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India’s LCH Completes Cold Weather Trials
March 3, 2015 @ 03:14 PMIndias Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) has successfully completed cold weather trials at Air Force Station, Leh recently, Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) announced Monday. “The trials covered engine starts with internal batteries after overnight cold soak at 3 km altitude and 4
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Europe To Launch Car-Sized, Wingless Spacecraft
February 9, 2015 @ 02:58 PMEurope has planned to launch a car-sized experimental wingless space plane on a 100-minute unmanned mission, AFP reported Feb 5 2014. The European Space Agency's two-tonne, 5m-long Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) is scheduled to be blasted into space on a Vega rocket from a space pad
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Heat Barrier To Prevent Weapon Detection By Thermal Imagers
January 14, 2015 @ 07:09 AMConcept Group is developing the new Insulon Thermal Cloak heat barrier for use on automatic weapons. The barrier, which is attached to the fore-end of the weapon, uses a hair-thin Shaped Vacuum layer to prevent thermal imagers from seeing the weapons hot barrel, gas tube and sound suppressor after firing
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Airbus Delivers Second Super Puma Helicopter To Bolivian Air Force
December 13, 2014 @ 01:48 AMAirbus Helicopters announced today that it has delivered the 2nd Super Puma AS332 C1e helicopter to the Bolivian Air Force (FAB). At the end of 2013, the FAB purchased six of these light-medium helicopters to fight drug trafficking and perform civil security and public service missions throughout the country
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BrahMos Supersonic Missile To Demonstrate Vertical Dive Capability Next Year
October 17, 2014 @ 08:51 AMIndo-Russian BrahMos supersonic missile will test a near vertical dive and surround capability within a year, The Hindu reported today. The Block –III variant of BrahMos has perfected a surgical strike capability and will further demonstrate vertical dive capability which will allow the Army to inventively approach their operational plans
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UTC Aerospace Systems Introduces Warrior HWH With Enhanced Situational Awareness
October 13, 2014 @ 02:18 PMUTC Aerospace Systems' Sensors Unlimited business has introduced a compact, modular shortwave infrared (SWIR) viewer system, the Warrior HWH (handheld/weapon/helmet) with enhanced situational awareness. The Warrior HWH provides distinct advantages over other available viewer technologies, including decreasing the time to identify, acquire and engage targets and reducing the risk of collateral damage
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Russia Develops Water-Resistant Communication System For Military Rescue Operations
September 20, 2014 @ 12:24 PMSozvezdie has developed set of communication devices which can endure immersion in water and provide high-quality transmission even with strong interference, according to Ria Novosti. Sozvezdie is a part of the state run Rostec and is based in Voronezh
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SHAP-R Respirator To Help Military Divers In Extreme Conditions
September 5, 2014 @ 02:27 PMAviation Equipment showcased SHAP-R respirator for military divers that can be used at depths up to 60 m and in extreme conditions during Hydroviasalon-2014 held at Beriev Aircraft Company and Gelendzhik Airport of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, Rostec reported. The respirator includes a reducer with a dry seepage box, which allows the device to operate in sub-zero temperatures and contaminated water
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Russian Navy May Procure Helicopter-Type Radar Next Year
September 5, 2014 @ 09:00 AMResearch and development company Radar MMS is expecting an order for its Breeze, helicopter-type unmanned flying radar from Russian Navy, according to Ria Novosti. "If the Navy wants, we are ready to supply it in one year," Sergey Ptitsyn, head of the companys department of electronic equipment development, said at a press conference at the international water and ship-based aviation exhibition Gidroaviasalon 2014 in Gelendzhik
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BAE Systems Developing Smart Skin With Human-Like Sensitivity For Aircraft
August 21, 2014 @ 11:23 AMAircraft could soon become more human as engineers as BAE Systems develop smart skins which can detect injury or damage and the ability to ‘feel the world around them. Engineers at the Advanced Technology Centre are investigating a ‘smart skin concept which could be embedded with tens of thousands of micro-sensors
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