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Lockheed Martin Wins $337M New Gen Apache Sensor Systems Contract
October 9, 2017 @ 05:38 PMLockheed Martin received $337 million in orders to supply Apache Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M‑TADS/PNVS) systems and services to the United States, United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The new M TADS/PNVS ID/IQ contract enables Lockheed Martin to respond rapidly to the emerging defense needs of its Apache customers, including requirements for new sensor systems and upgrades The awards are part of an initial task order under a new indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract signed with the U
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Airbus Writes Staff Letter As Austrian Eurofighter Case Nears ‘Conclusion’
October 9, 2017 @ 05:32 PMEuropean planemaker Airbus Group warns its staff in a letter to be prepared for budget constraint as the five-year investigation into allegations of fraud and corruption in the €2bn sale of Eurofighter jets are nearing “conclusion”. Tom Enders, Airbus chief executive, wrote to the aircraft makers 130,000 staff on October 6 to warn of the potential for “significant penalties” arising from corruption investigations under way in the UK, France, Germany and Austria, Financial Times reports
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Indian Defence Minister’s ‘Goodwill Gesture’ Charms Chinese Media
October 9, 2017 @ 12:10 PMA friendly wave at Chinese soldiers manning the Nathu La border in Indias Sikkim state by Indias defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman has charmed defence and foreign relations commentators in Beijing. “Sino-Indian relations is entering a new era of crisis management where Indian leadership should seek to fix stagnated ties,” a Chinese expert commented on Sunday in China Military following Indian defense ministers wave to Chinese soldiers and greeting them in the traditional Indian way of 'Namaste' at the border
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Russian Army Engineers De-mined 24,065 Explosive Objects in Syria's Palmyra
October 6, 2017 @ 10:17 AMA group of mine clearance specialists of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed about 24,065 explosive objects and cleared over two thousand hectares of land in Palmyra city of Syria over the last two years. "In 2016 and 2017, the detachment of the Russian Armed Forces Mine Action Center performed twice the task of removing explosives and carrying out mine clearance in the architectural and historical complex, the residential quarters and the airport of Palmyra," Commander of the Palmyra mine clearance group Valery Ovdiyenko told TASS Thursday
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Northrop Grumman Wins $130 Million to Supply Three Global Hawk Drones to
October 6, 2017 @ 03:29 AMNorthrop Grumman has been awarded a $130 million contract for the Japan Global Hawk program. This contract includes long lead material to initiate the program for three global hawk block 30 (I) surveillance air vehicles, two ground control elements, enhanced integrated sensor suite, spares, and a site survey, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Thursday
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Repairing US Destroyer John S McCain to Cost $233 Million
October 5, 2017 @ 12:27 PMRepairing USS John S McCain, the destroyer damaged in a collision with a tanker vessel near Singapore in August is expected to cost $233 million with the repair work being done in Japan. “Damage assessments conducted while the ship was moored in Singapore since the Aug
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Airbus Helicopters Developing on-board Image Processing for VTOL Systems
October 4, 2017 @ 12:16 PMAirbus Helicopters is developing an on board image processing management system to enable automatic approaches and landing in challenging conditions for helicopters, as well as paving the way for future sense & avoid applications on autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) systems. Codenamed Eagle, for Eye for Autonomous Guidance and Landing Extension, this system federates the entire helicopters image processing functions and feeds them into the avionics system, thus improving the crews situation awareness and reducing the pilots workload by automating and securing approaches, take-off and landing in the most demanding environments
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IAI 'Air Hopper' Unmanned Helicopter Completes Proof-of-Concept
October 3, 2017 @ 02:31 PMIsrael Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced Monday that its newly developed unmanned helicopter, the Air Hopper, has successfully completed a proof of concept for the Israeli military. The Air Hopper took part in a demonstration that covered two scenarios, one simulating carrying a seriously-wounded soldier to a extraction point for life-saving treatment, airborne monitoring of vital signs and real-time dispatch to the ground
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UAE Interested In Purchasing Su-35 Fighter Jets, Contract Likely By Year End:...
October 3, 2017 @ 01:50 PMThe United Arab Emirates have shown interest in purchasing Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets and will likely sign the contract with Russia for atleast dozen jets by this year end, a Russian news agency reports. "They want a lot, over a squadron but the exact number will be specified in the course of negotiations that may be held in November during an air show in Dubai," a source in the system of military and technical cooperation told
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BAE Systems Unveils Futuristic Unmanned Aircraft Concept
September 30, 2017 @ 02:19 PMBAE systems has revealed a new technology concept, named Adaptable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), that alternate between fixed-wing flight and rotary-wing flight. The Adaptable UAVs could allow UAVs to better adapt to evolving future battlefield situations and through working together in a swarm, tackle sophisticated air defences, as well as operating in complex and cluttered urban environments
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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...
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...