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Northrop Grumman yesterday unveiled a new anti-missile laser protection system designed for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Threat Nullification Defensive Resource — ThNDR for short, to compliment the F-35s “Lightning” designation — is a progression from Northrops directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) family of systems
Boeing has developed a flying subscale model of the innovative Phantom Swift in time to be part of Boeing's proposal for DARPA's vertical takeoff and landing X-Plane competition, the company announced Friday. The scaled model of the Phantom Swift went from being an idea to a flying prototype in less than a month
A day after Russian President Putins op-ed in the New York Times opposing U.S
Lockheed Martin has been selected to design the Active Network Infrastructure (ANWI) for NATOs new headquarters in Belgium. This contract, worth more than $100 million, includes options under which Lockheed Martin may also be contracted to maintain the NATO network for five years
Israel and the United States tested a new air-defense system on Tuesday morning, launching a missile from deep in the Mediterranean Sea causing fear across Syria. The first test of the latest version of the so-called Sparrow target missile had been successful, with the missile following its planned trajectory toward the Israeli coast and the Arrow radar system detecting and tracking its path, Israels MoD was quoted by The New York Times
South Koreas multibillion-dollar Fighter program will see the final bidder picked by mid-September, and the candidate likely to be chosen is Boeings F-15, as its competitors have effectively been priced out of the contest. Lockheed Martin and Eurofighter, which vied for the US $7
Russia will postpone the supply of 12 MiG-29M/M2 jets and the S-300 missile systems to Syria until 2016-2017 due to failed payments, according to the Kommersant newspaper. Initially six of 12 MiGs were expected to be shipped to Syria by the end of this year
China'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
Libya, 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