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China’s Type 001A Aircraft Carrier In Final Sea Trials
May 27, 2019 @ 12:26 PMChinas locally-made aircraft carrier, "Type 001A," headed out on Saturday for its final sea trials before its formal induction into the PLA Navy fleet later this year, local media reported. "The likely sixth sea trial could feature comprehensive and final tests before the warship's commissioning into the PLA Navy," Li Jie, a military expert, told Global Times
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Russian Army Gets New-gen Tornado-S Multiple Launch Rocket Systems
May 23, 2019 @ 05:57 AMThe Russian Army has received the latest-generation Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) this year, according to RIA Novosti. “As for the further development of the Tornado, we now have a new system, the Tornado-S
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Lockheed Martin Receives $63 M Contact for US Navy’s Surface Ship Undersea...
May 22, 2019 @ 10:59 AMLockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems is awarded a $63,102,113 contract modification in support of the continued development, integration, and production of the United States Navys AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare (USW) system. The AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 is the USW combat system with the capabilities to search, detect, classify, localize and track undersea contacts, and to engage and evade submarines, mine-like small objects and torpedo threats
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IAF Mi-17 Chopper Downed by Friendly Fire During India-Pak Aerial Engagement: Media...
May 21, 2019 @ 11:01 AMAn Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17 helicopter was shot down by a missile fired by an IAF aircraft which mistook it for an enemy aircraft in Kashmir on February 16 around the time when Indian and Pakistani jets were involved in a dogfight. The IAF had then blamed the crash on technical reasons which killed all six IAF personnel on board
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Poland to buy F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets by 2026
May 20, 2019 @ 10:52 AMPoland has sought to buy F-35 stealth fighters from the United States, its Deputy Minister of Defense Wojciech Skurkiewicz revealed plans to purchase two batches of the Lockheed Martin-made jets. According to him, the first aircraft will enter the service of the Polish army by2026
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Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter Completes First Flight.
May 18, 2019 @ 09:13 AMSikorsky's HH-60W Combat Rescue helicopter completed its first test flight in the company's Florida site. The aircraft is based off the UH-60M Black hawk and is customized for the US Air force's Rescue missions
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Lockheed Martin Wins $1.13B US Navy Contract For CH-53K Heavy Lift Choppers...
May 18, 2019 @ 08:25 AMSikorsky, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin has won a contract worth $1.13 billion to supply the US Navy with 12 CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopters
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India To Acquire 24 MH-60R Seahawk Helicopters For $2.6B
May 16, 2019 @ 02:41 PMThe Indian Navy is set to acquire 24 MH-60R Seahawk Anti-Submarine Helicopters from the US for $2.6 billion (INR 18,340 Crore),
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Russian S-400 System Requires Friendly Aircraft Data to Identify Friend or Foe
May 16, 2019 @ 11:21 AMThe United States is opposed to Turkey and India acquiring the Russian S-400 long-range air defense systems as it requires sensitive data from the sensors of the aircraft to be fed into it in order to identify them as friend or a foe. The details of the friendly aircraft required include information on the radar, Link-16, a special transponder called Identification of Friend or Foe (IFF) and more
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KA-31 Helicopter Plan Suggests Intensified Indian Naval shipbuilding Activity
May 14, 2019 @ 01:39 PMThe Indian Defence Ministrys approval of a plan to purchase 10 Kamov KA-31 helicopters from Russia suggests that several new large ships would come on stream in the next couple of years which would need the airborne radar support provided by this unique rotorcraft. Among significant ship building projects, the Indian Navy is expected to start trials of the Indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC)-1 next year, though no formal announcement has been made in this regard
Switzerland Protests F-35 Price Increase by U.S.
Russia Builds Su-57 Shelters at Key Airbase after Ukrainian Drone Strike
U.S. Army General Details Measures to Deter China in Asia-Pac Region
Polish Air Force Commander Visits South Korea to Inspect FA-50PL, Test-Drive KF-21...
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...
