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First F-35A Fighter Assembled Outside US Rolled Out In Italy
March 13, 2015 @ 09:36 AMThe first F-35 A Lightning II fighter built outside the US rolled out of Cameri Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility in Italy, Lockheed Martin said in a press release Thursday. The roll-out marks the first F-35A assembled internationally and the first of eight aircraft currently being assembled in Italy
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UK Offers Eurofighter Jets If India Scraps Rafale Deal
March 13, 2015 @ 09:04 AMThe United Kingdom is ready to offer Eurofighter aircraft if India scraps deal to acquire French Rafale jets, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Thursday. British authorities are aware that the “deal with Dassault has not gone smoothly,” Hammond was quoted as saying by Sputnik News on Thursday
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Brazilian 36 Gripen NG Fighter Contract Finalized For $4.55 Billion
March 12, 2015 @ 02:57 PMSaab announced Wednesday that it has finalized 36 Brazilian Next Generation Gripen fighter aircraft contract for US$ 4.55 Billion (SEK 39
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Russian S-300 And S-400 Tactile Defense Systems Enter Service
March 12, 2015 @ 02:26 PMRussian armys mobile tactical air defense S-300 and S-400 systems have entered services, various media reported Thursday. The systems are designed to engage hard targets such as nuclear warheads, rather than satellites
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UK Selects Airbus' Satellite To Track Ground Assets
March 11, 2015 @ 05:02 PMThe UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected Airbus Defence and Space to provide satellite airtime for air and ground tracking of ground assets and helicopters on a worldwide basis. The contract is for the provision of Iridium Short Burst Data and Iridium Rudics Data Minutes for the MOD's established Asset Tracking System (ATS), Helicopter ATS (HeATS) and Ground ATS (GrATS), the company announced in its press release on Wednesday
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nEUROn Completes Flight Test Campaign
March 10, 2015 @ 03:22 PMThe nEUROn UCAV technology demonstrator has completed its test campaign in France with its 100th flight in February, Dassault Aviation announced in its press release on Monday. Throughout this entire campaign, the nEUROn and associated equipment is said to have demonstrated exemplary availability and reliability
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Orbital ATK Wins $120 Million US Army’s Precision Guidance Artillery Kit Contract
March 10, 2015 @ 02:44 PMOrbital ATK announced today that the company has signed a $120 million contract with the US Army for additional production of the Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) for 155mm artillery. Once fielded to the warfighter, PGK will transform conventional 155mm artillery projectiles into a near precision weapon reliably reducing normal artillery dispersion of more than 200 meters to less than 30 meters
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New Zealand Defense Force Receives Three Seasprite Helos
March 9, 2015 @ 03:05 PMThe New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) announced today that it has accepted delivery of three Seasprite SH-2G(I) helicopters from Kaman Aerospace at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland. The remaining five will be delivered by September
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HATSOFF To Set Up Second Simulator Platform
March 9, 2015 @ 10:09 AMThe Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF) is planning to set up a second simulator platform in Bangalore for training pilots for specific flying training like Eurocopter Dauphin or the Bell 412 or Indias Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH-Dhruv), Deccan Herald reported last week. HATSOFF is a joint venture of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and CAE
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Northrop Wins US Navy Surface Electronic Warfare Contract
March 6, 2015 @ 02:41 PMNorthrop Grumman has won a $267 million contract by the U.S
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Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
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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