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US Military Allowed to Lay Self-destruct Landmines

February 1, 2020 @ 07:12 AM

The United States has allowed it military to deploy self-destruct landmines in conflict zones such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria reversing an Obama-era policy prohibiting the US from using land mines outside of the Korean Peninsula. "The Department of Defense (DoD) has determined that restrictions imposed on American forces by the Obama Administration's policy could place them at a severe disadvantage during a conflict against our adversaries," the White House said in a statement Friday
Poland Signs Contract to Buy 32 F-35 Jets worth $4.6 billion

January 31, 2020 @ 05:30 PM

Poland has signed an agreement with the United States to purchase 32 F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft worth an estimated worth $4.6 billion Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak signed the contract today in Deblin, home of the Polish Air Forces 41st Training Aviation Base
South Korean Military Sets up Reconnaissance Squadron for Global Hawk Ops

January 31, 2020 @ 11:37 AM

The South Korean Air Force has set up a reconnaissance squadron charged with operating the high altitude-long range surveillance drone, Global Hawk. The new military unit was established in December as South Korea brought in its first RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) that month, the defence ministry announced
Leonardo Delivers First 2 C-27J Transport to Kenya Air Force

January 31, 2020 @ 07:58 AM

Leonardo delivered the first two C-27J military transport aircraft at a ceremony in Nairobi on Thursday. The handover ceremony was presided over by the Kenyan President, Leonardo posted on its Twitter account
Updated Heron Surveillance UAV to have Improved Sensors

January 30, 2020 @ 11:44 AM

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will unveil the Heron MK II, a Multi Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), at the upcoming Singapore Airshow. The Heron MK II is an updated model of the Heron UAV, which is used by the Israeli Air Force and is operational with over 20 other organizations worldwide
Israeli Firm to Display Cellular EW Drone at Singapore Airshow

January 30, 2020 @ 09:58 AM

Rotary Unmanned Aerial Systems (RUAS)s Steadicopter, expands the Black Eagle 50s uses to include Electronoc Warfare missions. The company is to present its lightweight unmanned robotic helicopter, Black Eagle 50 for the first time at the Singapore Airshow
South Korean Aerobatics Team May Skip Singapore Airshow Over Virus Scare

January 30, 2020 @ 07:56 AM

The South Korean Air Forces aerobatics team is reconsidering its participation in the Singapore airshow over the coronavirus scare of which 10 cases have been confirmed in Singapore. The Air Force's Black Eagles had planned to head for Singapore on Friday to take part in the biennial Singapore Airshow 2020 from February 11-16 but decided to delay their departure,
New Hypersonic Missile Makes Russian Pantsyr-S More Lethal

January 29, 2020 @ 10:53 AM

Russias Pantsyr-S anti-aircraft missile-gun system has been equipped with a new Mach 5 hypersonic missile making its substantially more lethal than systems having only subsonic missiles. “The new missile approaches the target more quickly, which increases the systems rate of fire because the firing channel is freed faster,” Chief Designer for Air Defense Systems at the Shipunov Design Bureau Valery Slugin told TASS today
Northrop’s MQ-4C Triton UAV to Provide Ship-level Surveillance to US Navy...

January 28, 2020 @ 07:16 AM

Northrop Grummans MQ-4C Triton surveillance UAV will allow the United States Navy to detect, track, classify and identify vessels on the ocean or in the littorals in some of the worlds busiest shipping lanes. The MQ-4C Triton is considered the most advanced surveillance platform with the US Navy which can track even small ships and relay their information to the US Navy for further action
Thales Unveils AI Based Cybersecurity Platform

January 27, 2020 @ 08:45 AM

Thales has unveiled Cybels Analytics, an artificial intelligence based cybersecurity platform for faster, sharper, more exhaustive detection of the most complex attacks in real time or proactively in differed time (hunting). Cybels Analytics significantly reduce the time taken to detect advanced persistent threats from three months in average to just a few days, according to test results

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