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Saudia Arabia Reaches $6 Billion Deal With Lockheed Martin For 4 Littoral

May 20, 2017 @ 12:57 PM

Saudi Arabia has reached an agreement with Lockheed Martin to purchase four Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships worth US$6 billion. The deal is a part of overall $110-billion foreign military sale, and is expected to be announced during President Donald Trumps visit to Riyadh Saturday
Lockheed Martin To Continue Support For US Navy’s Surface Ship Undersea Warfare...

May 19, 2017 @ 09:16 AM

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $33 million contract to continue support for the development of the US Navys Surface Ship Undersea Warfare Systems. “Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Manassas, Virginia, is being awarded a $33,687,911 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-only modification to a previously-awarded contract (N00024-13-C-5225) to exercise options for engineering services supporting the continued development, integration and production of the Navys AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare Systems,” the US Department of Defense announced Thursday
DARPA Works On Simplifying Design Process For Unconventional Defense Systems

May 18, 2017 @ 04:43 PM

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing mathematical tools and methods to tackle the challenges associated with designing complex military systems. The US defense research agency's Enabling Quantification of Uncertainty in Physical Systems (EQUiPS) program has advanced the field of uncertainty quantification, or UQ, which focuses on methods to accommodate all of the different factors that may affect predictive accuracy in designing the military model
Lockheed Martin Designs Exoskeleton Technology To Assist Soldiers Carry Heavy Equipment

May 18, 2017 @ 02:07 PM

Lockheed Martin has designed FORTIS Knee Stress Release Device (K-SRD) that uses Dermoskeleton bionic augmentation technology to increase mobility and carrying capability for soldiers. The firm has designed the exoskeleton to assist soldiers who work in extreme conditions and environments and face problems like exhaustion and injury in light of the heavy equipment and gear that many soldiers are required to carry
Fincantieri's Fourth Todaro-Class Submarine Delivered To Italian Navy

May 12, 2017 @ 03:35 PM

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has delivered the new Type U212A Todaro-class submarine Romeo Romei to the Italian Navy's NAVARM naval armament unit The submarine, which was delivered at the company's shipyard in Muggiano located at La Spezia of Italy, is the last of the four Todaro-class twin units ordered by NAVARM, the company announced Thursday. Its other twin unit, Pietro Venuti, was delivered to the navy at the Muggiano shipyard in July last year
Russia To Produce Penicillin Reconnaissance Systems From 2019

May 12, 2017 @ 02:32 PM

Russia's Ruselectronics Group will start to serially produce Penicillin advanced artillery reconnaissance systems, which are capable of detecting enemy artillery guns five seconds after a gun shot, from 2019. "The system is capable of detecting enemy artillery guns five seconds after a gun shot," Ruselectronics announced Thursday
Indian Army Test Fires Israeli ‘Spyder’ Missile

May 12, 2017 @ 10:07 AM

Indian Army test fired a surface-to-air missile 'Spyder' from a mobile launcher at launch complex 3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur on Thursday. The trial was carried out for validating various parameters of the sophisticated weapon system to further strengthen its air defence system, various media reports say
Russia Showcases New Tor-M2DT, Pantsir-SA Missile Systems At Victory Day Parade

May 9, 2017 @ 01:45 PM

Russian armed forces showcased the newly developed Tor-M2DT short-range air defense missile systems and Pantsir-SA surface-to-air missile system for the first time in a public event during Russias Victory Day parade today. Designed to operate in the Arctic, Tor-M2DT and Pantsir-SA were mounted on Vityaz articulated tracked vehicles, which proved to be highly successful in getting the systems over Arctic-style hummocky ground during trials, Sputnik reports
Missile Launch Pads Noticed In North Korean Islands in Yellow Sea

May 5, 2017 @ 12:52 PM

North Korea could be building artificial islands in the Yellow Sea to launch missiles and for other military applications. Satellite Images suggest that Pyongyang has been installing military facilities on at least five artificial islands
India’s Agni-II Missile Test Not Satisfactory: Media Report

May 5, 2017 @ 11:43 AM

The test-fire of Indias medium-range nuclear-capable Agni-II missile failed to meet all the desired parameters. The Thursday trial of the missile conducted from a mobile launcher at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) on Abdul Kalam Island at around 10

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