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China’s first Type 075 LHD helicopter carrier begins Sea Trials

August 5, 2020 @ 08:49 AM

Chinas first Type 075 landing helicopter dock (LHD) began its first sea trials today Development work on Type 075 helicopter carriers began in 2011. The first and second ships of the class were launched in September 2019 and April 2020 respectively
US Space Force Selects GA-EMS for Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System Prototype Satellite...

August 5, 2020 @ 07:20 AM

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has been selected for the United States Space Force Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Weather System (EWS) satellite program under the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC). GA-EMS will design and manufacture a prototype spacecraft, integrate the EWS payload and provide on-orbit mission control services to support the collection of theater weather imagery and cloud characterization data for worldwide military operational use
Swiss Army Chooses Lockheed’s Indago 3 Unmanned Aircraft

August 1, 2020 @ 08:55 AM

Switzerlands Federal Office for Defence Procurement (Armasuisse) contracted Lockheed Martin for a fleet of Indago 3 small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), with options for spares, training and tech support and additional systems for the Swiss Army.
US Approves $126 Million Armed Assault Boats Sale to Philippines

July 31, 2020 @ 03:34 AM

The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Philippines of Scout, Assault, and Light Support Boats along with armaments and sensors for an estimated cost of $126 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale Thursday
Iran’s First Military Satellite Beams images of US Bases in Middle East...

July 30, 2020 @ 08:51 AM

Irans Nour (Light)-1 military satellite has relayed image of the United States biggest airbase in West Asia in its first attempt at imaging from the space since launch in April this year. The Aerospace Division of Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) that launched and controls the satellite, provided an image of the al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar that the space bird had taken using the “mosaic imaging” method, Fars News Agency reported on Wednesday
Iran Conducts Military Exercise with Fake US Aircraft Carrier

July 28, 2020 @ 09:06 AM

Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday launched a large-scale military exercise in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz which included a life-size model of a fake US aircraft carrier compete with mock-up aircraft on deck. The IRGC Public Relations said the final stage of the war game, codenamed “Payambar-e Azam 14 (The Great Prophet=14)”, started on Tuesday morning in the southern province of Hormozgan, western parts of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Persian Gulf, the IGRC announced on local media
Israeli Spy Satellites Beams First Pictures

July 16, 2020 @ 08:48 AM

Israel Ministry of Defense (IMoD) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have reeived first images from Ofek 16 satellite launched on July 6. On July 14, engineering teams of the Space Administration in the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D), IMoD and IAI operated the satellites observation camera for the first time
US Army Engineers Develop Lethal Combat Vehicle Armament System

July 13, 2020 @ 02:49 PM

Engineers at the US Armys Picatinny Arsenal have progressed in developing a combat vehicle armament system that integrates a medium caliber gun, ammunition, fire control, and sensors to engage targets faster and with greater accuracy. The Advanced Lethality and Accuracy System for Medium Caliber (ALAS-MC) is expected to provide superior medium caliber weapon system performance and lethality as compared to currently fielded systems worldwide, an article in a US Army publication said
S Korea to Upgrade Peace Krypton Surveillance Aircraft

July 11, 2020 @ 10:47 AM

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Russian Customs Seize "Radioactive" Helicopter in German Cargo

July 7, 2020 @ 10:38 AM

A German helicopter which emitted radiation level exceeding the standard by 55 times was seized by Russian customs officers at Vladivostok on Tuesday. “The radiation hazardous cargo (helicopter) arrived from Germany in a container (shipped) to a Russian company,” Asya Berezhnaya, spokeswoman for the Vladivostok Customs, was quoted as saying by

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