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Boeing Cities Sequestration, Budget Cuts As Reason For C-17 Demise
November 19, 2013 @ 08:54 AMBoeing will end production of its C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft in 2015 amid widespread budget cuts and sequestration, a senior executive said on the sidelines of the Dubai Air Show on Monday. Calling the C-17 closure a very difficult but necessary decision, Dennis Muilenburg, president and chief executive of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, said, “Our customers around the world face very tough budget environments
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UAE To Beef Up Stake In New Italian UAV Development
November 19, 2013 @ 08:30 AMThe UAE will increase its stake in the development of the Hammerhead unmanned Aerial System (UAS) after Mubadala, a Abu Dhabi-based company, revealed that it has increased its stake in Piaggio Aero from 33 to 41 percent on November 12. The announcement only days after Selex ES and partner Piaggio Aero announced at the Dubai Air Show that the HammerHead Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) completed its first demonstration and validation phase of the programme with its maiden flight
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Bell Helicopter To Showcase Next Generation Aircrafts And Upgrades At Dubai Airshow
November 14, 2013 @ 07:26 AMBell Helicopter will feature a number of commercial and military aircraft on static display at the 2013 Dubai Airshow, November 17-21. "We have spent more than half a century serving the Middle East and this region continues to represent a very important part of Bell Helicopters balanced business strategy,” said John Garrison, Bell Helicopter's president and CEO
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US Military Building Next-Generation Arms Despite Budget Cuts
November 6, 2013 @ 11:08 AMBudgets cuts dont seem to have had a heavy effect on the US military which seems to have doubled its efforts to develop new technology. The US Navy announced last week that it is gearing up for deployment and a new round of tests of its Surface Ship Torpedo Defense System
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First Tranche 3 Typhoon Successfully Completes Ground Runs
November 5, 2013 @ 01:27 PMThe very first Tranche 3 Typhoon, BS116, has successfully completed engine ground runs – the jet which has adds capabilities like e-scan radar, conformal fuel tanks and a high speed data network. The engine ground runs were carried out in 3 distinct phases with the first phase -- Green Screens involving a final check of the airframe for foreign object debris (FOD) using a wire mesh screen attached directly to the front of the engine– you can guess what colour the mesh is
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Israel Launches $1 Billion Howitzer Competition
October 21, 2013 @ 10:15 AMThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has opened bids for its $1 billion self-propelled gun modernization program aiming to replace nearly 50-year-old M109 self-propelled howitzers. An IDF official listed the new gun as key to the ground forces Fire2025, a strategic investment plan for firepower that is lethal, longer in range and more precise, yet flexible enough for effective use across the operational spectrum
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Swedish Armed Forces To Work On Strengthening Cyber Defense Capabilities
October 17, 2013 @ 01:52 PMThe Swedish armed forces are seeking to strengthen their cyber defense in order to to attack other countries' computer networks, according to Radio Sweden. In the armed forces' latest forward planning document that was handed over to the government the other week, there is a repeated mention of the need to develop what is called "offensive cyber capabilities"
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Russia Defense Ministry Fraudster Duped Into Buying Fake Art
October 7, 2013 @ 01:55 PMA Russian official accused of embezzlement is now the victim of a con herself. Yevgenia Vasilyeva, former head of the Defense Ministrys property management administration, known as Oboronservis spent millions on what she thought were world class art pieces turned out to be nothing but cheap fakes
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India To Conduct Ballistic Missile Test By Year End: Reports
October 7, 2013 @ 10:23 AMIndia is likely to conduct a trials on its ballistic missile system by the year end, for intercepting the 'enemy or target ballistic missile', at a distance 'longer than 100 kilometres. "We know that the talks about installing the BMD system at Delhi and some other cities have been doing the rounds for quite some time
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Draken International Delivers MiG-21 Aircrafts
October 2, 2013 @ 01:51 PMDraken International continues to rapidly build up its supersonic fleet with the delivery of twenty-five MiG-21 aircraft. With MiG-21 assembly operations taking place on both coasts, Draken is able to provide a safe, reliable, real-world "red-air" asset to the Department of Defense and Test Pilot schools across North America
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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...
