Defense Tech
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A Navy Ship Sailed to Hawaii and Back With No One on Board
on February 15, 2019 at 6:53 pm
When the Navy christened the Sea Hunter in 2016, officials said it could change the nature of U.S. maritime operations. […]
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Army to Buy $39.6 Million Worth of Pocket-Sized Drones
on February 14, 2019 at 5:54 pm
Soldiers can use the onboard camera to look around corners in urban areas or recon unfamiliar terrain. […]
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Pentagon Wants to Use AI to Predict the Next Wildfire or Earthquake
on February 13, 2019 at 1:27 pm
Officials unveiled the Trump administration's new effort to streamline the use and development of AI for homeland security. […]
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One of Navy's Nuclear War Contingency Aircraft Damaged in Hangar Incident
on February 12, 2019 at 5:47 pm
A plane being towed out of a hangar clipped the structure, leading to what could amount to millions of dollars in repairs. […]
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Pentagon Still Questioning How Smart to Make Its Drone Swarms
on February 7, 2019 at 2:01 pm
Multiple efforts to develop drone-swarming technology are now underway inside the Defense Department. […]
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Navy Takes Out Drone in Groundbreaking Test for Supercarrier Gerald R. Ford
on February 5, 2019 at 7:21 pm
The Navy got a step closer to getting the first ship in its new class of aircraft carriers ready for combat missions. […]
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New Hypoxia Sensor Aims to Make Military Trainer Aircraft Safer
on January 31, 2019 at 3:02 pm
A new helmet-based sensor that can read human biometrics alongside an aircraft's cockpit pressure levels just hit the market. […]
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Marines' Classic Hornet Jets to Get Upgraded Radar
on January 22, 2019 at 8:24 pm
The U.S. Marine Corps' F/A-18C/D Hornet fighter fleet is getting a radar upgrade. […]
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Marine Corps Awards Contract for LAV Fleet Upgrade
on January 17, 2019 at 1:56 pm
The Jan. 4 contract procured 60 hardware kits for the Light Armored Vehicle Reset Program. […]
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Navy First Service to Test Smartphone Access to Personnel Records
on January 14, 2019 at 6:17 pm
The app eventually will allow sailors to read records and put in orders and leave requests. […]
Industry
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Draper tapped for TRIDENT II | Boeing to support Qatar Armed Forces Apache...
by Emily Erhold on February 19, 2019 at 4:00 am
Americas Strategic Systems Programs contracted Charles Stark Draper Laboratory with $191 million for the production of TRIDENT II D5 Strategic Weapon System MK6 Guidance Equivalent Units. Draper Laboratory is a development organization that designs, develops, and deploys technological solutions for […]
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Trident II D5 Missile: Keeping Up with Changing Times
by Fred Donovan on February 19, 2019 at 3:58 am
Trident II D5 Test Launch (click to view full) Nuclear tipped missiles were first deployed on board US submarines at the height of the Cold War in the 1960s, to deter a Soviet first strike. The deterrence theorists argued that, unlike their land-based cousins, submarine-based nuclear weapons […]
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AH-64E Apache Block III: Evolving Battlefield Roles
by Joe Katzman on February 19, 2019 at 3:56 am
AH-64 in Afghanistan (click to view full) The AH-64 Apache will remain the US Army’s primary armed helicopter for several more decades, thanks to the collapse of the RAH-66 Comanche program, and the retirement sans replacement of the US Army’s Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH). […]
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Saab’s Sea Giraffe 1X 3D Heads to US
by kay@watershed-publishing.com on February 19, 2019 at 3:54 am
Sea Giraffe 1X 3D (click to view full) Swedish defense giant Saab is to offer its Sea Giraffe 1X 3D, active electronically scanned array (AESA) naval radar to the US market, showcasing it at the Maritime Security East Conference in Norfolk, Virginia this week. At 650 pounds, the radar is suitable […]
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France’s Rafale
by Joe Katzman on February 19, 2019 at 3:52 am
Dassault Rafale (click for cutaway view) Will Dassault’s fighter become a fashionably late fighter platform that builds on its parent company’s past successes – or just “the late Rafale”? It all began as a 1985 break-away from the multinational consortium that went on […]
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GE Aviation to repair Super Hornet Generator Units | PAE Government Systems to...
by Emily Erhold on February 18, 2019 at 4:00 am
Americas The Navy tapped GE Aviation Systems LLC with $68.2 million for G2/G3 generator converter units repair for the F/A-18 Super Hornet. The F/A-18 is a twin engine, mid-wing, multi-mission tactical aircraft. All F/A-18s can be configured quickly to perform either fighter or attack roles or […]
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The C-130J: New Hercules & Old Bottlenecks
by Joe Katzman on February 18, 2019 at 3:56 am
RAAF C-130J-30, flares (click to view full) The C-130 Hercules remains one of the longest-running aerospace manufacturing programs of all time. Since 1956, over 40 models and variants have served as the tactical airlift backbone for over 50 nations. The C-130J looks similar, but the number of […]
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LCA Tejas: An Indian Fighter – With Foreign Help
by Joe Katzman on February 18, 2019 at 3:54 am
Tejas LCA (click to view full) India’s Light Combat Aircraft program is meant to boost its aviation industry, but it must also solve a pressing military problem. The IAF’s fighter strength has been declining as the MiG-21s that form the bulk of its fleet are lost in crashes, or retired […]
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Detyens gets $10.5 million to overhaul T-AKE 12 | Israel to buy Italian Koalas...
by Emily Erhold on February 15, 2019 at 4:00 am
Americas The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin with a 14.5 million contract modification to provide for initial lay-in of repair materials for seven F-35 Lightning II systems at various depots in support of the Air Force, Marine Corps, non-US DOD participants, and Foreign Military Sales customers. The […]
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F-35 Lightning: The Joint Strike Fighter Program
by Padraig McCarrick on February 15, 2019 at 3:58 am
F-35B: off probation (click to view full) The $382 billion F-35 Joint Strike fighter program may well be the largest single global defense program in history. This major multinational program is intended to produce an “affordably stealthy” multi-role fighter that will have 3 […]
Fox News
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ISIS wife dilemma: US-born citizens, even terrorists, can't be barred from...
by Hollie McKay on February 19, 2019 at 8:30 pm
She married into one of the most brutal terrorist outfits in history, but now Alabama native Hoda Muthana, 24, wants to come home along with the 18-month-old son she had with an ISIS husband. It’s a question weighing heavily among American legislators, law enforcement and […]
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British ISIS bride is stripped of her citizenship by the government despite...
on February 19, 2019 at 7:53 pm
ISIS bride Shamima Begum has had her British citizenship stripped by the U.K. government after begging to be allowed home. […]
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Vietnamese barber giving out free Trump-Kim haircuts to mark second summit
by Travis Fedschun on February 19, 2019 at 7:25 pm
A barber in Vietnam is offering up free haircuts for anyone looking to freshen up before the upcoming second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. […]
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At least a dozen people may be buried after avalanche at popular Swiss resort
by Elizabeth Llorente on February 19, 2019 at 7:05 pm
At least a dozen skiers may be buried under an avalanche that hit a popular Swiss Alps resort on Tuesday. […]
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Fate of American Citgo executives held in Venezuela up in the air as Maduro’s...
by Greg Norman on February 19, 2019 at 6:52 pm
The fate of six Citgo executives being held in captivity in Venezuela on what their families are describing as trumped-up corruption charges could become more clear Wednesday if a preliminary hearing – which has been postponed a dozen times before – actually takes place. […]
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25 MS-13 gang members deported from migrant caravan in Mexico, officials say
by Jacqui Heinrich on February 19, 2019 at 6:49 pm
At least 25 gang members affiliated with the MS-13 gang were deported from Mexico after they were revealed to be concealed within the caravan of 1,600 Central American migrants just across the U.S. border, immigration officials said Tuesday. […]
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Vatican admits having secret guidelines for priests who father children
by Robert Gearty on February 19, 2019 at 6:31 pm
The Vatican is acknowledging the existence of a secret document containing guidelines for priests who break their celibacy vows and father children. […]
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French police kill suspect after knife attack in Marseille
by THOMAS ADAMSON on February 19, 2019 at 6:26 pm
Officials in the French city of Marseille say a knife-wielding man has been shot dead after he allegedly attacked several people on a major street. […]
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The Latest: Israeli PM calls vandals 'wild anti-Semites'
on February 19, 2019 at 5:55 pm
The Latest on events condemning anti-Semitism in France(all times local): 6:15 p.m. Israel's prime minister is urging European leaders to speak out against anti-Semitism after what he called the "shocking vandalism" of Jewish graves in France. […]
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Poland awaiting Israel's apology for minister's comments
on February 19, 2019 at 5:11 pm
A Polish government official says Warsaw is still waiting for Israel's government to apologize for comments the acting foreign minister made about Poles and their role in the Holocaust. […]