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New Zealand to Receive Warship Built by Hyundai Heavy
June 10, 2020 @ 09:26 AMA 26,000 ton Polar-class warship built for the New Zealand Navy by Hyundai Heavy has left South Korea for delivery to the customer. The ship, named Aotearoa, left Ulsan, 414km southeast of capital Seoul, late Tuesday
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Russian MC-21 Airliner Testing Ramped up With Two Aircraft Flying
June 5, 2020 @ 04:23 PMRussian UAC has ramped up flight test program of the MC-21 jetliner often deploying two prototype aircraft simultaneously to make up for lost time caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program involves four experimental aircraft
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Armenia to Start Production of Russian AK103 Assault Rifles in July
June 5, 2020 @ 11:32 AMProduction of 50,000 AK103 assault rifles in Armenia is scheduled to begin in July in this year. The relevant contract for the organization of the phased manufacture of AK-103 in Armenia was signed based on the decision of the Russian Federal Service for Military- Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) on May 15, 2020
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QinetiQ to Build Drone Flight Test Range in Australia
June 4, 2020 @ 08:14 AMQinetiQ Australia has been awarded a contract to design and construct an unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flight test range (FTR) on behalf of the Queensland Government. The FTR will be located at Cloncurry Aerodrome in North West Queensland and will consist of access to a commercial quality runway, dedicated hangar and workshop, range control centre, range control system including a primary surveillance radar and other surveillance and tracking equipment, dedicated airspace and regulatory approvals for UAS FTR operations
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Sierra Nevada to provide Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage Systems to US Military
June 3, 2020 @ 09:10 AMSierra Nevada Corporation has been awarded a production contract to supply and support the Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System (DVEPS) on U.S
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China Signals Military Boots on Ground in Hong Kong
May 28, 2020 @ 07:04 AMIn the clearest signal ever that the Chinese military may be deployed on the ground in Hong Kong, Major General Chen Daoxiang, commander of the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison, said his troops will execute the central government's policies and strive to safeguard the city's prosperity and stability. Earlier, the Chinese government had asserted that the Hong Kong Garrison would not interfere in the working of the city's police
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New Wind Tunnel to Help Develop China’s Next-gen Fighter Jet by 2035
May 28, 2020 @ 03:58 AMChinas new wind tunnel called FL-62, conducted its first operation on Tuesday by running a test for an undisclosed new aircraft which is likely to be a sixth-generation jet fighter more advance than the J-20 and J-31, currently its top line jets. Referring to the new aircraft, the J-20 jets chief designer Yang Wei had said in an earlier CCTV program that China will design a “very different aircraft in the future through true innovation
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Airbus A400M Transport Plane Certified for Automatic Low Level Flight
May 26, 2020 @ 12:57 PMThe Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has achieved certification of its Automatic Low Level Flight capability. “Inherent to the fighter aircraft world, and as a unique capability for a military transport aircraft, the Automatic Low Level Flights improves the A400Ms terrain masking and survivability, making the aircraft less detectable in hostile areas and less susceptible to threats when cruising towards key military operations like aerial delivery, air-to-air refuelling, logistic or other specific special operations,” the company said in a
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Russia to Test MC-21 Airliner with Locally-made PD-14 engines later this year
May 24, 2020 @ 02:52 PMThe long delayed testing of the Russian MC-21 airliner with the domestically-made PD-14 engine will begin later this year. “In the near future we should install engines on an experimental aircraft in order to start testing this year,” Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov was quoted as saying by tvzvezda TV on Friday
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Horizon Engines' Concept Study into Reusable Spacecraft
May 18, 2020 @ 11:59 AMA conceptual study to develop a flying Hypersonic Test Bed (HTB) to demonstrate SABRE technology has been launched, that revolutionise horizontally launched reusable space vehicles. The study was initiated through the UK Space Agency and will be conducted under the European Space Agency General Support Technology Programme (GSTP)
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Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
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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...