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China Field Tests Dongfeng-31A Ballistic Missile In Extreme Weather Conditions
January 21, 2016 @ 09:25 AMThe Dongfeng-31A transcontinental ballistic missile of Chinas PLA Rocket Force is reported to have undergone field training in extremely cold weather conditions, China Military Online reported quoting a CCTV video report. According to the chief of staff of a missile brigade under the PLA Rocket Force, the field training this time is to adapt to the most complicated and difficult wartime conditions
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Orbital ATK Tests 3D-Printed Hypersonic Engine Combustor
January 19, 2016 @ 02:44 PMOrbital ATK has successfully tested a 3D-printed hypersonic engine combustor at NASA Langley Research Center. The combustor, produced through an additive manufacturing process known as powder bed fusion (PBF), was subjected to a variety of high-temperature hypersonic flight conditions over the course of 20 days, including one of the longest duration propulsion wind tunnel tests ever recorded for a unit of this kind
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DARPA Plans GPS Replacement With Atomic Clocks For Military Applications
December 26, 2015 @ 11:33 AMThe US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to replace Global Positions Systems with Atomic Clocks with Enhanced Stability (ACES). “All of our modern communications, navigation and electronic warfare systems, as well as our intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, depend on accurate time-keeping,” said Lutwak, who will oversee the new program, called Atomic Clocks with Enhanced Stability (ACES) Wednesday in an official press release
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Russian Helicopters Delivers First Arctic Helicopter To Defence Ministry
November 26, 2015 @ 01:50 PMRussian Helicopters has delivered first Arctic helicopter to Russias Defence Ministry for operation in the countrys north in temperatures lower than -40°С. The Mi-8AMTSh-VA helicopter, with auxiliary fuel tanks, has a range of over 1,300 km
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Lockheed Martin Munitions Tested Using HIMARS Launcher
November 19, 2015 @ 11:18 AMLockheed Martin's Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary munitions have completed stockpile reliability tests. All rockets were launched from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, the company announced Wednesday
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Erapsco To Supply 136500 Sonobuoys To US Navy For $179 Million
October 27, 2015 @ 06:59 AMErapsco Inc. has been awarded a $179 million contract for up to 136,500 Sonobuoys of various types to track submarines, the Defense Department announced Monday
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Siberia Creates Drones For Extreme Climatic Condition
October 13, 2015 @ 11:09 AMSiberia has created an unmanned aircraft for extreme condition operations of the Arctic region. "This is the third generation of UAVs, which can operate in temperatures ranging from minus 40 to plus 45 degrees with wind up to 15 meters per second, in rain and snow," head of the Omsk State Technical Universitys Experimental Design Bureau Small Unmanned Vehicles, Pavel Pogarsky was quoted as saying by TASS on Tuesday
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Graphene Ultra-capacitors To Power Milrem's Multi-purpose Unmanned Ground Vehicle
September 15, 2015 @ 12:08 PMMilrem will showcase its multipurpose UGV (unmanned ground vehicle) using Graphene ultra-capacitor technology for power at DSEI 2015. The high power cells from Skeleton Technologies will be used to deliver energy efficiency and product reliability, the company said in a statement Tuesday
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Russia-China Heavy Lift Helicopter Model Displayed
September 9, 2015 @ 12:37 PMThe Russia and China co-engineered heavy-lift helicopter has made its debut on Wednesday at the Tianjin International Helicopter Exhibition in China. The helicopter is specially designed to suit China's geographical conditions
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HAL Completes Trials Of Light Combat Helicopter
September 3, 2015 @ 01:29 PMHindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has achieved the hot and high-altitude trials of home-made Light Combat Helicopter (LCH). The seasonal trials - including cold weather trials carried out at Leh during February this year - have been completed as part of the certification process, HAL announced today
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
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Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U