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NATO Announces 3 Billion Euro Investment In Cyber, Air, Missile Defense Technology
July 28, 2016 @ 02:46 PMThe NATO Communication and Information (NCI) Agency is announcing business opportunities in cyber, air and missile defence as well as advanced software, worth 3 billion EUR. This comes in parallel to decisions taken at the Warsaw Summit to strengthen the Alliance's deterrence and defence, the NATO NCI said in a statement Wednesday
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Posters Urging Army Coup Appear Nation-wide In Pakistan
July 12, 2016 @ 10:00 AMPakistan Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif has been urged to stage a coup and impose martial law in the country. A little-known political party, ‘Move on Pakistan has put up banners across 13 cities in the country requesting the army chief to reconsider his retirement due in November
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Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Interceptor Destroys Air Breathing Target
July 9, 2016 @ 06:04 AMA Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missile intercepted a full-scale air breathing target at White Sands Missile Range as part of the Post Deployment Build eight (PDB-8) test program. The launch demonstrated the interceptor's ability to detect, track, engage and intercept an aircraft
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Russian Defense Orderbook At $50 Billion In 2016 Despite ‘Unscrupulous’ Actions By
July 8, 2016 @ 01:22 PMRussia has exported $4.6 billion worth weapons and military equipment in 2016 and the order portfolio stands at over $50 billion, Russian President said at a meeting of Moscows military-technical cooperative committee
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US Drone Strikes Killed 64 To 116 Civilians Since 2009: White House
July 2, 2016 @ 10:22 AMThe US President Barack Obama has signed an executive order to prevent civilian deaths due to drone strikes after the report published by the government revealed the figures on non-combatants deaths. According to the White House report released on Friday, the US drones has killed only 64 to 116 civilians in 473 strikes launched between Jan 20, 2009 and Dec 31, 2015
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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
Trump Sets 50-Day Deadline for Ukraine Peace Deal
Israel Launches Dror-1 Communications Satellite into Geostationary Orbit
Trump May Send to Ukraine JASSM-ER Missile Which Can Reach All of...
South Korean Marine Attack Helicopter Completes First Live Fire Test
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...