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Heat Barrier To Prevent Weapon Detection By Thermal Imagers
January 14, 2015 @ 07:09 AMConcept Group is developing the new Insulon Thermal Cloak heat barrier for use on automatic weapons. The barrier, which is attached to the fore-end of the weapon, uses a hair-thin Shaped Vacuum layer to prevent thermal imagers from seeing the weapons hot barrel, gas tube and sound suppressor after firing
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SmartRounds Develops Non-Lethal Non-Impact Smart Bullets
January 13, 2015 @ 09:30 AMSmartRounds Technology has developed a new 18mm non-impact, non-lethal smart bullets, which can be fired from a standard 12 gauge shotgun for US Military, law enforcement and others. These bullets use MEMS micro-electro-mechanical technology and a CMOS image sensor to activate the projectiles before reaching their target
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Boeing Delivers Advanced Visual System To F-22 Training Center
January 9, 2015 @ 10:18 AMBoeing has delivered the first simulators for ground-based F-22 Raptor aircraft with an immersive, 360-degree visual environment. The delivery of Advanced Visual System has improved the realism of ground-based F-22 Raptor training center
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Sensors Research To Enhance Soldiers Situational Awareness
January 5, 2015 @ 01:35 PMThe US Army scientists and engineers are advancing on sensors research to enhance Soldiers situational awareness. Medical researchers are currently investigating how physiological sensors may help Soldiers achieve superior performance on battlefields of the future
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Rosneft, Rostec And Finmeccanica To Co-Develop AW189 Helicopters In Russia
January 1, 2015 @ 11:42 AMRosneft, Rostec Corporation and Finmeccanica have signed an agreement for the joint production of the medium helicopter AW189 in Russia. The JV will be based on the HeliVert plant situated in the Moscow Region and Rosneft will become a new partner of the Russian-Italian JV
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Drug Dealers In NATO's Afghanistan 'Kill List'
December 31, 2014 @ 11:45 AMWhat perhaps explains the high civilian casualties in NATOs war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, some 750 ‘minor fighters including drug dealers figure in a ‘Kill list of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The list, a part of documents obtained by whistleblower Edward Snowden and published by German magazine, Der Spigel refers to the ISAF activities in Afghanistan during 2009-11
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Netherlands Resumes Delivery of NH90 Helicopter
December 18, 2014 @ 10:13 AMNetherlands Defense Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert announced that the delivery of the remaining seven NH Industries (NHI) NH90 helicopters has resumed, which were suspended in June due to major problems with wear and corrosion in the delivered aircraft. New agreements with the manufacturer give the Minister enough confidence to allow deliveries to resume
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CAE Wins Polish, German And New Zealand Defense Forces' Contracts
December 16, 2014 @ 02:11 AMCAE announced today that it has won a series of contracts worth more than $98.5 million to provide a range of simulation products and upgrades and other support services
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DCNS Tests Anti Terrorism And Anti-Piracy Tools
December 13, 2014 @ 02:06 AMDCNS announced Friday that it has successfully tested a real-time demonstrator for an asymmetric response to terrorist and piracy attacks. This DCNS system aims to accelerate decision taking and prevent collateral damage in close-quarter defense situations
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Airbus To Manufacture Falcon Eye 'Spy Satellite' For UAE
December 11, 2014 @ 08:03 AMAirbus Defence and Space has signed as the leader of the industrial team (including Thales Alenia Space as co-prime contractor), a contract with the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAEAF) for the development, manufacture and launch of Falcon Eye, a high-performance optical Earth-observation satellite system. The contract was officially signed by the United Arab Emirates in August 2014 and is now entering into force
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