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New Russian Navy Search and Rescue Ship Enters Service
February 3, 2016 @ 08:25 AMThe Russian Navy Pacific Fleet has put their newest deep-water search and rescue vehicle – Bester-1 into service. The vehicle completed state trials in November 2015 and is now waiting for the search and rescue ship Igor Belousov to arrive at the Pacific Fleet base in Vladivostok, Russia, Naval Today reported Monday
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Rolls-Royce Completes Factory Acceptance Test Of MT30 Gas Turbine For Royal Navy’s...
February 2, 2016 @ 01:06 PMRolls-Royce on Monday marked the completion of a successful factory acceptance test for the first MT30 Gas Turbine for Royal Navys new Type 26 Global Combat Ship programme. Rolls-Royce has signed a contract to supply MT30 gas turbines for the first three Royal Navy Type 26 Global Combat Ships
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Israeli Drones Over Gaza Hacked By US, UK Intelligence
January 29, 2016 @ 01:36 PMThe US and UK intelligence secretly tapped into electronic feeds – including video – from Israels military drones and jet fighters to monitor military operations in Gaza. Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has released a material which revealed that UK and US intelligence officials have been regularly accessing Israeli cockpit cameras even in the midst of operations in Gaza and Lebanon
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Royal Navy’s Type 45 Destroyers To Undergo Refits Amid Reliability Concerns
January 29, 2016 @ 12:04 PMThe UK Defense ministry has confirmed that the Royal Navys Type 45 destroyers, which are considered the most modern warships, will undergo major refits amid concern over their reliability. The move follows reports of persistent problems with the engines and power systems on the ships
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F-35C Flight Tests Caused ‘Sonic Boom’ In New Jersey: US Navy
January 29, 2016 @ 07:39 AMOne of the military aircraft which was undergoing a routine flight test caused a series of sonic booms on Thursday – felt from southern New Jersey to Long Island, the US Navy statement said. The Naval Test Wing Atlantic, based out of the Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, Md
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UTC Subsidiary Selects CodePeer Analysis Tool For Software Certification In Airborne Systems
January 28, 2016 @ 07:37 AMAdaCores CodePeer static analysis tool has been adopted by Atlantic Inertial Systems Limited, a UK firm of UTC Aerospace Systems, for usage on its TERPROM digital terrain system for military transport aircraft. CodePeer automates the review and validation of Ada source code and helps detect potential errors early in development
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Jordan Signs Agreement To Purchase Kazakhstani Arlan Armored Vehicles
January 27, 2016 @ 09:10 AMKazakhstan has signed an agreement with Jordan to supply Arlan armored vehicles during the defense ministers visit to Jordan. The countrys Defense Ministry press service said Tuesday: "The important result of the visit was signing the agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan and Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan on military and military-technical cooperation – in particular, purchase of Kazakhstani Arlan armored vehicles"
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Boeing, USAF Completes First Refueling Flight Of KC-46A Tanker Aircraft
January 27, 2016 @ 07:57 AMBoeing and US Air Force aircrews successfully completed the KC-46A tankers first refueling flight on January 24. Following takeoff from Boeing Field in Seattle, the KC-46A flight test team completed a series of checkpoints before smoothly offloading 1,600 pounds of fuel to an F-16 fighter aircraft flying at 20,000 feet
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China's NORINCO Announces Policy Against WMD Proliferation
January 21, 2016 @ 09:55 AMNORINCO has established and implemented a multi-faceted Internal Compliance Program (ICP) to prevent the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). The ICP also involves means of delivery and control the proliferation risks of conventional defense products and technologies, dual-use goods and technologies, intangible technology transfers (ITT) and deemed exports, the company said in a statement Wednesday
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Russia Sending Assault Robots to Aid Syrian Soldiers?
January 20, 2016 @ 08:50 AMRussia is fielding assault robots alongside Syrian soldiers in the offensive against rebel militia. The Russians are fielding two kinds of robots – the Platform-M combat robot and the Argo Mobility Platform, both heavily armored and capable of functioning day or night in a variety of battlefield conditions, DEBKAfile news daily reported Monday
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One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
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