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US Defense Secretary's Visit To India To Focus On Major Military Deals
May 2, 2015 @ 08:17 AMUS Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will be signing a 10-year Indo-US Defense framework Agreement and also fast-track the Defense Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI) under which the two nations will co-produce and develop military equipment in India, IHS Janes reported Thursday. US defense secretary Ashton Carter's two-day visit to India in early June is expected to raise the levels of bilateral strategic and defense co-operation between the two countries, IHS Jane's quoted senior Indian military officials as saying
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NASA, AFRL Researchers Test Shape Morphing Wing Technology
May 1, 2015 @ 03:45 PMNASA announced Thursday that its researchers along with the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and FlexSys Inc have successfully completed initial flight tests of a new morphing wing technology that can reduce airframe weight. The new technology has a potential to save millions of dollars annually in fuel costs, reduce airframe weight and decrease aircraft noise during takeoffs and landings
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General Dynamics Releases NSA-Approved TACLANE Trusted Sensor Software
April 30, 2015 @ 04:24 PMGeneral Dynamics announced Thursday that it has released NSA-Approved TACLANE Trusted Sensor Software on the TACLANE-1G (KG-175G). TACLANE Trusted Sensor Software provides intrusion detection system and intrusion prevention system capabilities that monitor network traffic and is a first-of-its-kind optional feature for Type 1 encryptors
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Russian Kurganets-25 Infantry Vehicle Serial Production To Begin In 2019
April 30, 2015 @ 04:13 PMSerial production of the infantry fighting vehicle of a new generation of “Kurganets-25″ is scheduled to begin in the 2019-2020 years, Deputy Chairman of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission, Oleg Bochkarev said on Monday. “Defense Ministry has signed state contracts with our vendors
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China’s Advanced J-11D Fighter Jet Takes To Skies
April 30, 2015 @ 04:13 PMChinas J-11 fighter jet upgraded D variant with new radar and air refueling system has made its maiden flight, Chinese media reported Thursday. The fighter jet is said to be a copy of Russian Sukhoi Su-27
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Indian Air Force Deploys All Heavy Lift Assets For Nepal Rescue
April 30, 2015 @ 02:26 PMIlyushin-76s, C-130Js and C-17s have proved the prudence of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in their acquisitions, especially during the ongoing rescue and relief operations in Nepal. Three days after the first big magnitude tremor on 25 April was felt, the Indian Army has set up a 45-bed hospital at a location just outside Kathmandu
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Russia Sets To Develop Amphibious Armored Engineer Vehicles
April 30, 2015 @ 12:55 PMRussia's Defense Ministry has started to develop amphibious armored engineer vehicles that are equipped with machine-guns, electronic countermeasure devices and GLONASS navigation system for its army. The next-generation unified vehicles will be capable to withstand temperatures ranging from -40°C to +40°C and will be used for earth-moving works on the battlefield, as well under enemy fire
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Sagem BlueNaute System To Upgrade Juniper WLB Class Vessels
April 30, 2015 @ 11:37 AMThe US Coast Guard has selected Sagems BlueNaute heading reference system to upgrade 12 of its Juniper WLB class vessels. Sagem announced Wednesday that BlueNaute reference system is based on hemispherical resonator gyros, a proprietary technology designed to give the BlueNaute high reliability and precise measurements
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F1 Tech To Speed BAE System’s Armored Vehicles
April 28, 2015 @ 02:25 PMBAE Systems announced Monday that it has come up with an upgraded technology ‘Active Damping system to current variants of the CV90 combat vehicle family adapted from Formula One to improve handling and speed across the battlefield. The new technology will help in breaking speed records in rough terrain and increasing the CV90s agility by reducing the vehicles pitch acceleration by approximately 40 per cent – taking a world class system to the next level, and leaving competitors behind
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India To Start Manufacturing Its Own ‘Bofors’ Artillery Gun
April 28, 2015 @ 11:23 AMUsing drawings supplied as part of technology transfer of the original Bofors gun, the Indian Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) plans it manufacture some 114 pieces of its homemade artillery called ‘Dhanush. The plan is to equip six army batteries with the homemade gun
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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
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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