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PUMA Infantry Fighting Vehicle Gets Bundeswehr Approval
May 6, 2015 @ 04:35 PMRheinmetall announced today that its PUMA infantry fighting vehicle has been approved for service by the German procurement agency. The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support, or BAAINBw issued the required Approval for service use permit
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US Marine Gen Joseph Dunford Jr Likely To Be Next Joint Chiefs...
May 5, 2015 @ 02:26 PMUS Marine Gen.Joseph Dunford Jr is likely to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff succeeding Army Gen
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US Navy’s UCLASS Drone Program Delayed Due To Debate Over Its Primary...
May 5, 2015 @ 12:49 PMUS Navys Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) system has been delayed due to an ongoing debate about the primary role of the drone, the US Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report on Monday. "Ongoing debate about whether the primary role of the UCLASS system should be mainly surveillance with limited strike or mainly strike with limited surveillance has delayed the program," GAO report said
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Russia Sets To Develop Amphibious Armored Engineer Vehicles
April 30, 2015 @ 12:55 PMRussia's Defense Ministry has started to develop amphibious armored engineer vehicles that are equipped with machine-guns, electronic countermeasure devices and GLONASS navigation system for its army. The next-generation unified vehicles will be capable to withstand temperatures ranging from -40°C to +40°C and will be used for earth-moving works on the battlefield, as well under enemy fire
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Pratt And Whitney Denies US DoD IG Report On F135 Engine's Quality...
April 28, 2015 @ 01:24 PMPratt & Whitney on Monday has denied a report by the US Department of Defense's (DoD's) inspector general (IG) that has raised quality control violations of the F135 engine for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Fighter. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) studied flight test data and concluded that the reliability of the F135 engines is “very poor (less than half of what it should be) and has limited” progress for the F-35 program, the DoD IG report stated
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Indian Army Develops New Human Resource Management Software
April 27, 2015 @ 11:13 AMThe Indian Army and HCL has co-developed a software application, dubbed human resource management system (HRMS 2.0) designed to make various administrative functions integrated and web-enabled by being lodged in the servers of the unit level formations
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Philippines Scraps UH-1 Helicopter Deal, Blacklists Supplier
April 21, 2015 @ 11:27 AMPhilippines Department of National Defense (DND) has scrapped the controversial P1.2- billion ($27 million) UH-1 helicopter project and ordered blacklisting of the supplier, the joint venture between Rice Aircraft Services Inc and Eagle Copter Ltd of Canada, The Manila Times reported on April 17
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MiG-29K Aircraft Begins Flight Operations Onboard INS Vikramaditya Carrier
April 18, 2015 @ 07:36 AMThe MiG-29K carrier-borne fighter aircraft have commenced flight operations from the deck of India's INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier. The aircrafts had been operating from the Shore Based Test Facility of INS Hansa, on the coast of Goa in western India, this was stated by an Indian Naval officer during a media briefing earlier this week
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Pakistan Successfully Launches Nuclear Capable Ballistic Ghauri Missile
April 16, 2015 @ 12:33 PMPakistan on Wednesday test fired nuclear capable ballistic missile Ghauri which has a range of 1,300 kms, Dawn reported. The firing was carried out by a Strategic Missile Group of the Army Strategic Forces Command (ASFC) that was aimed at testing the operational and technical readiness of (ASFC), the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement
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US Navy Demonstrates Swarming Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
April 15, 2015 @ 04:13 PMOffice of Naval Research (ONR) announced Tuesday that it recently demonstrated swarming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of the Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) program. LOCUST can launch swarming UAVs to autonomously overwhelm an adversary
ZALA Unveils "Deeply Modernized" Z-16 Recon Drone for Frontline Use
Ukraine Rejects Russian Truce Offer around May 9 Parade, Launches Kursk Offensive
Poland Begins Construction of Second Miecznik Frigate
U.S. DoD Completes Second Flight Test of Reusable Hypersonic Vehicle in Pacific...
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...
