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Iran Presents a Dozen New Long-Range Combat Drones
April 18, 2020 @ 07:25 AMIran unveiled 12 new long-range combat drones on Saturday in Tehran. “The drones possess automatic landing and take-off capabilities
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Boeing to Restart Airplane Production at Puget Sound
April 17, 2020 @ 12:47 PMBoeing has announced a restart of aircraft production following a two-week suspension even as one of its suppliers, Kawasaki Heavy said it would suspend parts manufacture for the 787 Dreamliner jet. The company on Thursday said it will resume all commercial airplanes production at Puget Sound-region, tasked with building 747, 767, 777 and 787 aircraft, in a “phase manner
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Airbus Performs First Ever Automatic Air-to-Air Refueling
April 17, 2020 @ 11:55 AMAirbus has announced that a tanker aircraft equipped with its automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) system successfully performed A3R operation with an F-16 fighter. “Airbus has achieved the first ever fully automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) operation with a boom system
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UK Procures Four Rheinmetall Cargo Loading Robots
April 16, 2020 @ 02:18 PMThe United Kingdom has placed an order for four Mission Master unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to transport cargo. "Configured for transporting cargo, these UGVs will form part of the United Kingdom's Robotic Platoon Vehicle programme
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S.Korea to Fund Local Firms in Developing Parts for Key Weapons
April 16, 2020 @ 01:57 PMSouth Koreas Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has said it will fund projects that aim to replace foreign-made components of major weapons, with indigenous ones. On Thursday, the arms procurement agency designated 11 ongoing military hardware development projects including its Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) project, and KF-X project to build a next-generation indigenous fighter
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S Korea Slashes Defense Budget by $733M to Fund COVID-19 Expenses
April 16, 2020 @ 01:24 PMThe South Korean Finance Ministry has announced plans to direct $733 million (904.7 billion won) from this years $40
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Coronavirus Claims First Life Onboard USS Theodore Roosevelt
April 13, 2020 @ 01:51 PMA sailor assigned to the US Navys USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier has died from COVID-19 infection. The sailor was admitted to the intensive care unit of the US Naval Hospital in Guam on April 9, nearly ten days after he tested positive on March 30
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14-Day Quarantine for French Aircraft Carrier Group Crew
April 12, 2020 @ 01:54 PMCrew of the French Navys Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and air defense frigate Chevalier Paul will be quarantined for a fortnight upon arrival in the port of Toulon today. “Accommodation and food capacities will be set up at naval and naval air bases
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Russian S-400 Program with India on Schedule Despite Coronavirus: Diplomat
April 11, 2020 @ 05:46 PMThe spread of Coronavirus infection will not affect the schedule for the implementation of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems delivery to India.
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General Atomics Sets Up Satellite Factory in Colorado
April 10, 2020 @ 05:58 PMGeneral Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has opened a new spacecraft development, integration and test factory in Centennial, Colorado. The 33,514 square foot facility triples GA-EMS capacity for satellite production, integration and testing for single to constellation-sized orders, and also houses an expanded mission operations center to support on-orbit satellite and customer payload commissioning and operations, the company said in a statement Thursday
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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
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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