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UK Navy To Operate Robot Glider Fleet Ahead Of Unmanned Warrior Exercise
September 28, 2016 @ 01:29 PMThe UK Navy is operating a robot fleet of seven submarine gliders and three surface wave gliders to collect environmental data in real time as part of its demonstrator missions run by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). “This deployment will showcase the capabilities of marine robots to the Royal Navy, and other defence and industry partners,” NOCs Professor Russell Wynn, chief scientist of the mission was quoted as saying by
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Orlan-10 Drone Detects ‘Terrorist’ Targets During Indo-Russian Indra-2016 Exercises
September 27, 2016 @ 10:18 AMRussian and Indian infantry troops participating in the Indra-2016 military exercises currently in Russia deployed the Orlan-10 reconnaissance and surveillance drone to detet simulated terrorist groups. "During the exercises, the Eastern Military District and Indian troops used Russian Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles to jointly learn to detect simulated illegal armed groups," Vladimir Matveev, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry's Eastern Military District said Tuesday
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US Air Force F-35 Catches Fire As Engine Starts Up
September 24, 2016 @ 11:37 AMUS Air Force's F-35A fighter caught fire when the pilot started the engine during a training exercise at Mountain Home Air Force Base in state of Idaho Friday. “The pilot had to egress the aircraft during engine start due to a fire from the aft section of the aircraft,”
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US Rejects Resolution To Block $1.15 Billion Weapons Deal To Saudi Arabia
September 22, 2016 @ 01:56 PMThe US senate has rejected a resolution to block weapons deal worth $1.15 billion to Saudi Arabia
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Google Reviewing Taiwan's Request To Blur Images Of Military Facilities in Disputed...
September 22, 2016 @ 12:11 PMGoogle is carrying out review on Taiwans request to blur imagery of unidentified Taiping Island military structures viewable on its Earth and Maps services. Four giant tetrapod-shaped structures on the north-western shoreline of the island Itu Aba controlled by Taiwan and also claimed by several other countries was visible on Google Maps satellite photo, Local media reported Wednesday
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Paramount’s Simulated Joint Command Post To Assess And Stabilize Crisis Situation
September 20, 2016 @ 12:38 PMParamount Advanced Technologies has announced a simulated joint Command Post at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) expo this month. The joint Command Post integrates a range of systems, enabling military commanders to assess and stabilise a crisis such as a terrorist attack
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360 Degree Targeting System For Russian Mi-35 Crocodile Helicopter Gunships
September 20, 2016 @ 10:44 AMRussia will test a 360 degree targeting system for its Mi-35 Super Crocodile helicopter gunships and Mi-8AMTSh Terminator transport helicopters. Developed by Rostecs subsidiary Shvabe holding, the OPS-24N-1 can see through heavy fog, smoke and dust storms
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DARPA Aims To Revolutionize Situational Awareness with Thinking Imaging Sensors
September 19, 2016 @ 01:00 PMUS Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is aiming to develop a software‐configurable array that enables simultaneous and distinct imaging modes in different readout integrated circuits. “What we are aiming for,” said Jay Lewis, program manager for Reconfigurable Imaging (ReImagine), “is a single, multi-talented camera sensor that can detect visual scenes as familiar still and video imagers do, but that also can adapt and change their personality and effectively morph into the type of imager that provides the most useful information for a given situation
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Israeli UVision partners with Firstec To Sell Lethal Loitering Systems In South...
September 19, 2016 @ 10:43 AMIsraels UVision has partnered with South Korea's Firstec to sell the company's short-range HERO-30 Lethal Loitering Systems in market of the East Asian country. "South Korea is a strategic market for us for two main reasons
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Satellite Imagery Detects Pakistan Building New Uranium Enrichment Facility
September 17, 2016 @ 11:06 AMAn analysis of Airbus Defense and Space satellite imagery has revealed that Pakistan is possibly building a new uranium enrichment complex to potentially raise its nuclear stockpiles. The Airbus Defence and Space imagery captured on 28 September 2015 and on 18 April 2016 shows new construction, which is approximately 1
Portugal Orders Sixth KC-390 Aircraft Contract
Korea Aerospace Unveils Design of New Electronic Warfare Aircraft
Israel Completes Iron Beam Laser Weapon Development, IDF Delivery Imminent
Canada Receives First CT-102B Astra II Training Aircraft
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
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...