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Yemeni Army used Electronic Warfare, Jet-powered Drones in Saudi Attack

September 19, 2019 @ 04:20 AM

The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) attacks against Saudi Arabian Oil facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais were launched from three locations using multiple type drones including one that suppressed enemy electronic detection ability. Giving details of the attack it calls as “Second Deterrent Balance Operation,” YAF spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree told journalists in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday that the drones involved in last weeks attack included third generation domestically-made Qasef (Striker), long-endurance Sammad-3 (Invincible-3) drones with a range of 1,500 - 1,700 kilometers and newly-developed drones equipped with jet engines
Pentagon Awards Iridium $738.5M for Services in Low Earth Orbit Constellation

September 16, 2019 @ 11:44 AM

Iridium Communications Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a $738
Yemeni Houthis Target World's Largest Oil Processing Facility in Saudi With 10

September 14, 2019 @ 01:45 PM

Yemeni Houthi rebels have reportedly launched a drone strike attacking the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia early on Saturday using ten drones, causing a major fire. It wasnt clear if there were any injuries in the attacks in Buqyaq and the Khurais oil field, nor what effect it would have on oil production in the kingdom
We’ll Buy Patriots if They Equal S-400 Capabilities: Erdogan

September 14, 2019 @ 07:55 AM

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the country would mull over the possibility of buying Patriot defense systems from the US, if they match up to the capabilities of the Russian S-400s it acquired for $2.5 billion in 2017
UK MoD Demos Autonomous Drone-Boat at DSEI-2019

September 12, 2019 @ 07:09 AM

UK Ministry of Defense has tested Pacific Rigid 24 Inflatable Boat (PAC24) autonomous drone boat alongside a warship, transmitting imagery from the vessel to the ship for the first time during a series of demonstrations, at DSEI-2019 exhibition in London, UK. "This is much more than an autonomous surface vessel demonstration for the Royal Navy
Now, a US Research Project to Detect Fake Media Products

September 11, 2019 @ 11:00 AM

Recognizing the havoc caused by public dissemination of fake information, the US Defense Advanced Research projects Agency (DARPA) has announced the Semantic Forensics (SemaFor) program to develop technologies that make the automatic detection, attribution, and characterization of falsified media assets a reality. The goal of SemaFor is to develop a suite of semantic analysis algorithms that dramatically increase the burden on the creators of falsified media, making it exceedingly difficult for them to create compelling manipulated content that goes undetected
Lebanon's Hezbollah Downs First Israeli Drone In 13 Years: Reports

September 9, 2019 @ 09:40 AM

For the first time since 2006, Lebanons Hezbollah on Monday reportedly destroyed an Israeli drone outside the southern town of Ramyah. Hezbollah claimed it "confronted" the drone with "appropriate weapons" as it was heading towards the southern Lebanese town
Taiwan's $8B F-16Vs Said To Be Of 'Downgraded Standards,' Govt Rejects Claim...

August 31, 2019 @ 03:27 PM

Taiwan's newly ordered $8 billion-worth 66 F-16V fighters are of downgraded standards and may not include ammunition and other accessories, Taiwanese media have claimed. The island nation has agreed to pay about $110-120 million per jet, way less than net price of "weaponised" Bulgarian F-16
Irkut Corp Starts Preparations for Mass Production of MC-21 Airliner

August 29, 2019 @ 09:29 AM

Irkut Corp of Russia has started tooling, raw material sourcing and other preparations for the mass-production of the MC-21-300 passenger aircraft even as the airliner is undergoing its final set of certification tests. Ravil Hakimiv, General Director of Irkut together other company executives said during a press conference at MAKS 2019 event in Moscow that all the main confirmation tests to prove the main characteristics of the aircraft had been completed
MiG-35 Shows Off New AESA Radar at MAKS 2019

August 27, 2019 @ 07:28 AM

Mikoyan MiG-35 fighters new AESA radar was unveiled at MAKS 2019 international air show today morning in Moscow. The 4++ generation jet was previously equipped with Zhuk-M radar with a mechanically steered antenna

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