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Boeing To Repair Flight Control Surfaces Of US Navy’s F/A-18, EA-18G...
August 2, 2016 @ 07:16 AMBoeing is being awarded $254 million for repair of aircraft flight control surfaces in support of the F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G aircrafts. Work is expected to be completed by December 2019, US DoD said in a statement Tuesday
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US Navy Fires First Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile During RIMPAC
July 27, 2016 @ 11:10 AMThe US Navy conducted live fire over the horizon missile test from Littoral Combat Ship, USS Coronado using a Harpoon Block IC missile earlier this month. The test firing took place July 19 during the Rim of the Pacific, or RIMPAC, exercise, the US Navy said in a statement Monday
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Russian Bastion Coastal-Missile Defense System To Enter Service In August
July 25, 2016 @ 03:24 PMThe Russian Pacific Fleets coastal defense forces have held the first live-firing exercise with the use of the Bastion missile system. The Bastion coastal defense missile system will assume combat duty in Russias Far East in August, fleet spokesman Vladimir Matveyev was quoted as saying by Tass Monday
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Raytheon Lists Firepower Meant For F-35 Fighter Jet
July 25, 2016 @ 03:10 PMRaytheon is providing precision munitions for firepower, a smart bomb rack that can be maintained on the fly and an advanced landing system to ensure successful missions for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. “Raytheon has been involved since Day One,” said Tom Copeman, vice president of business development for the company's Air Warfare Systems product line
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Leonardo-Finmeccanica Claims Successful Trials Of AW139 Twin-Engine Helicopter In Pakistan
July 25, 2016 @ 02:33 PMLeonardo-Finmeccanica has conducted trials of its AgustaWestland AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopter in Pakistan. The trials showed hot and high altitude performance and mission capabilities the trials
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Slovakia To Purchase 30 Rosomak Armored Vehicle From Poland
July 25, 2016 @ 10:21 AMSlovokia is negotiating a purchase of 30 eight-wheeled Rosomak armored modular vehicle (AMV) from Poland. The announcement by Polands defense ministry follows unsubstantiated news reports that Slovakias Defense Ministry had scrapped the acquisition plan,
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Lockheed Martin Partners Submergence To Manufacture Dry Combat Submersibles For USSOCOM
July 22, 2016 @ 01:05 PMLockheed Martin has signed a partnership agreement with Submergence Group to manufacture Dry Combat Submersibles (DCS) that will transport personnel to their mission sites while submerged. These vehicles have longer endurance and operate at greater depths than swimmer delivery vehicles (SDV) in use
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Technodinamika Developing Filter Elements For MC-21, Tu-214 And Be-200ES Aircraft
July 22, 2016 @ 04:00 AMTechnodinamika is developing filters and filter elements for the MC-21, Tu-214 (including its derivatives) and the Be-200ES aircraft. Work is underway under a contract with Russias Ministry of Industry and Trade to carry out research and development of systems and components for Russian aircraft
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Lockheed Martin Conducts Controlled Flight Test Of LRASM
July 22, 2016 @ 03:19 AMLockheed Martin conducted a controlled flight test of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) surface-launch variant from the Self Defense Test Ship. This was the third surface-launched LRASM test to showcase the missiles ability to load mission data using the modified Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System (TTWCS+), align mission data with the moving ship and launch from the MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS), the company said in a statement Thursday
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Russia’s Krasukha-4 Electronic Countermeasure System Alerted Erdogan Of Coup
July 21, 2016 @ 11:54 AMRussias surveillance and eavesdropping equipment, Krasukha-4 deployed near Latakia in Syria hacked into Turkeys NATO-compatible radio-electronics mounted on helicopters, aircraft and ground vehicles to learn of the impending coup attempt against Turkish president Erdogan. Russia has deployed the Krasukha-4 electronic countermeasure system capable of targeting airborne radio-electronics and airborne systems guided by radar at Khmeimim in Syria's Northern Province of Latakia to counter NATO spying and to gather sensitive information for the Russian squadrons that are on an anti-terrorism mission in Syria
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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