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Data Link Solutions, Viasat Win $2B to provide MIDS JTRS Terminals
May 20, 2020 @ 05:45 AMData Link Solutions and Viasat have each been awarded nearly $1 billion by the Pentagon to provide MIDS JTRS terminals that makes use of high-speed jam-resistant Link-16 tactical data exchange network. The companies won $998
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Lockheed Martin Reduces F-35 Jet Workflow as Production Slows
May 20, 2020 @ 04:03 AMLockheed Martin (LM) has announced an alternate work schedule for F-35 production line employees in Fort Worth to meet a slower workflow resulting from supplier delays. LM and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) agreed to a new schedule starting May 23 which will divide each shift into three groups
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Booz Allen Bags Pentagon’s $800M Artificial Intelligence Contract
May 19, 2020 @ 06:10 AMBooz Allen Hamilton has won $800 million task order to provide artificial intelligence services to the Department of Defenses Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC). Under the five-year contract, the company will provide AI-enabled products to the JAIC, a DoD entity dedicated to advancing the use of AI across the department
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Lockheed Clinches $485M FMS Contract for Sniper ATPs, ISRT and LANTIRN Pods
May 19, 2020 @ 05:45 AMLockheed Martin has won a $485 million contract to build Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP), Infrared Search and Track (IRST); and LANTIRN navigation pods for the US military and its allies. “Lockheed Martin Corp
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Space Force Awards Northrop $2.4B to build Missile-Warning Satellites
May 19, 2020 @ 05:16 AMNorthrop Grumman has won a $2.4 billion contract to build two satellites that will be part of a future constellation that will warn the U
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Steel Cut for French Navy’s First of 4 Replenishment Vessels
May 18, 2020 @ 06:00 PMThe steel plate of the first of the four new Bâtiments Ravitailleurs de Force (BRF) – replenishment vessels – of the French Navy has been cut today during a ceremony held in the Chantiers de lAtlantique shipyard. The order for the construction of the four ships was notified in January 2019 to the temporary association of companies formed by Chantiers de lAtlantique and Naval Group
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New Anti-Coronavirus Measures Aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt
May 18, 2020 @ 01:19 PMThe US Navy will adopt new measures aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) aircraft carrier to protect crew from possible COVID-19 infection. “Theodore Roosevelts crew will also be implementing new measures to protect the crew from possible exposure to the novel coronavirus
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Horizon Engines' Concept Study into Reusable Spacecraft
May 18, 2020 @ 11:59 AMA conceptual study to develop a flying Hypersonic Test Bed (HTB) to demonstrate SABRE technology has been launched, that revolutionise horizontally launched reusable space vehicles. The study was initiated through the UK Space Agency and will be conducted under the European Space Agency General Support Technology Programme (GSTP)
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China Enhances ‘Control Measures’ in Border with India Following Clashes
May 18, 2020 @ 11:20 AMChinese border defense troops have enhanced control measures in response to India's recent “construction of defense facilities across the border into Chinese territory” in the Galwan Valley region. “Since early May, India has been crossing the boundary line in the Galwan Valley region and entering Chinese territory
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One Dead After Canadian Aerobatic Jet Crash
May 18, 2020 @ 09:01 AMA CT-114 Tutor aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)s aerobatic team crashed on Sunday, killing one crew member and injuring another. “One member of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) was killed on Sunday May 17, 2020 and one other member injured in an accident involving a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CT-114 Tutor aircraft in the vicinity of Kamloops, British Columbia,” the Canadian Department of National Defense said in a statement
Dutch Firm to Supply Universal Drone Control Software to Netherlands MoD
Will Indian Air Force buy an Indigenous High Altitude Pseudo Satellite?
Russia’s “Magic Bullet” Against FPV Drones?
U.K. Army, Navy Test Low-cost Attack Drone Developed by BAE Systems Subsidiary...
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