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Dylan Malyasov

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Boeing delivered the final AWACS aircraft to NATO

Boeing has announced that company delivered the final Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft modernized with avionics and a digital cockpit to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Manching, Germany. This delivery is the final of...

AQS-24B mine hunting system successfully demonstrated at Autonomous Warrior 2018

The Northrop Grumman Corporation AQS-24B mine hunting system demonstrated the benefits of performing mine warfare from a high-speed, unmanned surface vessel (USV) at the Royal Australian Navy-sponsored Autonomous Warrior 2018 exercise in Jervis Bay, Australia. The Northrop Grumman...

BAE Systems receives $375M contract for Mobile Protected Firepower

BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP, Sterling Heights, Michigan, has been awarded $375 million for Mobile Protected Firepower for the U.S. Army Contracting Command. BAE Systems’ solution combines new technology with proven capability to provide the Infantry Brigade...

Northrop Grumman contracted for LAIRCM system to protect aircraft from infrared missiles

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has been contracted by the U.S. Air Force for Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) pod provides 360-degree protection against a wide range of missile threats.  The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is worth more...

Russian officials confirm use of Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile in Syria

The use of new 9K720 Iskander-M mobile short-range ballistic missile system in the Syrian Civil War has been confirmed by the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov.  Russia used the Iskander-M missile system during combat operations against terrorists in Syria, said Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov. He added:...

Russia says it will begin tests of most advanced Sarmat ICBM in “nearest perspective”

Russia's Strategic Missile Force Commander Colonel-General Sergei Karakayev said that flight tests of the most advanced Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) will begin in "the nearest perspective." According to Karakayev, the necessary infrastructure for the flight tests of Sarmat...

Scramble Magazine releases new photos of Ukrainian Su-27 crash site

The Dutch aviation publication Scramble Magazine has released new photos from the crash site of the Ukrainian Su-27 fighter aircraft, which crashed in Zhytomyr region on December 15. The Su-27 fighter aircraft code 55 blue, c/n 36911021308, of...

Russia might use Ka-52 helicopters to destroy Ukrainian SAM sites

Some military experts were pointed out that in the event of active hostilities, Russia might use Ka-52 helicopters to destroy surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites in the South of Ukraine. Babak Taghvaee, a military analyst based in Malta, claimed...