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US’ Indo-Pacific Command Tests DARPA Tool to Map Unconnected Adversary Activity
March 24, 2020 @ 09:30 AMThe US Indo-Pacific Command recently tested a prototype Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) system designed to help military planners determine if events such as force movements, cyber intrusions, and civil unrest are unconnected occurrences, or part of an adversarys coordinated campaign. Members of the commands intelligence and operations divisions spent three days in December trying out DARPAs COMPASS tool suite
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Mitsubishi Build’s World’s Largest Superconducting Coil for Fusion Reactor
January 30, 2020 @ 11:15 AMMitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has built the worlds largest superconducting coil, also called toroidal field (TF) coil for the ITER (experimental fusion reactor) project in France. The Japan National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd
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India’s Lohia Aerospace to Supply Composites to International Aerospace Contractor
January 27, 2020 @ 02:00 PMIndias Lohia Aerospace System has signed an offset based sourcing MOU with its first customer – an international aerospace contractor for supply of civil aerospace components. The company had acquired Israel based Light & Strong Ltd, Israels largest private producer of aerospace focused carbon fibre composite components for Israels Aerospace and Defence industry in February 2019
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General Atomics to Develop Hydrogen Fueling System for US Army
November 11, 2019 @ 12:02 PMGeneral Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been awarded a contract from the US Army Contracting Command for a high-pressure hydrogen generation system to support refueling of hydrogen vehicles in the field. Under the two-year contract, GA-EMS will develop, fabricate, and demonstrate a hydrogen on-demand platform using the companys proprietary aluminum alloy hydrogen producing technology
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Su-57’s Technology predecessor, the Su-47 ‘Berkut’ Displayed at MAKS 2019
September 9, 2019 @ 12:39 PMOne of the rarest fighter aircraft ever to leave the drawing boards, the Russian Su-47 ‘Berkut, also called C-37 was on display at last weeks MAKS airshow in Zkukovsky near Moscow. A dramatic upgrade in technology compared to the Mig-29 and the Su-27, the Su-47 was a leap to the fifth generation
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China Develops Tech to Reduce Fatigue of Helicopter Rotors
July 17, 2019 @ 08:29 AMChina has developed a new fatigue-resistant technology for helicopter rotors to reduce wear and tear of rotors of on-duty choppers. “The new rotor infused with anti-fatigue technology could be used on China's future heavy-lift transport helicopters and gunships, which need to perform extreme manoeuvers in combat,” Wei Dongxu, a Beijing-based military analyst, was quoted as saying by
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Russian Helicopters To Start 3D Printing Of Helicopter Parts
July 16, 2019 @ 07:11 AMRussian Helicopters is planning to re-engineer and manufacture nearly 30 different helicopter parts using 3D printing technology, starting from 2020. "This year we are finishing the re-engineering of around 30 different parts and details that will be manufactured using additive technologies
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Boeing, Kitty Hawk Partnership to Develop Urban Air Mobility Platforms
June 26, 2019 @ 09:30 AMBoeing and Kitty Hawk Corporation today announced a strategic partnership to collaborate on future efforts to advance safe urban air mobility. Kitty Hawk Corp
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US Space Fence Detects Break-up Fields from Indian Anti-satellite Test
May 22, 2019 @ 05:26 PMThe United States Air Force Space Fence system detected the breakup field from an anti-satellite test conducted by India during a scheduled endurance exercise of the new space surveillance radar. As a US satellite, MICROSAT-R was expected to pass through the un-cued surveillance fence, Space Fence automatically issued a "breakup alert" indicating there were multiple objects within close proximity
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US DoD Awards IBM $275M Contract to Enable “Trusted” Semiconductor Manufacturing
May 22, 2019 @ 10:26 AMIBM Global Business Services is being awarded a $275,000,000 contract is to enable “trusted” manufacturing flows in contractor semiconductor fabrication facilities for US Department of Defence (DoD) programs. The contract is to enable a wide-range of associated leading-edge semiconductor technologies and services; and to create a trusted supply chain with the contractor, fully certified and accredited, to deliver classified and trusted mask and wafer fabrication within an “open” commercial environment, a USD DoD announcement said
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DARPA to Develop Artificial Intelligence based Top Guns
May 15, 2019 @ 06:32 PMThe US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking to automate air-to-air combat, enabling reaction times at machine speeds and freeing pilots to concentrate on the larger air battle. No ArtificiaI Intelligence (AI) currently exists that can outduel a human pilot in a fighter jet in a high-speed, high-G dogfight, a DARPA release said
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BAE Systems’ Demos ‘Flap-free’ technology to Make Aircraft Lighter, Stealthier
May 2, 2019 @ 09:30 AMIn what is claimed as the most significant development in aircraft design since the invention of wing warping by the Wright brothers, BAE Systems and the University of Manchester flew the MAGMA unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to demonstrate two innovative flow control technologies which could revolutionise future aircraft design. MAGMA, designed and developed by researchers at The University of Manchester in collaboration with engineers from BAE Systems, successfully trialled the two ‘flap-free technologies earlier this month at the Llanbedr Airfield, UK
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Testing Commences of Russian R-37M Hypersonic air-to-air Missile from Su-35 Jet
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Dutch Air Force Gets First Boeing CH-47F Chinook
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USAF Reserve Takes Delivery of First Lockheed HC-130J
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Huntington Ingalls Wins $1.5B to Build Amphibious Warfare Ship for US Navy
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Chinese Military Docs Develop Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccine
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Russia’s Buk-M3 Air Defense System to Debut at Victory Day Parade
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China Replaces Russian Engine in J-10C Jet With Locally-made WS-10 Taihang
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Venezuelan Maritime Patrol Boat Sinks After Collision With Portuguese Cruise Ship
April 1, 2020
Land of the Blazing Guns: Japan’s Quest for Advanced Weapons
After laying to rest its pacifist post-World War II posture since the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to...
Mixing Business with Pressure: Chinese Arms Sales in South East Asia
China is pulling off the impossible- selling arms to nations it is in conflict with over its claim in the...
US, Europe Arms Embargo to Derail Several Turkish Procurement Programs
Several joint production and direct procurement programs could be halted if the US and Europe carry through with their threat...
Unconventional Military Hardware from Iran
Sanctions-hit Iran has found ingenious ways to develop military hardware
Artificial Intelligence to Drive Future Weapons Development
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly permeating the defence industry to aid and improve human decision-making
Are Days Numbered for Russia’s Su-35 Fighter Jet?
Upgrade of Russias Sukhoi Su-30SM fighters to equip them with armaments, radar, sensors and engines from the more powerful Su-35...