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Russia To Use Digital Video Cameras On Surveillance Flights
June 28, 2016 @ 02:18 PMRussia becomes the first of 34 signatories of the Open Skies Treaty which will be using digital video cameras on surveillance flights. The digital surveillance hardware equipment will be equipped to Tupolev Tu-154 Lk-1 and Antonov An-30B used on surveillance missions under the treaty has been certified, the Russian Defense Ministrys press office was quoted as saying in a statement by Russian Aviation
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US Navy To Use EMALS To Launch F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter Jet...
June 17, 2016 @ 07:58 AMThe US Navy plans to use electromagnetic force to launch F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet of the deck from its next generation aircraft carrier next year. An operational launch of the Navys Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System, or EMALS, will mark the first time in 60-years that a fighter has shot off of a ship without using the current steam-catapult systems, senior Navy officials were quoted as saying by Scout Friday
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France, Italy Sign MBDA Aster Missile Upgrade Contract
June 15, 2016 @ 11:10 AMFrance and Italy have signed a cooperation agreement on development of the MBDA Aster Block 1 New Technology missile, the French Defence Ministry said in a statement. French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his Italian counterpart, Roberta Pinotti, signed the agreement on June 14 in Paris
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Russia Grounds Su-27 Jets After Crash
June 13, 2016 @ 09:14 AMRussia has grounded all Sukhoi Su-27 jets until the investigation related to the crash of a plane of this type is completed. "According to preliminary findings, technical problems were to blame," the defense ministrys statement said Friday
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DARPA Enters Phase II Of Multiple UAV Control Program
June 7, 2016 @ 03:41 AMA US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to enable a single pilot to control several attack and surveillance unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) has entered phase two with the award of contracts to Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and six other companies. During Phase 2 of the program called Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE), DARPA plans conduct live flight tests with one or two live UASs augmented with several virtual aircraft
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Meteor Missile Upgrade For Swedish Gripen C/D Aircraft
May 24, 2016 @ 03:08 PMSwedish Gripen C/D Fighter Aircraft will be upgraded with the Meteor missile along with a host of other upgrades that constitute the Version 20. In the spring of 2016, all Swedish Gripen C/D aircrafts will be upgraded to Gripen version 20
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Islamic State Producing Chemical Weapons On Its Own?
May 6, 2016 @ 12:26 PMIslamic State (IS) group may be producing chemical weapons on their own in Syria and Iraq, the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said. "Although they could not attribute this to Daesh (IS)
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Russian Ka-52 Choppers Make Combat Debut In Syria
April 12, 2016 @ 03:30 PMRussian Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopter has made its combat debut in Syria. "Both Mi-28N and Ka-52 combat helicopters have started to make combat sorties in Syria
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Lockheed Martin PAC-3 MSE Intercepts Missile Target In US Army’s Flight Test...
March 18, 2016 @ 10:16 AMA Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) Missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target as part of a U.S
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Senior Philippine Defense Officials Accused In UH-1H Huey Helicopter Scam
March 17, 2016 @ 10:40 AMSenior defense officials of the Philippine Air Force have been accused of plunder over a P1.2 billion (US $25 million) chopper deal in 2013
Turkey’s Aselsan Conducts First Firing of Tolun Missile for Ground-to-Ground Engagements
U.K., Norway Working on Defense Pact to Deter Russia
UAE's ADASI Selects Turkish Radar for its Garmoosha Rotary Wing UAV
Philippines Aircraft Descended to Chinese Helicopter Altitude: Chinese PLA
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...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U