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Sweden Grants Temporary Export License To CybAero For Flight Demonstrations
April 1, 2015 @ 05:17 PMCybAero announced today that it has been granted a temporary export license by ISP (Inspectorate of Strategic Products), a Swedish government agency, for demonstration flights in China. These demonstration flights will be jointly carried out with the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) in April and May for selected potential clients
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General Dynamics Wins $610 Million US Navy DDG 51 Class Destroyer Contract
April 1, 2015 @ 04:25 PMGeneral Dynamics announced today that it has won a $610 million US Navy Contract for the construction of DDG 51 Class Destroyer. The contract is part of the contract that was awarded in 2013 as part of a multi-ship competition for DDG 51 class destroyers
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NATS To Continue Work With QinetiQ To Facilitate Live Weapon Tests
March 31, 2015 @ 01:54 PMUK ‘s air traffic services provider NATS has won a seven year contract extension to continue its work with QinetiQ to facilitate live weapons tests at ranges, including the use of state of the art fighter aircraft, armoured vehicles, ships and Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS). QinetiQ operates and manages some of the MODs core Test and Evaluation (T&E) Air Ranges, which are operated under a 25 year Long Term Partnering Agreement for delivering T&E and training support, services to the MOD, NATS announced in its press release on Monday
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Ingalls Shipbuilding Wins $604 Million US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer Contract
March 31, 2015 @ 01:05 PMHuntington Ingalls Industries announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has won a $604.3 million modification to fund construction of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Aegis guided missile destroyer DDG 121 contract for the US Navy
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ThyssenKrupp Eyes $8 Billion Indian Navy Submarine Project
March 30, 2015 @ 12:17 PMThyssen Krupp Marine Systems (TKMS) will offer HDW Class 214 Vessel for Indias $8 billion Indian Navy project for six submarines. The company is in talks with major shipyards in India for a tie-up for the Make-In-India project
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Royal Navy Conducts Sea Trials Of Merlin Mk3 Aircraft
March 27, 2015 @ 04:13 PMThe Green Merlin Mk 3, new addition to the Royal Navy's Merlin family of aircraft, has been conducting sea trials onboard the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Lyme Bay. It is operating daily from the Fleet Air Arms West Cornwall Base, the Royal Navy announced in its press release on Friday
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Exelis To Display Solutions For US Army At Quad-A Expo
March 27, 2015 @ 11:31 AMExelis will showcase a wide range of technologies to support the US Armys critical missions at Army Aviation Association of America (Quad-A) Annual Convention, held from March 29-April 1. At Quad-A, Exelis will emphasize Disruptor SRx, the newly debuted adaptive, multifunctional EW capability with appropriate size, weight and power characteristics for mission success in a constantly changing electronic environment
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Netherlands To Receive Operational F-35s In 2019
March 27, 2015 @ 10:47 AMThe Netherlands has signed a contract for its first eight operational Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft, which are to be delivered by 2019, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 26 March. In signing for the Royal Netherlands Air Force's (RNLAF's) initial aircraft, Dutch Defence Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said that the country has now "passed the point of no return" in its commitment to the F-35 as a successor to the incumbent F-16
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Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland Wins £580 Contract To Support Merlin Helicopters
March 26, 2015 @ 07:04 PMFinmeccanica-AgustaWestland has signed a £580 million contract to provide an availability based support package for the UK MoD's fleet of AW101 Merlin helicopters from 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2020. UK Defence Minister Philip Dunne said, “Our fleet of Merlin helicopters has benefitted from considerable investment by the MOD through major upgrades in recent years
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GE To Help USAF Define Architectures For Radar Processors
March 26, 2015 @ 12:16 PMGEs Intelligent Platforms business has won a contract for research program to help the US Air Force define open architectures for future generations of radar processors onboard USAF platforms. The study involves the benchmarking and optimization of SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) and GMTI (Ground Moving Target Indicator) radar modes on multiprocessor High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) systems comprising ‘conventional
Russian Lancet Drones Claim Over Half of NATO-Supplied M109 Howitzers in Ukraine
Poland Halts Black Hawk Helicopter Deal
Israel, Germany Begin Preparations for Arrow 3 Missile Defense Delivery
Germany to Equip F-35 Fleet with Joint Strike Missile in $650M Deal
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...
