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After 3 Months of Grounding, The Master is Airborne Again 27 Aug 2013 | 05:28 pm
Alenia Aermacchi has restarted flight tests of the M346 military jet trainer following the grounding of the aircraft after an accident in May. The company resumed flights on Aug. 22 following the publ...
Weekly Top Posts: 2013-08-25 25 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
USAF B-1B Crashes in Montana Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle to be Seoul’s Next Generation Fighter US Navy Awards UCLASS Studies Amid Debate on Performance New Detectors Could Turn Smartphones into Expl...
Moscow Expected to Showcase New Combat Vehicles at RAE 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 01:54 am
The hottest buzz among visitors planning to attend the Russian Arms Expo at Nizhny Tagil this year will be the the future military modernization of the Russian land forces, and the introduction of nex...
US Navy Awards UCLASS Studies Amid Debate on Performance 21 Aug 2013 | 11:46 am
The US Navy has launched a series of preliminary studies expected to lead toward the services’ decision on a future carrier-borne drone currently known as Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and St...
New Detectors Could Turn Smartphones into Explosive Detectors 21 Aug 2013 | 03:07 am
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have developed a technology to fabricate a sensor that could detect chemical substances traces in gaseous or liquid form, at unprecedented low concent...
Navy Halts Development of a Sense and Avoid Systems for Triton 20 Aug 2013 | 06:41 pm
The US Navy has halted work on ‘Sense and Avoid’ radar for the RQ-4C Triton remotely piloted aircraft (RPA); “We have made a decision to pause of the development of that capability,” Capt Jim Hoke con...
New Interceptors set for US Army C-RAM Tests in September 20 Aug 2013 | 03:57 pm
On a recent firing test Raytheon has successfully intercepted and destroyed a 107mm rocket target in flight. According to Raytheon, the targets were fired at low quadrant elevation (QE) and were inter...
USAF B-1B Crashes in Montana 20 Aug 2013 | 04:23 am
A B-1B Lancer strategic bomber has crashed Monday (August 19, 2013) in a remote area near Broadus, Montana, during a routine training flight. The bomber took off from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South...
Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle to be Seoul’s Next Generation Fighter 20 Aug 2013 | 02:49 am
The South Korean defense acquisition program administration (DAPA) has indicated this week that the bidding process for the 8.3 trillion won (US$7.2 billion) program buying 60 new fighter aircraft has...
Weekly Top Posts: 2013-08-18 18 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Chinese Unmanned helicopter Lands in Washington DC Silent Falcon To Soar for 14 Hours Powered by Solar Energy UAVs in the U.S. Coast Guard Russia Challenges Tank Crews from the US, Europe to Compet...
