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Schiebel Camcopter S-100 Demonstrates New Comint and Imaging Payloads to Australian Army

December 13, 2018 @ 11:33 AM

Schiebel, in cooperation with ELTA Systems and Overwatch Imaging, integrated two new payloads for Australian Army exercise. The Australian Army conducted a two-week activity with the CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) to gain further insights into future capabilities and payloads in support of Project Land 129-3, the company said in a statement Thursday
Japan to Re-designate Aircraft Carrier as 'Multi-purpose Operation Destroyer'

December 9, 2018 @ 08:13 AM

Japanese ruling party's team working on revising the National Defense Program Guidelines (NDPG) have decided to re-designate ‘Izumo aircraft carrier as a 'Multi-purpose Operation Destroyer' during a meeting held on December 5. Japan is not allowed to operate an attack aircraft and the nation should be limited to maintain necessary self-defense capabilities, according to the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution
China Plans Operating Six Aircraft Carriers, Two of them Nuclear

December 6, 2018 @ 12:01 PM

China plans to operate six aircraft carriers, of which two will be nuclear-powered ones that would be launched around 2025, according to Chinese military experts. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy will have five aircraft carriers in the near future, Global Times reported quoting Song Zhongping, a military expert and TV commentator as saying Thursday
Elta Systems Delivers Drone Detection Systems to Argentina

December 5, 2018 @ 10:40 AM

Israel Aerospace Industries subsidiary ELTA Systems has won a contract to provide the Drone Guard system for detection, identification and disruption of UAVs and drones to Argentina. The Drone Guard sold to Argentina will be used for securing large-scale international events held in Buenos Aires this year, including the 2018 Youth Olympics, and the G20 Summit that will take place in the Argentinian capital, the company said in a statement Tuesday
Thales, Rheinmetall Upgrade French, German Tiger Chopper Simulation Systems

December 5, 2018 @ 09:29 AM

The first upgraded simulation systems for France's Tiger HAD combat support variant and Germany's UHT Step 2 anti-tank / fire support variant have completed qualification procedures at the Franco-German training academy (EFA) in Le Cannet-des-Maures in South-East France. German and French Tiger helicopter simulators are being upgraded under the Tiger Aircrew Training Means (TATM) programme awarded by Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) in December 2014, Thales said in a statement Monday
Japan Buying Southern Island for US Carrier Aircraft Landing Practice

November 30, 2018 @ 11:01 AM

The Japanese government is close to buying an uninhabited island in the south-western Kagoshima Prefecture to allow United States forces to practice aircraft carrier landings. The government negotiators and Taston Airport Company, which owns the island, have reached a breakthrough on the issue of price, now set between 11 and 14 billion yen (US $97 million to $123 million),
Logos Technologies Demontrates Redkite WAMI sensor in Netherlands

November 30, 2018 @ 10:59 AM

Logos Technologies demonstrated its Redkite Wide-Area Motion Imagery (WAMI) sensor to representatives from several Defence, Security, Law Enforcement and Civilian agencies in The Netherlands in partnership with AEC Air Support BV at the Bosschenhoofd airfield. Housed in a platform-agnostic pod, Redkite has been specifically designed to provide defense support, border security, public safety and humanitarian assistance missions
Horizon Technologies shows Small-UAV Mounted Signal Intelligence Module

November 27, 2018 @ 01:06 PM

UK-based Horizon Technologies released the first images of its Xtender technology Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) module mounted on a small rotary-wing UAV. UAV testing is being conducted in order to address customer requirements for small UAV-based Sat phone SIGINT (Thuraya, ISatPhone Pro and Iridium networks)
China Commences Work on Third Aircraft Carrier: Reports

November 26, 2018 @ 01:38 PM

China has commenced work on its third aircraft carrier, Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday without giving any details. In an article published on its WeChat account, Xinhua identified a “new-generation carrier” as being constructed at the China State Shipbuilding Corps shipyard as per schedule
China Finds Il-78s Expensive, Developing Aerial Refueling Version of Y-20 Airlifter

November 26, 2018 @ 11:16 AM

China is developing an aerial refueling version of the Y-20 strategic airlifter aircraft after rejecting a proposal to buy more Russian Il-78 tankers due to their high asking price. A tanker variant for the Y-20 is now under development, an unnamed expert told Global Times newspaper

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