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Raytheon To Develop Flexible Distributed Array Radar For US Navy
April 30, 2014 @ 10:16 AMThe US Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded Raytheon Company a $8.5 million base contract to design the Flexible Distributed Array Radar (FlexDAR), enabling dynamic multi-mission radars
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Information Superiority As a Force Multiplier
April 25, 2014 @ 01:52 PMInformation superiority in a digitized battlespace can be a force multiplier as it allows faster, secure communication between soldiers, commanders and various weapons and sensors, according to Thales which offered a rare insight into the command and control systems offerings of the company at DSA 2014. In an interview with Defenseworld
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Leidos To Provide ISR And Targeting Support To U.S. Army Space and...
April 24, 2014 @ 09:49 AMLeidos announced it was awarded a prime contract by the U.S
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Airbus’ Next Generation A400M Completes Airdrop Trials
March 13, 2014 @ 11:01 AMThe A400M new generation airlifter has successfully completed one of the most important elements of its continuing military flight-test programme – the first phase of airdrop trials. According to an official statement, “Flying over the Fonsorbes drop zone near Toulouse, an A400M development aircraft dropped a range of different loads by parachute during 11 flights over a two-week period
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India, France Agree On Rafale Work Share
March 3, 2014 @ 03:54 PMIndia has finally sealed a work share agreement with the French-firm Dassault Aviation for building 70 per cent of the Rafale fighters domestically, according to New Delhi Television. India will acquire 18 of the 126 Rafale fighter jets it is buying from France in "fly away" condition, and the rest will be manufactured by the local firm Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
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USAF To Demo CHIRP Sensor In 2016
January 6, 2014 @ 12:50 PMThe US Air Force is planning to conduct a flight demonstration of the commercially hosted infrared payload (CHIRP) follow-on technology in 2016. In an email to SpaceNews, , Space and Missile Systems Center spokesperson said the service is currently pursuing wide field-of-view options to include another flight demonstration in 2016 to inform future architecture decisions
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Lockheed Martin GEO-2 SBIRS Satellite Certified For Operations
December 20, 2013 @ 09:23 AMThe US Air Force (USAF) has certified the second Lockheed Martin-built geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO-2) space-based infrared system (SBIRS) satellite for operation. The acceptance by the Air Force Space Command (AFSC) comes eight months after the satellite's launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, US, on 19 March 2013
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Northrop Grumman Receives Timing Subsystem For AEHF Satellite
December 10, 2013 @ 12:26 PMFrequency Electronics has delivered the Master Oscillator Group (MOG) to Northrop Grumman for communications payload on the US Air Force's fourth advanced extremely high frequency (AEHF) satellite. The delivery, which is the fourth in a series of MOGs for the six-satellite AEHF programme, provides anti-jam communication links to US armed forces and key allies
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NSA Spying Fallout: International Control of Internet Demanded
October 1, 2013 @ 12:32 PMThe global storm over whistle-blower Edward Snowdens expose that the US spied on countries all over the world has snowballed into a demand that control of the Internet be vested with the United Nations. Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff kicked off the demand with a powerful speech at the United Nations General Assembly last week where she called on the UN to oversee a new global legal system to govern the internet to guarantee "freedom of expression, privacy of the individual and respect for human rights" and the "neutrality of the network, guided only by technical and ethical criteria, rendering...
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Raytheon Wins Imaging LADAR Transceiver Contract
September 25, 2013 @ 02:05 PMRaytheon Company has won a $10 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the research and development of the long range imaging LADAR (LRIL) transceiver. The LRIL will demonstrate the state-of-the-art in inverse synthetic aperture LADAR (ISAL) technology with the objective of producing an ISAL image from a space object in geosynchronous orbit
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Leonardo Flies Apache Competitor Aw249 Helicopter at ILA Berlin 2026 Airshow
Iran Insisting on “Dilution” of Uranium Within Its Territory in Potential Agreement...
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
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