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Chinese Aircraft Maker Issues RFP for Stealth Aircraft’s Target Detection Systems

January 1, 2019 @ 02:20 PM

The Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute has issued a Request For Proposal (RFP) to acquire an “integral unit for photoelectric target acquisition that is stealth capable,” setting off speculation that the institute was developing a carrier-based version of Chinas FC-31 stealth fighter jet. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is looking to procure stealth parts for China's aircraft carrier-based fighter jet manufacturer, Shenyang
Chinese Military's Massive Radio Antenna Possibly Carcinogenic

January 1, 2019 @ 10:32 AM

Chinas massive radio antenna facility for its military covering more than 1000 square miles is ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans according to a report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The Wireless Electromagnetic Method (WEM) project took 13 years to build but researchers said that it was finally ready to emit extremely low frequency radio waves, also known as ELF waves
SAR-Configured AW139 Crashes At UAE

December 31, 2018 @ 05:30 PM

A Leonardo AW139, belonging to the UAE's (United Arab Emirates) National Search and Rescue Center crashed after being clipped by the worlds longest zip-line on the Jebel Jais mountain located at Ras Al Khaimah on Saturday. All four crew members are killed, country's National Search and Rescue Centre said
South Korean Army to Launch New Artificial Intelligence Research Institute

December 31, 2018 @ 08:55 AM

The South Korean Army will launch a new research institute on Artificial Intelligence (AI) later this week. The armed services will open the AI Research and Development Center under its Training and Doctrine Command on Tuesday, the Army was quoted as stating by Yonhap Moday
Bell Boeing Wins $366M to Deliver 3 CMV-22B Osprey Variants to US...

December 29, 2018 @ 09:05 AM

Bell Boeing is awarded $366.6 million modification contract for the production and delivery of three CMV-22B variations in aircraft for the Navy and two MV-22B variations in quantity aircraft for the Marine Corps
HSBC Divests from Israeli Elbit Over Palestinian Human Rights Concerns

December 28, 2018 @ 01:43 PM

UK-based HSBC has divested from Israeli weapons maker Elbit Systems over Palestinian human rights concerns, according to various media outlets. While HSBC had yet to officially announce the decision, sources within the UK-based bank confirmed Thursday that it had ended its investments in Elbit, one of Israels biggest military contractors, reported
US Blocks Israel-Croatia F-16 Fighter Jet Deal

December 28, 2018 @ 11:26 AM

The United States administration has reportedly blocked a $500 million arms deal between Israel and Croatia after Outgoing Defense Secretary James Mattis rejected a request from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the sale of 12 F-16 fighter jets. "For reasons we don't fully understand, the Americans hardened their conditions and, apparently, we misread their position on the deal
Huntington Ingalls Wins $229M USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier Modification Contract

December 28, 2018 @ 11:15 AM

Huntington Ingalls won $229 million modification contract for the purchase of additional long lead time material in support of USS Enterprise (CVN 80) aircraft carrier. The purpose of this action is to definitize efforts previously announced as an undefinitized contract action and increase the scope of the contract for additional long lead time material, the US department of defense said in a statement Thursday
Chinese First Operational Aircraft Carrier to Enter Naval Service in April 2019

December 28, 2018 @ 09:48 AM

The Chinese Navy is expected to receive its first operational aircraft carrier, the Type 001A in April next year on the occasion of the Navys 70th anniversary. Though this is the second carrier with the Navy, the first, a modified Ukrainian carrier, is used for testing and developing appropriate systems for carrier-based operations
Russia Begins Factory Flight Tests of Upgraded Aerial Refueling Tanker II-78M-90A...

December 28, 2018 @ 09:29 AM

Russian state-run United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has begun factory flight tests of Il-78M-90A, the upgraded variant of it's aerial refueling tanker Ilyushin II-78, at the airfield compkex Ulyanovsk-Vostochny after completing ground-level testing of the systems. The aircraft will be handed over to state trials after the completion of the factory tests, the company said Thursday

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