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General Dynamics Installs New GPS Systems into US Stryker Vehicles in Germany
November 27, 2019 @ 10:09 AMGeneral Dynamics announced Tuesday that it has installed a new and improved GPS system onto US Stryker armoured fighting vehicles in Germany that allows US forces to operate in an environment when GPS signals are degraded or denied. Known as Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing Data (PNT) System (MAPS) Gen 1, the system began fielding in September on select Stryker armored fighting vehicles and could eventually extend to thousands of vehicles across Europe, the company said in a statement
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DARPA to Trial AI-based Dogfight Technology
October 28, 2019 @ 08:48 AMArtificial Intelligence (AI) based technology designed to take over low-level maneuvering tasks from fighter pilots. The first two trials will take place November 2019 and January 2020 near Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, which is developing and managing the simulation air environment for the AlphaDogfight Trials
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New US DoD Cybersecurity Standards to Impact Defence Manufacturing
September 26, 2019 @ 09:20 AMThe United States DoD has revealed plans for a set of contractor cybersecurity standards that are scheduled to be implemented by January 2020, called the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. Currently, companies supplying products and services to the US DOD must meet 110 security requirements or risk losing contract awards and new regulations are unlikely to be more lenient
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Boeing, Australia to Collaborate on AI for Military Drones
September 25, 2019 @ 06:53 AMBoeing is partnering with Australian government research group, Defence Cooperative Research Centre (DCRC), to develop advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to create smart military drones for global forces. Embedding machine learning techniques on-board will help unmanned systems better understand and react to threat environments
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Dassault, Airbus Expecting Future Combat Air System Demonstrator Phase Contract by 4Q
June 17, 2019 @ 10:35 AMA mock-up of the European New Generation Fighter (NGF) was unveiled at the Paris Air Show 2019 today where Dassault Aviation and Airbus revealed that they expect a contract for the first demonstrator phase of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) by Q4 2019. The two firms have already delivered a joint industrial proposal to France and Germany for executing the FCAS
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Airbus to Display “Cheetah” Military Helicopter Mock-up at Paris Air Show 2019
May 27, 2019 @ 01:34 PMThe Airbus Joint Light Helicopter H160M will be christened as “Guépard” (“Cheetah”) by the French Armed Forces for whom its builder, Airbus Helicopters has brought forward the program to 2021. During a visit to the Airbus Helicopters headquarters today, French Defence Minister Florence Parly revealed the full-scale mock up of the H160M that will be presented on the Ministry of the Armed Forces stand at the next Paris Air Show
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US DoD Awards IBM $275M Contract to Enable “Trusted” Semiconductor Manufacturing
May 22, 2019 @ 10:26 AMIBM Global Business Services is being awarded a $275,000,000 contract is to enable “trusted” manufacturing flows in contractor semiconductor fabrication facilities for US Department of Defence (DoD) programs. The contract is to enable a wide-range of associated leading-edge semiconductor technologies and services; and to create a trusted supply chain with the contractor, fully certified and accredited, to deliver classified and trusted mask and wafer fabrication within an “open” commercial environment, a USD DoD announcement said
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Turkey, Iraq Likely To Sign Mutually Beneficial Military Agreement
May 16, 2019 @ 01:02 PMTurkey and Iraq have been in talks to sign a mutually beneficial military cooperation and trust agreement, Turkey's president Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. Erdogan received Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi in an official ceremony at the presidential palace
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DARPA to Develop Artificial Intelligence based Top Guns
May 15, 2019 @ 06:32 PMThe US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking to automate air-to-air combat, enabling reaction times at machine speeds and freeing pilots to concentrate on the larger air battle. No ArtificiaI Intelligence (AI) currently exists that can outduel a human pilot in a fighter jet in a high-speed, high-G dogfight, a DARPA release said
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Northrop Grumman to Provide Maintenance, Logistics Service to US Navy Aircraft For...
April 10, 2019 @ 04:12 PMNorthrop Grumman was awarded a $12.6 billion contract by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and the Naval Aviation Enterprise to provide Contracted Maintenance, Modification, Aircrew and Related Services (CMMARS) to the US Navy
Baykar’s Akinci Drone Fires AI-enabled Mini Cruise Missile
Large Jet-Powered Ekranoplan Spotted in China, Reviving Cold War-Era Technology
China Reveals Weapons to Destroy Power Grids
Milkor and Hanwha Systems Partner to Enhance UAV Surveillance Capabilities
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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
