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General Underscores Commitment to Fielding Unmanned Aerial Systems
January 15, 2009 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- The Air Force is all in with regard to unmanned aerial systems, and the services leaders understand Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates direction to field the systems in the combat theater as fully and quickly as possible, the commander of 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern said Jan
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Tranche 2 Deliveries
January 15, 2009 @ 12:00 AMWhilst 2008 saw the start of Tranche 2 deliveries to nations - 16 aircraft delivered in total -, 2009 started with GS032 (Germany) delivered on Monday the 12th January and BS043 (UK) handed over today.>> Just to summarize, the first aircraft delivered to the nations were:>> -- BS040 (UK) on 10 October 2008 followed by SS012 (Spain) on 24 October and IS020 (Italy) on 13 November
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Air Force Begins Airlift of Peacekeeping Equipment to Darfur
January 15, 2009 @ 12:00 AMKIGALI, Rwanda --- The U.S
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Is Gripen out of the Indian MMRCA competition?
January 15, 2009 @ 12:00 AMHas the Indian Air Force (IAF) competition to buy 126 fighter aircraft had its first casualty? According to reports in an Indian newspaper, Financial Express, the Swedish fighter, which has had a string of international successes, including a recent one to supply fighters to the Thailand air force, has failed the technical evaluation of the IAF. It is now up to the Indian MoD which is conducting the procurement process, to decide whether it wants to call the Swedish fighter for field trials within the next few months
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A 'hole' New Type of Protective Armour
January 14, 2009 @ 12:00 AMDeveloping protective vehicle armour with holes in it may not seem the most obvious way to increase protection for British troops on operations but that's just what MOD scientists are doing.>> Since 2000, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down in Wiltshire has worked in collaboration with Cambridge University and QinetiQ to develop Super Bainite, a unique ultra-hard armour material
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Correcting the Record
January 12, 2009 @ 12:00 AMTHE FACTS> In his article of 7 Jan 09 in the Australian Financial Review (AFR), Dr Dennis Jensen MP, Member for Tangney:>>> -- Maintains that Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) advocates continue to cite security restrictions to largely avoid answering questions about JSF capabilities.>> -- Remains sceptical about Defences reporting of JSF costs
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Navy Commissions USS George H.W. Bush with Namesake on Hand
January 12, 2009 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- With traditional pomp and circumstance and its namesake on hand, the last Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS George H.W
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Defense Department to Develop National Cyber Testbed
January 12, 2009 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- The Defense Department is developing a national cyber range to test cybersecurity technology and reduce the vulnerability of government computer systems to networks attacks.>> Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency officials announced yesterday that they awarded contracts to seven companies to come up with detailed engineering plans to design and build the new testbed
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MoD Takes Delivery of "Souped-Up" Combat Vehicles
January 9, 2009 @ 12:00 AM>An upgraded Scimitar CVR(T). The Light Dragoons will be the first British Army unit to train on the new vehicles
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Long-Term Implications of the Fiscal Year 2009 Future Years Defense Program (Excerpt)
January 7, 2009 @ 12:00 AMWhat amount of budgetary resources might be needed in the long term to carry out the Bush Administrations current plans for defense? This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paperprepared at the request of the Chairman and the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committeeaddresses that question.>> />> In CBOs projection of DoDs current plans, defense resources average about $549 billion annually (in 2009 dollars) from 2014 to 2026, or about 6 percent more than the $517 billion in total obligational authority (TOA) requested by the Administration and the $515 billion in TOA provided by the Congress for 2009
Russia Begins Mass Production of Typhoon-PVO Combat Vehicle
Denmark Donates Satellite Services to Ukraine via EU Defense Agency
Indra to Modernize Colombia's Air Traffic Network
Australia Builds First Permanent Defence Space Workforce
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
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...