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Lockheed Martin Outlines Plans for Next-Generation Spy Plane

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ proposal for a next-generation, optionally-manned U-2 surveillance aircraft has morphed into more of a tactical reconnaissance aircraft dubbed “TR-X”. The designation is both a throwback to the U-2’s TR-1 designation in the 1980s but...

New BVS10 Beowulf all-terrain vehicle debuted at DSEI 2015

The new vehicle, called “Beowulf,” is based on the Company’s revered Viking BvS10 fighting, troop-carrying and logistics vehicle that was initially designed in Sweden for the UK Royal Marines. Beowulf has a payload capacity of eight tonnes...

US Army Driving Toward FVL Production in 2030

For those who know defense acquisition, it’s never a surprise when timelines to bring revolutionary weapon systems to life slip to the right, but the US Army’s new program office to manage the acquisition of a Future...

Russian T-14 Armata tank will cost roughly 4-5 million dollars

Russian Army will purchase 2,300 T-14  tank, based on the Armata platform. According to preliminary estimates, 2,300 T-14 Armata units are required for the Russian Army to be fully re-stocked and combat efficient. In the next five years the...

BAE Systems Taranis to make final flights this year

Britain’s top secret stealth drone will complete its third and possibly final round of test flights later this year, the Ministry of Defence has said.The £200 million Taranis programme, making the most advanced aircraft ever built by...

Syrian opposition shot down a helicopter near Aleppo

On Monday evening, a Syrian Arab Air Force (SAAF) helicopter suddenly crashed near the Palestinian “Nayrab Refugee Camp” after coming under heavy gunfire from the Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Jabhat Al-Nusra” and Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham during its take-off...

Egyptian AH-64 fired on convoy carrying Mexican tourists, killing 12 people

Security forces in Egypt have mistakenly killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, during an anti-terror operation, the interior ministry says.The tourists were travelling in four vehicles that entered a restricted zone in the Wahat area of the...

SCHIEBEL Introduces The COMID Compact Mine Detector

Vienna / London, 15 September 2015 – Schiebel, renowned for the development and production of a wide range of proven mine detection equipment, presents its new generation hand-held COMID™ Compact Mine Detector at the DSEI (Defence and Security Equipment International)...