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FAA, Boeing Accused of Manipulating 737 MAX Tests During Recertification
December 22, 2020 @ 10:09 AMA recent Senate report has claimed that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing manipulated 737 MAX recertification tests following two fatal crashes that led to the worldwide grounding of these jets. This comes a month after the FAA and State of Design for Boeing aircraft published their final approval of the modified 737 MAX in the Federal Register
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Israeli Elbit Systems Wins $338M Swiss Deal for E-LynX Soldier Radio Systems
December 19, 2020 @ 08:33 AMThe Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport has awarded Elbit Systems a $338 million contract to provide E-LynX Software Defined Radio (SDR) solution to the Army. The contract was awarded under the Telecommunications Armed Forces (TK A) digitization program, Ersa mob Komm
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China to have 420 Warships by 2030 while U.S. Targets 355
December 11, 2020 @ 05:44 AMThe Chinese Navy could still numerically be the worlds largest after ten years with over 420 warships while the U.S
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DARPA’s Gremlins Miss Docking with C-130 in 9 Attempts
December 11, 2020 @ 04:34 AMDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)s X-61A Gremlin drone failed to attach itself with the arm extended from the cargo bay of the C-130 plane nine times. Attempts at airborne retrieval of three unmanned air vehicles, nicknamed Gremlins, were just inches from success in DARPAs latest flight test series that started on October 28
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Sino-Russian JV Targets Delivery of 1000 CR929 Jets by 2045
December 10, 2020 @ 09:10 AMChina-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Corporation (CRAIC) projects delivery of 1,000 CR929 250-to-350 seat wide-body twinjet airliners by 2045. "The project of CR929, first long-range wide-body jetliner jointly developed by China and Russia, moves forward steadily, with a total of 1,000 expected to be handed over between 2023 and 2045," chief Chinese designer Chen Yingchun said at an aviation summit in Hangzhou Wednesday
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German Mantis Anti-Aircraft Guns Get New Barrels
December 8, 2020 @ 07:42 AMThe Germany Army have procured new barrels for their fleet of Mantis anti-aircraft guns which are now undergoing testing. “The new barrels lasted longer than expected in the tests
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Thieves Steal Radio Equipment from Russia’s Doomsday Plane: Was it Espionage?
December 8, 2020 @ 06:43 AMEspionage is one of the possibilities behind the theft of radio equipment from the inside of a Russian IL-80 specialized aircraft containing top-secret equipment required for the plane to function as a command post during a nuclear war. A group of burglars broke stole radio equipment placed inside the cargo hatch of a Russian "Doomsday plane" at Taganrog-Yuzhny airfield
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US Announces $280M Sale of Information Communications System to Taiwan
December 8, 2020 @ 05:09 AMThe U.S
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Russian Journalists Held in Turkey for Filming Near Baykar Drone Facility
December 5, 2020 @ 03:59 AMTwo Russian journalists from NTV media o were detained Friday by Istanbul police after “illegally” filming near production facilities of Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar. “The Istanbul Police Department detained two Russian nationals (I
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US Army Tests Armed MUTT Robotic Mules
December 2, 2020 @ 08:32 AMThe U.S
RAF Typhoons to Help Defend Polish Air Space Following Russian Drone Incursion
AIM-120 AMRAAM Missile Achieves Longest Range in U.S.A.F. Test From F-22...
China's New Z-20T Assault Helicopter to Make First Flight at Helicopter Expo...
Qatar Abandons Gaza Mediation Over Israeli Bombing
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...