A Brazilian delegation consisting of nine military officers of the Ministry of Defense embarked Tuesday to Russia in order to carrying out additional assessments of the Pantsir-S1 medium-range air-defence system. The Brazilian group will participate in a field exercise of the Russian armed forces, when can verify in loco requirements considered essential for the acquisition process, started in 2013, and has continued to enter into their contractual stage, according to a Brazilian MoD statement
Sikorsky Aircraft today officially unveiled the new CH-53K heavy lift helicopter which is expected to begin operational service with the US Marine Corps in 2019. During the rollout ceremony, the Commandant of the US Marine Corps General F
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Gripen Flies For The First Time With New IRST Sensor Saab has successfully performed the first flight with the new sensor IRST (Infra Red Search and Track) which will feature in Gripen E, according to schedule, the company said in a statement today. The IRST does not emit a signal and can, without revealing the aircrafts own position, silently detect, track and identify all types of targets
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a device to detect used and counterfeit electronic components in order to counter problems leading to system failures that put soldiers lives and missions at risk. The Supply Chain Hardware Integrity for Electronics Defense (SHIELD) program would counter the problem by developing a small (100 micron x 100 micron) component, or dielet, that will ”verify, without disrupting or harming the system, the trustworthiness of a protected electronic component
Exelis has won a $34 million contract from Sikorsky to produce major structural airframe components for four production-representative CH-53K heavy lift helicopters. Designated as System Demonstration Test Articles (SDTA), the four aircraft will enable the US Marine Corps to conduct operational evaluation of the new helicopter system beginning in 2017
Argon Electronics has won a contract from the US Air Force for the supply of PlumeSIM CBRN training system to enhance CBRN exercises at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. PlumeSIM will be used with Argons M4 JCAD simulators to create highly realistic CBRN and HazMat exercises, implemented in both virtual and live training environments
L-3 Communications has won contract from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to provide Medium-Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) target vehicles for use in tests of missile defense systems. The initial value of the award is approximately $73 million, with additional options valued at more than $400 million over the next five years
Northrop Grumman has finished testing on its Advanced Pulse Generator (APG), which represents the next technology evolution for its Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) product. The APG utilizes high speed direct digital synthesizer (DDS) technology to generate radio frequency (RF) waveforms