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Raytheon Working With DARPA To Develop Artificial Intelligence-Systems That ‘Explains Itself’

August 29, 2018 @ 09:41 AM

Raytheon announced Tuesday that the firm is developing a first of its kind neural network that explains itself, under the Defense Research Project Agency's (DARPA) Explainable Artificial Intelligence program (XAI). The XAI program aims to create a suite of machine learning techniques that produce more explainable models while maintaining a high level of performance
Turkish Pilot Flies F-35 In US

August 29, 2018 @ 08:52 AM

A Turkish fighter pilot flew F-35 aircraft for the first time as part of the on-going training in the US, the Turkish General Staff was quoted as saying by Anadolu Agency on Tuesday. Early July, the Pentagon said Turkish pilots and maintenance personnel were being trained on the F-35 fighter jet in the state of Arizona
Rosoboronexport Signs US$302 Million Contracts at Army 2018, to Move Away from...

August 28, 2018 @ 09:44 AM

Rosoboronexport has signed 15 contracts with foreign customers of Russian military equipment at the Army 2018 event in Kubinka, Moscow region last week while vowing to move away from US dollar payments to overcome sanctions. “The sum of the export contracts signed by Rosoboronexport exceeded 20
Iran, Syria Sign Defense Technical Cooperation Agreement

August 27, 2018 @ 02:16 PM

Iran and Syria have signed an agreement on defense and technical cooperation during a visit by Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami to Damascus. At Damascus request, Tehran has been providing military advisory support to the Syrian military fighting foreign-backed terrorism and militancy since 2011
Weapons Systems Test Planned in Chinese Aircraft Carrier’s Second Trails

August 27, 2018 @ 12:32 PM

Weaponry and equipment test will be in focus as China's first domestically built aircraft carrier Type 001A embarked on its second sea trial on Sunday. However, the all-important tests of aircraft and helicopter landing-and-take off would be tested in subsequent trials; various experts were quoted as saying by Global Times
Pentagon Awards $40M FMS Contract For MK54 Lightweight Torpedo Kits

August 23, 2018 @ 09:12 AM

The Pentagon has awarded a $40 million worth contract for production of MK54 Mod 1 lightweight torpedo kits and support services, the Department of defense announced Wednesday. “Progeny Systems Corp
General Atomics To Provide Advanced Sensor For USAF Reaper Drones For

August 21, 2018 @ 07:05 AM

General Atomics has been awarded a $133 million worth contract to provide advanced sensor for the US Air Forces Reaper drones as part of the modernization effort to upgrade MQ-9 Reaper surveillance and attack UAS. According to Department of defense press release, the contractor will complete the development, integration, and flight test of an advanced sensor into an MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle in realistic test scenarios at continental U
Rockwell Collins Wins $288 Million Contract For AN/ARC-210 Aircraft Radios

August 21, 2018 @ 06:29 AM

The Pentagon has awarded a $288 million worth contract to Rockwell Collins to manufacture and deliver the AN/ARC-210 family of radio equipment in support of the US Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Foreign Military Sales customers. “Rockwell Collins Government Systems, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is awarded $288,537,270 for modification P00001 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-18-D-0004) to exercise option year one for the manufacture and delivery of the AN/ARC-210 family of radio equipment in support of Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Foreign Military Sales customers,” the Department of defense announced Monday
Successor to Strela SAM, Russian Sosna to be Unveiled at Army 2018

August 20, 2018 @ 06:40 PM

Russian mobile short-range surface-to-air missile system Sosna (Pinetree in Russian) which continues the line of the Strela-10M SAM used by many militaries across the world will be unveiled at the Army 2018 event in Moscow tomorrow. While the product has been demonstrated by Russia at different shows but no official international public presentation has taken place yet
India Inducts First Home-grown Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile

August 20, 2018 @ 05:34 PM

India has inducted its first home-grown nuclear capable Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) after nearly two decades of development. The SLBM code-named B-05 was secretly test fired back-to-back from an indigenously built nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant off Visakhapatnam coast earlier this month,

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