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Brazil Receives 2 Additional EC725 Helicopters
April 23, 2014 @ 02:51 PMHelibras recently delivered two EC725 helicopters to Brazil, making it total five owned by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and three by the Brazilian Army. The 10th and 11th helicopters are part of the 50 ordered by the Brazilian Armed Forces
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BAE Systems' Common Missile Warning System Completes Design Review
April 16, 2014 @ 03:49 PMBAE Systems Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) completed a Critical Design Review for its Integrated Aircraft Survivability Equipment (IASE) software update. “Our Common Missile Warning System has nearly a decade of proven success, flying more than 2 million in-theater combat hours and saving countless aircraft and lives,” said Bill Staib, director of Threat Management Solutions at BAE Systems
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New Radar Equipped Iron Duke Successfully Fires Seawolf Missile
April 16, 2014 @ 03:47 PMThe British Royal Navy's HMS Iron Duke successfully carried out a Seawolf missile launch, proving its new cutting edge 3D radar system. Iron Duke is the first ship in the fleet to have the new radar – Artisan, which was used to track a sea-skimming target ahead of the missile knocking it out of the sky off the coast of Portland
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Thales, Malaysian Firm Team Up For Ground Based Air Defence Systems
April 16, 2014 @ 10:00 AMThales has signed a partnership agreement with the Malaysian firm Global Komited Sdn Bhd to co-develop a wide range of Ground-Based Air Defence systems for the Malaysian Armed Forces. The signature ceremony, attended by The Malaysian Defence Minister, YB Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein, was held at the DSA 2014 show
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AgustaWestland Expecting AW609 Tiltrotor Certification In 2017
April 16, 2014 @ 07:09 AMThe worlds first commercial tiltrotor, the AgustaWestland AW609, is expected to be certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency and the Federal Aviation Administration by 2017. According to Geoff Russell, Head of Media Relations at AgustaWestland, the company is working on the certification process for the AW609
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Comtech Wins Support Contract For US Army Blue Force Tracking Program
April 15, 2014 @ 12:17 PMComtech has won a contract to continue providing sustainment support for the US Army's Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below - Blue Force Tracking ("BFT-1") program, a battle command real-time situational awareness and control system. In addition, the US Army agreed to continue to license certain of Comtech's intellectual property ("IP") pursuant to a separate contract
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New Scorpion Aircraft Completes First 50 Hours Of Flight Test
April 14, 2014 @ 02:41 PMTextron recently completed 50 hours of flight testing of Scorpion- a new light attack and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. The jet-powered Scorpion is 43
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BAE Systems, Partners Bid To Develop Australian Integrated Pilot Training System
April 10, 2014 @ 03:16 PMBAE Systems, Beechcraft and CAE have developed an integrated pilot training system (PTS) that fully meets the Australian Defence Forces requirements by delivering highly cost-effective training for its AIR 5428 project. The team has offered a proven system that focuses on delivering advanced skill levels, reducing training times and improving productivity
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Rolls-Royce To Support USAF's T-45 Trainer Aircraft Fleet
April 9, 2014 @ 07:45 PMRolls-Royce has been awarded a Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) contract valued at over $100m by the US Department of Defense to provide continued support for the F405 (Adour) engines that power the US Navy's T-45 training aircraft. The follow-on, one-year contract will continue the successful support which has provided the US Navy's training fleet with guaranteed availability over the past ten years
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US Navy To Acquire Five Additional MQ-8C Fire Scout UAVs
April 8, 2014 @ 11:04 AMNorthrop Grumman will build five additional U.S
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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
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