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Singapore Navy, IMarEST Sign Streamlined Accreditation Agreement
January 27, 2014 @ 09:04 AMThe Republic of Singapore Navys (RSN) training pipeline has been accredited by the Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology (IMarEST). The accreditation, open to RSNs Naval Officers, Naval Warfare System Engineers and Experts, and Naval Divers, is to establish a streamlined route for marine engineers and technologists which maps each individuals professional qualifications against IMarEST membership from Technician to Chartered Status
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T-20 Tier II UAV Flies With 3D Imager
January 25, 2014 @ 07:52 AMArcturus UAV has for the first time integrated GeoDragon sensor system, capable of high resolution 2-D and 3-D image capture, in its T-20 Tier II unmanned aerial vehicle. The GeoDragon system can create 3-D reconstructions in near-real time and output high-resolution digital elevation models, LIDAR-like datasets, and wide area maps
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General Atomics, Northrop Grumman Demo Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper's Electronic Attack Capability
January 23, 2014 @ 01:46 PMGeneral Atomics and Northrop Grumman today announced the second successful demonstration of Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper's Electronic Attack capability featuring Northrop Grumman's new Pandora Electronic Warfare (EW) system at the U.S
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French Air Force Successfully Demo Raytheon Paveway II GBU-50
January 22, 2014 @ 08:10 AMRaytheon and the French Air Force successfully completed a demonstration of a penetrator variant of a Paveway GBU-50 from a Mirage 2000D multirole fighter jet. "Raytheon is committed to delivering GBU-50's unique capabilities to our French customer,” said Mike Jarrett, vice president of Air Warfare Systems
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AK Antony, Defence Minister, India - A Profile
January 21, 2014 @ 10:02 AMAs AK Antony, Indias longest serving defense minister, enters the final year of his governments tenure, his handling of the MoD will be remembered for zero-tolerance towards corruption and a determined push to indigenization of defence hardware. Under his seven years leadership, Indias MoD initiated several programs to modernize its armed forces and streamline procurement
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Royal Navy To Deploy Boeing ScanEagle UAS
January 17, 2014 @ 08:42 AMThe new Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) capability is set to go operational this week with the UK Royal Navy. At a UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) media event on 15 January, Commander Bow Wheaton, the service's maritime aviation capability desk officer was quoted as saying by IHS Janes, two task lines of the navy's new UAS will be active on maritime security patrols in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf
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China Test Hypersonic Missile Vehicle
January 16, 2014 @ 09:05 AMChina yesterday successfully tested a hypersonic missile vehicle designed to travel several times the speed of a sound, technology that could allow armies to rapidly strike distant targets anywhere around the globe. The flight was conducted on January 9 and the Chinese vehicle, dubbed the WU-14, is supposed to travel at Mach 10, or 10 times the speed of sound, according to a report in The Washington Free Beacon
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Spanish Army Receive Two EC135 Helicopters
January 16, 2014 @ 08:00 AMAirbus Helicopters has delivered the first two EC135 helicopters to the Spanish Army Airmobile Force (FAMET) early this week, under a contract signed for eight in total on December 27, 2013. The contract also includes a logistics package that will support fleet sustainability in the coming years
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Lockheed Martin Upgrade US Navy Electronic Warfare Defenses
January 15, 2014 @ 07:55 AMLockheed Martin successfully tested the U.S
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STPSAT-3 Operations Handed Over To USAF
January 13, 2014 @ 04:04 PMBall Aerospace announced today that operational control of the Space Test Program Satellite-3 (STPSat-3) has been handed over to the U.S
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One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
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