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US To Deploy Gray Eagle Attack Drone To Its Military Base In...
March 13, 2017 @ 01:54 PMUS is eyeing to deploy Gray Eagle unmanned attack aircraft to its military base in Gunsan city of South Korea to enhance its strike capabilities against ground targets in North Korea. “They will be stationed at Kunsan Air Base, 180 km (112 miles) south of Seoul and would be permanently based in South Korea” United States Forces Korea spokesman Christopher Bush was quoted as saying by
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German, Belgian Fighter Jets Scrambled To Escort London-Bound Air India Flight
March 11, 2017 @ 08:34 AMGerman and Belgian fighter jets were scrambled to apprehend and escort a London-bound Air India aircraft that had lost contact with the Air Traffic Control (ATC). For about two hours Hungarian, German and Belgian pilots shadowed the 787 Dreamliner
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Thales Wins Appeal In F-35 Helmet Patent Case
March 11, 2017 @ 08:32 AMThe US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reversed a decision in a patent suit against the US centering on the helmet-mounted display system (HMDS) in a fighter jet. The Federal Circuit reversed the US Court of Federal Claims decision that US patent number 6,474,159 was unpatentable because of ineligible subject matter,
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BAE Systems, Finland's Patria Team Up For Australia’s Land 400 Program
March 10, 2017 @ 03:27 PMBAE Systems, Finlands Patria group have teamed up to offer AMV35 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle for Phase 2 of Australias LAND 400 program. "Our plans to manufacture in Australia involve transferring intellectual property rights, technical information, skills, engineering data and know-how from the AMV35s Finnish and Swedish makers into Australia to establish manufacturing capability here
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General Atomics Develops HEPPC With Twice Energy Than Existing Railgun Weapon Systems
March 10, 2017 @ 02:33 PMGeneral Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has developed a High Energy Pulsed Power Container (HEPPC) that provides twice the energy density than existing railgun pulsed power solutions. The HEPPC can reduce the number of pulsed power containers required to launch projectiles or hybrid missiles from a railgun weapon system, providing greater flexibility for future Navy and Army railgun applications, the company said in a statement Thursday
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Supacat, Rheinmetall Team To Offer Dutch-based Vehicles For Wheeled Vehicle Replacement Program
March 10, 2017 @ 02:23 PMSupacat and Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Netherlands (RMMV NL) have teamed to offer Dutch-built Supacat Protected Vehicles for the 12kN air assault vehicle (AASLT) and a 12kN light-weight protected vehicle requirements as part of the Defence-wide Wheeled Vehicle Replacement Programme (DVOW) with the Dutch Army. Under the teaming agreement and upon contract award, the Supacat-designed vehicles will be built by RMMV NL and the production line will be supported by their existing supply chain in the Netherlands
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Navistar To Supply Mine Resistant Ambush Vehicles To Pakistan
March 10, 2017 @ 02:12 PMThe U.S
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Russia's Aerospace Forces To Get 16 Sukhoi Su-34 fighter Jet This year.
March 10, 2017 @ 11:51 AMRussian Aerospace Forces has plans to receive 16 new Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers by year end and will start modernization process next year. "This year, we expect additional deliveries of four aircraft and the total order volume for the current year is 16 Su-34s", Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuriy Borisov said Friday
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Indian Navy Commissions Third Water Jet Fast Attack Vessel
March 10, 2017 @ 08:47 AMIndian Navy on Thursday commissioned a water jet fast attack craft to enhance its maritime capabilities in Indian Ocean region. Built by the government-owned Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), the third vessel ‘Tillanchang of Car Nicobar Class was commissioned on March 9 at Karwar on the western coast
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Iran Tests ‘Hormuz-2’ Ballistic Missile
March 10, 2017 @ 08:09 AMIran successfully test fired a domestically-made ballistic missile dubbed “Hormuz-2” last week. Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency on Thursday that the IRGC forces successfully test-fired the Hormuz-2 missile in recent days
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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