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Airbus H145M Military Chopper Achieves First flight With HForce Weapon system
September 8, 2017 @ 11:27 AMAirbus Helicopters' has completed the first flight of its H145M military chopper equipped with HForce weapon system of which Serbia is the launch customer. The helicopter can be equipped with various guided and ballistic armaments such as missiles and laser guided rockets, machine guns and rockets
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SpaceX Launches USAF Super-secret Space Shuttle
September 8, 2017 @ 09:07 AMSpaceX has launched the US Air Forces super-secret space shuttle on Thursday. This is the fifth flight for the unmanned Falcon rocket, known as X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle,
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Russian Helicopters-built Ka-62 Chopper To Undergo Certification Trials In 2018
September 6, 2017 @ 03:06 PMRussian Helicopters will commence certification trials of the bleeding-edge helicopter Ka-62 early in 2018. Two flight models of Ka-62 has been produced by Progress Aresenyev Aviation Company
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HAL’s Advanced Light Helicopter Order Book Touches 73 Choppers
September 5, 2017 @ 01:52 PMHindustan Aeronautics Limited signed its second contract for the supply of Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) choppers to the Indian MoD this year taking its order book from the military versions of the choppers to 73. The recent contract is for 40 ALH choppers to the Indian Army and one to the Indian Navy
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Former Indian Air Force Chief Formally Charged in AgustaWestland Chopper Bribery Case
September 2, 2017 @ 08:37 AMIndias Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed charges against former Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi and nine others in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter bribery case. He was earlier arrested in connection with this case last year and granted bail
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Ukraine Modernizes Russian Origin Mi-24 Helicopters
August 30, 2017 @ 12:53 PMUkraines state-owned Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant Aviakon has completed modernization of Russian-origin Mi-24 attack helicopters with domestic equipment for the countrys Armed Forces, the press service of the state-owned Ukroboronprom corporation said in a press release Tuesday. Dubbed Mi-24PU1, the new helicopter equipped with domestic EMS (Emergency medical services) and new voltage regulators designed to increase mobility of ground troops, providing them with fire support on the battlefield
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Hyundai Stops China Car Production As Sales Fall Over THAAD Missile Row
August 30, 2017 @ 07:07 AMHyundai has stopped auto production at its four factories in China as tensions between South Korea and Being rose over US deployment of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system. All four of its factories that have been in operation in China had stopped manufacturing vehicles as of Tuesday after a local parts supplier refused to supply components when Hyundai delayed payment
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USAF Completes Two 'Non-nuclear' Tests Of B61-12 Gravity Bombs
August 30, 2017 @ 01:33 AMThe US Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and US Air Force completed two qualification flight tests of B61-12 gravity bombs on August 8 at Tonopah Test Range in Nevada. The non-nuclear test assemblies, which were dropped from an F-15E based at Nellis Air Force Base, evaluated the weapons non-nuclear functions and the aircrafts capability to deliver the weapon, NNSA said in a statement Monday
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Pakistan Receives Four Russian Mi-35M Choppers
August 29, 2017 @ 10:47 AMPakistans Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) has confirmed that Pakistan has received four Mil Mi-35M attack helicopters from Russia. A statement issued by Brig Gen Waheed Mumtaz, director general of the DEPO, noted, “The contract was signed, we received all four [Mi-35M] and now we get new equipment”,
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North Korean Ballistic Missile Travels 2700 Kilometers
August 29, 2017 @ 10:20 AMNorth Korea fired a ballistic missile from Pyongyangs Sunan area at around 6 AM today which flew some 2,700 kilometers reaching a height of 550 kilometers before falling into the northern Pacific Ocean. The test reinforced Pyongyang's claim that it possess ballistic missiles that can strike US, Japanese and South Korean targets in the near and far Pacific Ocean
Germany Blocks Eurofighter Sale to Ankara over Turkish Opposition Leader's Arrest
Russian Soldier Surrenders to Ukrainian FPV Drone
Australia Initiates Quantum Project to Conduct Military Ops in GPS-Denied Environment
U.A.E. Initiates First Steps Towards Future Korean KF-21 Jet Acquisition
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...
