Reaction Engines announced Wednesday that the analysis of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has confirmed the feasibility of the Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (‘SABRE) engine cycle concept. The analysis was undertaken by AFRL as part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Air Force Research Laboratorys Aerospace Systems Directorate (AFRL/RQ)
India's decision to buy only 36 Dassault Rafale aircraft from France and scrapping the earlier $20 billion dollar MMRCA deal to replace Indian Air Forces aging MiG-21 and MiG-27 fleets, US and European defense manufacturing companies see a multi-billion dollar opportunity in India. India still needs to buy a new fleet of mid-range aircraft to suffice IAFs needs
NATO announced Tuesday that it has started testing of its new ‘spearhead force, known as the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF). The VJTF is a brigade that will be able to deploy within 48 hours and will eventually include 5,000 troops
Indias Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has started work on air-launched version of the Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile to arm Su-30MKI fighter and will launch it from an aircraft in a couple of months, Tass reported Thursday. According to reports, DRDO is now working on integrating it with the fighter jets systems and developing the capability of launching from low altitudes, in order to minimize its visibility to radar
Exelis recently received a follow-on contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems to continue supplying BRU-71/A ejector rack for the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) system. Under the $27 million contract, Exelis will produce 619 BRU-71/A units for US Government MQ-9s
Indias long range sub sonic cruise missile, Nirbhay I will have a new small Turbo-Fan engine manufactured by the Gar Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE). “GTRE is presently ground testing an engine for the cruise missile and has not yet come up with its nomenclature
A leaked NSA documents has defined three technologies to keep an individuals anonymity intact, according to the German magazine Der Spiegel. The combination of three technologies - Tor, CSpace and ZRTP is considered "catastrophic" by NSA, meaning the person can keep its line of activities a secret from the organization, according to NSA documents newly obtained from the archive of former contractor Edward Snowden
Neurotechnology today announced that the latest version of its fingerprint matching algorithm has achieved second place in the Ongoing MINEX evaluation organized by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The MINEX test measures the interoperability of fingerprint algorithms using the INCITS 378 fingerprint standard template format
Chinas smartphone-maker Xiaomi plans to launch a data center in India to (and store data) Indian users after the Indian Air Force expressed security concerns over the phone automatically sending user data to its servers in China. In an official press release, the company stated: “We believe the advisory circular issued by IAF is based on events about 3 months back
Northrop Grumman announced Tuesday that it has designed new Humvee Chassis that can restore vehicles original mobility and payload capabilities without affecting the level of protection, National Defense Magazine reported. Greg Schmidt, vice president and general manager for Northrop Grumman Technical Services said that it will reveal more information of the new design during the Association of the US Army (AUSA) annual meeting and exposition next week in Washington DC