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Lockheed Led Consortium Selected For Australian Pilot Training Project
September 7, 2015 @ 03:55 PMThe Australian Department of Defense has selected a consortium led by Lockheed Martin as the preferred bidder for AIR 5428 Pilot Training System project. The contract will see the delivery of 49 Pilatus PC-21 trainer aircraft, the Australias DoD announced Sunday
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Chinese Long Range Drone Capable Of Carrying 8 Missiles And Small Diameter
September 7, 2015 @ 03:43 PMChina's long range drone, CH-5 can carry at least eight AR-1 missiles and FT-7 small diameter bombs. The low-mid altitude drone, developed by the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), is capable of both reconnaissance and strike missions, the WantChinaTimes reported today
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Alliant Wins Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile procurement Contract For US, Australia, Italy
September 4, 2015 @ 04:20 PMAlliant Techsystems Operations has won a $118 million contract to procure the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) services for the US Navy, Australia and Italy. The procurement includes conversion of AGM-88B High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles to 142 AGM-88E All-Up-Rounds and 12 Captive Air Training Missiles
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Estonia To Receive First Javelin Anti-Tank Missile System This Week
September 4, 2015 @ 04:19 PMEstonia will be receiving its first Javelin anti-tank missile system at the end of this week. “More systems and missiles will arrive in the coming weeks, which can be used for live fire exercises after the training is complete,” Lieutenant Toomas Pärnpuu, who is leading the operation to bring the systems to Estonia was quoted as saying by Estonian Public Broadcasting Thursday
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Rheinmetall Offers Boxer Reconnaissance Vehicle To Australia
September 4, 2015 @ 03:47 PMRheinmetall has offered the latest BOXER 8x8 Cavalry Reconnaissance Vehicle, Lance Turret and Northrop Grumman C4ISR Architecture to Australia. The company announced Thursday that it has submitted a bid in response to the Australias LAND 400 Phase 2 - Mounted Combat Reconnaissance Capability request for tender
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Turbomeca Delivers First Arrius 2R Engine To Bell Helicopter
September 4, 2015 @ 03:09 PMTurbomeca (Safran) has delivered the first Arrius 2R engine to Bell Helicopter in August 2015, on schedule. Selected to power the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X, the Arrius 2R is the only turbine in the 500 shp range to feature a dual-channel FADEC, the company announced today
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Australian Bushmaster Armoured Protection Vehicle Gets India's Attention
September 4, 2015 @ 01:32 PMIndia is keen to buy Australian Bushmaster armoured protection vehicle to use them for policing the country'sborders. Australia will be providing technical details to India next week on the indigenous Bushmaster armoured protection vehicle or protected mobility vehicle
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Saab To Display Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb At DSEi
September 4, 2015 @ 10:04 AMSaab will present the newly-developed Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) for the first time at DSEI. Earlier this year Saab and Boeing tested the Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB)
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China’s Biggest UAV, CH-5 ‘Rainbow’ Marks First Flight
September 2, 2015 @ 12:27 PMChina's CH-5 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), also known as ‘Rainbow 5 and claimed to be its biggest UAV so far, made its maiden flight in Gansu province, state media reported on Monday. With a wingspan of 20 meters, a maximum take-off weight of 3 tons, maximum payload of around 900 kilograms and an endurance of more than 30 hours at low- and medium-altitude, the UAV is twice the size of previous Chinese –made military UAV, the Beijing Times claimed
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Thales, WB Electronics, Poland Unveil Jointly Produced Armed Unmanned Aircraft
September 1, 2015 @ 02:18 PMWB Electronics and Thales today unveiled their tactical unmanned aircraft system (UAS) proposed for the Polish military. WB Electronics and Thales solution offers a capability that fully meets the Polish Gryf requirements for an armed unmanned aircraft system, and delivers the capability through full Polish industrial collaboration
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
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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