5 or Soyuz rocket launched from the Guiana Space Center, Europes Spaceport in French Guiana, during the first quarter of 2010
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Second Ground-Test F-35 Lightning II Rolls Out on Schedule, Prepares for Testing...
December 23, 2008 @ 12:00 AMFORT WORTH, Texas --- Lockheed Martin's second F-35 Lightning II ground-test aircraft rolled out on Wednesday at the company's Fort Worth plant, where it will be fully instrumented before being shipped to the United Kingdom for testing.>> The new F-35, called AG-1, is the full-scale static test article for the conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant, which will be flown by the U
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Lockheed Martin, Thales Alenia Space Partner to Deliver Space Radar Solutions for...
December 22, 2008 @ 12:00 AMCANNES --- Lockheed Martin and Thales Alenia Space Italy announced today that they are forming a strategic partnership to jointly develop and deliver a new family of space-based remote sensing systems for customers around the world.>> The joint business agreement leverages each company's resources, talents, programs and customer partnerships in a way that allows Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company and Thales Alenia Space to expand their respective remote sensing product areas and businesses
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Boeing A160T Unmanned Rotorcraft Shifts Gears in Flight, Passes 100 Flight-Hours
December 22, 2008 @ 12:00 AMVICTORVILLE, Calif. --- Boeing today announced that its A160 Turbine (A160T) Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft has achieved two key milestones: using its two-speed transmission to change gears in flight, and passing the 100-flight-hour threshold
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B-SAT and SKY Perfect JSAT Award Lockheed Martin Contract for B-SAT3c/JCSAT-110R...
December 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AMNEWTOWN, Pa. --- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) of Japan to build their next geostationary broadcasting and telecommunications satellite
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First Lockheed Martin SBIRS HEO System Achieves USSTRATCOM Certification
December 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSUNNYVALE, Calif. --- The first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system, built by a Lockheed Martin team, has been certified for operations by U
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USS Freedom (LCS-1) Littoral Combat Ship Commissioning Highlights Northrop Grumman-Built U.S. Navy...
December 9, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSAN DIEGO --- The U.S
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General Dynamics Awarded $52 Million Engineering and Support Contract for TRIDENT Ballistic...
December 5, 2008 @ 12:00 AMFAIRFAX, Va. --- The U
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Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout Successfully Demonstrates Simultaneous Radar and Electro-Optical/Infrared Video...
December 2, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSAN DIEGO --- Northrop Grumman Corporation has demonstrated continuous combined payload coverage on its MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS). The Fire Scout successfully downlinked simultaneous digital video from both a Telephonics RDR-1700B multi-mode maritime radar and a FLIR Systems, Inc
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Thales’ Watchkeeper Successfully Passes First System Flight Trial
November 25, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThales UK today announces the successful first system flight trials of the Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicle (UAV), with the autonomous flight taking place under the system guidance of the Watchkeeper ground control software and fully integrated within the ground control station (GCS).>> These trials of the UAV, which operates with dual payloads, will continue into 2009, and will validate the key mission system capability of the Watchkeeper system
Diehl Defence to Acquire Explosive Ordnance Disposal Firm, EST Energetics
Russian Burevestnik Nuclear-powered Cruise Missile Could Release Radioactive Material During Flight
French DGA to Add Collaborative Combat, ISR Mission Capability to A400M Aircraft...
Indian Navy to Commission Stealt Frigate, Anti-submarine Craft, Hydrographic Survey Vessel
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
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