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Contractor Answers Nation’s Call for Mine-Resistant Vehicles
November 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSEALY, Texas --- Conventional military wisdom holds that enemies have a vote in combat. But manufacturers of the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle have worked to disenfranchise them
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Sky-Y Wraps Up Successful Flight Test Campaign
October 30, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSix flights in two weeks, performance beyond specifications, congratulations from the Swedish staff of the Vidsel range: this is the summary of the test campaign that saw the Alenia Aeronautica Sky-Y UAS take to the air again after about a year.>> The campaign aimed to evaluate the Sky-Y not as an air vehicle but as a system, including the functionality of its subsystems, integrating among other things the Selex Galileo EOST-45 electro-optical sensor and relaying imagery in real time (save for the satellite delay) from Sweden to the operational center of the Piedmont Civil Protection in Turin
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Successfully Wraps Up Testing at Edwards AFB, Validates Readiness...
October 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMEDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --- The first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter has finished all planned testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif
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Security Forces Employ Tough, Agile Vehicle
October 21, 2008 @ 12:00 AM>The US Air Force has deployed Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles in Iraq, where it has taken sole responsibility for defending Balad air base. (USAF photo)JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq --- When the Airmen of the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Group took sole responsibility for base defense here in October, they did so with one of the Defense Department's newest armored vehicles
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Spartan Chassis Announces Multiple Orders for Mine-Protected Variant Vehicles
September 30, 2008 @ 12:00 AMCHARLOTTE, Mich. --- Spartan Chassis, a unit of Spartan Motors, Inc
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Air Force Reaches 10,000 MRAPs Milestone
September 26, 2008 @ 12:00 AM>Since April 2007, the Pentagon has deployed 10,000 MRAP vehicles to South-West Asia, and deliveries. The 10,000th vehicle, a Cougar, is seen being unloaded from a C-5 Galaxy
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Airmen to Deliver 10,000th MRAP to Troops
September 25, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. --- The 10,000th mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle is scheduled to be delivered to troops supporting Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom Sept
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Sparton Corporation Announces Additional Sonobuoy Contract Awards from the United States Navy
September 25, 2008 @ 12:00 AMJACKSON, Mich. --- Electronics design and manufacturing service (EMS) provider, Sparton Corporation Sparton has received a subcontract from their ERAPSCO joint venture for $7
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Defence Ministry Scraps Elbit as Supplier of Patria Weapon Stations
September 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMShortcomings discovered in testing have led to the Slovenia Defence Ministry canceling Israeli company Elbit as the supplier of the overhead remote controlled weapon stations for the 135 APCs bought by Slovenia from Finnish contractor Patria.>> The stations will instead be supplied by Norwegian company Kongsberg
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Force Protection to Develop Lighter Cougar MRAPs
September 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AMForce Protection, Inc. today announced receipt of a $7
Chinese Carrier Based J-35 Jets Could Fly off Proposed New Russian Aircraft...
Pentagon to Arm Warfighters with ‘Made in America’ Low-Cost Drones
Norway to Buy 9 Sikorsky HH-60W Helicopters Worth $2.6 Billion
L3Harris Delivers First Overhauled P-8A Poseidon from 139-Aircraft Navy Fleet
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...