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China's Fourth Generation Falcon Hawk Fighter Faces Intensive Flight Tests
August 30, 2013 @ 02:31 PMChina's fourth-generation stealth fighter, the J-31 "Falcon Hawk", has carried out more than three sets of trial flights since August at a rapidly increasing frequency, according to the People's Daily Online. Although similar to the fourth-generation stealth F-35 fighter, the J-31's overall aerodynamic design and stealth appearance is not so identical with J-20, which has a higher degree of exposure
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Middle Eastern Countries Plan CH-47 Chinook Purchase
August 30, 2013 @ 12:26 PMLibya, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar plans to purchase CH-47 Chinook helicopter in coming years, Boeing officials were quoted by Defense News. If deals being negotiated between Boeing and these three countries would eventually be finalized, projections are that at least 54 Chinooks would be shipped overseas, making up a good portion of the 168 Chinooks that foreign clients around the globe are considering buying in coming years
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Boeing's Advanced Super Hornet Demonstrates Stealth Capabilities
August 30, 2013 @ 08:31 AMBoeing has successfully demonstrated its Advanced Super Hornets stealth significance with radar improvements during the three weeks of testing with partner Northrop Grumman. The testing proved that the fighter can outperform threats for decades to come with improvements that make the jet much harder for radar to detect and give it significantly more combat range
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Manning Case: Why Did The Well-Equipped Apache Fire On Friendlies?
August 29, 2013 @ 01:00 PMBradley Manning, the 25-year old private first class from Oklahoma, who reportedly leaked over 750,000 classified Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, was found guilty of most of the charges against him including espionage, theft and fraud. Manning was detained in Iraq for suspicion of having leaked 39 minutes of classified cockpit gunsight footage from 2007 in 2010
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MBDA Successfully Tests Scalable Warhead Technology
August 27, 2013 @ 05:48 PMThe subsidiary of MBDA Deutschland successfully demonstrated a new effector technology with which armed forces can achieve scalable target-adapted effectiveness in a series of tests. The demonstration, which took place on the grounds of Bundeswehr Technical Centre 91 (WTD 91) in Meppen, used 100 kg of explosive in a Mk82 shell with a scalable warhead
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India May Import Two Submarines Following Sindhurakshak Fire
August 26, 2013 @ 12:59 PMIndia may import two submarines under the Project 75 (I) indigenous submarine building project to build six vessels, an RFP for which is expected in the next two-three months. An earlier plan to build all six in India with technical help from a foreign collaborator may be modified in the wake of the fire disaster aboard the INS Sindhurakshak last week which gutted the submarine killing and injuring several crew members
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Internal Strife Earns Egypt EU Defence Exports Suspension
August 23, 2013 @ 02:47 PMEuropean Union (EU) Nations have decided to suspend export licenses of military equipment and technology to Egypt which might be used for internal repression. The decision comes days after the U
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Lockheed Martin Seek Savings On Future F-35 Contracts
August 23, 2013 @ 02:26 PMLockheed Martin is close to finalizing an agreement with the Pentagon for 40 percent cheaper version of the operations and logistics system that controls the U.S
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Lockheed Martins Delivers JLTV To The U.S. Army
August 19, 2013 @ 01:01 PMLockheed Martin recently delivered 22 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles to the U.S
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Bidding Begins To Find Lowest Price Contender for S. Korean Fighter
August 13, 2013 @ 02:39 PMSouth Koreas next-generation fighter program is under final bidding stage, with Boeings F-15 Silent Eagle (SE) in the contender position, according to The Korean Times. The F-15 is contesting against Lockheed Martins F-35 Lightning II and Eurofighter Tranche 3 Typhoon in the U
Australia Initiates Quantum Project to Conduct Military Ops in GPS-Denied Environment
U.A.E. Initiates First Steps Towards Future Korean KF-21 Jet Acquisition
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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...
