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USAF Tests New Air-Sea Surveillance Capability
April 29, 2014 @ 02:41 PMThe US Air Force successfully completed the first Maritime Modes program risk reduction flight on April 14, as the service moves toward providing a new air-sea battle surveillance capability. The test flight consisted of an 11-and-a-half-hour sortie on a test Global Hawk Block 40 remotely piloted aircraft
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Electric Boat Wins $18 Billion Virginia-Class Submarines Contract
April 29, 2014 @ 08:40 AMElectric Boat, a subsidiary of General Dynamics has won a contract valued at $17.6 billion for the construction of 10 additional Virginia-class submarines
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NATO Tests MORPH Underwater Robot Network
April 23, 2014 @ 02:50 PMThe Centrefor Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) has participated in the first 2014 sea trials of the MORPH (Marine Robotic System of Self-Organising, logically Linked Physical Nodes) European Commission project. The project aims to test the latest developments in multiple-vehicle coordination and formation flying based on echo-location
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IAF To Get 40 SU-30MKI Fighters Equipped With BrahMos Missiles
April 18, 2014 @ 12:45 PMThe Indian Air Force will get 40 SU-30MKI strike fighters armed with a smaller version of BrahMos missiles, according to India TV. BrahMos Aerospace officials said so at the international arms exhibition DSA-2014 in Kuala Lumpur yesterday
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Russia Orders MiG-29 SMT Fighters Worth $470 Million
April 16, 2014 @ 03:56 PMMiG Corporation has won a $470 million contract from the Russian Defense Ministry for 16 advanced MiG-29 SMT fighters, according to RIA Novosti. “The value of the contract, including the ground support and test equipment, is more than 17 billion rubles
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Daewoo To Respond To Malaysian Navy Corvette Requirement
April 16, 2014 @ 10:11 AMSouth Korea-based Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has introduced for the first time its Missile Surface Corvette (MSC) at DSA 2014 in Malaysia. Defenseworld
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LCA Navy Successfully Tested In Supersonic Mode
April 15, 2014 @ 03:05 PMThe Indian Navy's Light Combat Aircraft-LCA Navy (NP-1) has successfully completed its first supersonic flight, signaling that the aircraft is now able to fly faster than the speed of sound. The domestic company Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) who is responsible for the development of the LCA said that this feat was achieved in the month of March, according to DNA
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Finmeccanica To Showcase Range Of Products At DSA 2014
April 14, 2014 @ 07:18 AMFinmeccanica, through its companies AgustaWestland, Selex ES and OTO Melara, takes part in DSA 2014, which is held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 14-17 April. AgustaWestland is showcasing a full scale mock-up of the new generation AW149 medium twin multirole military helicopter on static display, and presents its comprehensive portfolio of commercial and government models
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USAF Gets First JASSM-ER Missiles
April 9, 2014 @ 07:43 PMThe Armament Directorate celebrated a milestone with the delivery of the first production lot of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range, or JASSM-ER, missiles to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, recently. The JASSM and JASSM-ER variants are autonomous, long-range, highly-survivable, conventional air-to ground, precision-guided missiles
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Gripen Flies For The First Time With New IRST Sensor
April 4, 2014 @ 01:39 PMGripen Flies For The First Time With New IRST Sensor Saab has successfully performed the first flight with the new sensor IRST (Infra Red Search and Track) which will feature in Gripen E, according to schedule, the company said in a statement today. The IRST does not emit a signal and can, without revealing the aircrafts own position, silently detect, track and identify all types of targets
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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...
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Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles