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United States to Quit Open Skies Treaty: Russia
April 21, 2020 @ 11:55 AMRussias Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that the United States has decided to withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies that permits 35 member states to conduct unarmed aerial surveillance flights over one anothers territory. “Experts who are closely monitoring developments here believe that the US has already taken its decision on pulling out of the treaty,” Sergei Lavrov, Russian foreign minister, was quoted as saying by Interfax on Tuesday
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MBDA Resumes Some of its Activities in France
April 10, 2020 @ 08:38 AMMBDA France has resumed partial operations that includes production and testing under “classified projects,” after over two weeks of closure owing to novel coronavirus outbreak. “Employees who could not work from home have returned to our office in France
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Pilots Land IAF Avro Carrying COVID-19 Supplies Safely After Engine Catches Fire...
April 1, 2020 @ 04:48 PMPilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF)'s Avro transport aircraft carrying COVID-19 supplies managed to land the plane safely at Agra air base after one of its engines caught fire mid-air. The incident that occurred Tuesday took place soon after the aircraft took off from the air base at an altitude of around 250 feet, Indian media reported citing IAF sources on Wednesday
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MBDA Tests “Improved” MARTE ER Anti-Ship Missile
February 12, 2020 @ 11:06 AMMBDA has concluded the second test of Marte ER anti-ship missile but featuring navigation system, proximity fly-over fuze, with weapon controller and actuation system in advanced configuration. “MBDAs Marte ER anti-ship missile has completed its second firing carried out at the PISQ (Poligono Interforze del Salto di Quirra) test range in Sardinia,” the company said in a
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Damen Reveals New Offshore Support, Submarine Rescue Vessel Concept
January 29, 2020 @ 08:23 AMDutch shipbuilder Damen has developed a new concept vessel – the Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) 9020 which features a stable platform with crew accommodation, low carbon emissions, alternate fueling and various support options including submarine rescue. “We were approached by several different operators at the same time, all looking for slightly different offshore capabilities, but similar enough that their requirements could be met with a conceptual standard platform,” says design & proposal engineer Mark Couwenberg
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Iran Shot Ukrainian Plane Owing to F-35 Scare
January 18, 2020 @ 12:19 PMSpooked by the rumored presence of six F-35 stealth fighters in the vicinity amidst heightened tensions between US and Iran, Tehran is said to have downed the ill-fated Ukrainian passenger plane on January 8. "There were at least six F-35 fighters in the air in the Iranian border area (at the time)
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LCA Navy Makes First Arrested Landing on India's INS Vikramaditya
January 11, 2020 @ 11:13 AMThe naval variant of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas completed its maiden arrested landing onboard INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier on Saturday. "After completing extensive trials on the Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF), Naval version of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) did a successful arrested landing onboard INS Vikramaditya at 1002 hrs today," the Indian Ministry of Defense said in a statement
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Germany Orders Meteor Missiles from MBDA
December 24, 2019 @ 09:51 AMGermany has ordered an unspecified number of Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missiles (BVRAAMs) from MBDA. The missiles will arm German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets
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Raytheon Develops Dismounted Soldier Training Simulator
December 4, 2019 @ 03:29 AMRaytheon unveiled its new Synthetic Training Environment Soldier Virtual Trainer (STE SVT) at I/ITSEC modeling, simulation and training event in Orlando, Florida, USA. The STE SVT simulator uses virtual reality to train squads of soldiers in multiple scenarios while using real and virtual weapons, the company said in a
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Damen, VSTEP JV to Establish Marine Simulation Research Lab
December 3, 2019 @ 10:37 AMDamen Shipyards Group and VSTEP have set up a joint venture to establish a laboratory to explore innovative new simulation solutions. The aim of the partnership is to develop software that will extend the capabilities of VSTEPs existing NAUTIS Maritime Simulation platform into engineering applications and so open up new research and development possibilities for Damens numerous R&D programmes
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China's Indigenous C909 Airliner Operates First International Flight
U.K. Air Force to Replace Hawk Trainer with Locally-made Aircraft
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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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
