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The French army has chosen the German-made Heckler & Koch HK 416 carbine to replace, by 2017 according to an official statement, its iconic...

Russia's anti-terror units have received the most compact multi-shot grenade launcher in the world. This grenade launcher, called The Bur, is just 74.2 centimeters...

By iHLS NewsDesk The mosquito and the heron, the big bird and the panther, the mule and the dragonfly:  As luck would have it all...

The Orbiter 1K is a loitering unmanned system, based on the Orbiter 2 - Aeronautics’ unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This is the first time...

India will get a strategic toehold in the South China Sea region as its new satellite monitoring station in Vietnam is expected to be...

Two Turkish-made T129 attack helicopters were deployed at a southeastern military base in Turkey to support anti-terror operations against Kurdish rebels fighting for autonomy....

Although North Korea was rather braggingly telling the world that it had managed to explode a test hydrogen bomb, several nuclear exprts remain sceptic. The...

The Cormorant is an advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (AUV) which raises a lot of interest in the world due to its unique features. Tactical Robotics,...

Facebook is aiming to bring the internet to underserved parts of the world. To do so it has teamed up with defence contractor Raytheon,...

Medium altitude air defense system, Hisar-O, developed by Turkish defense contractors Roketsan and Aselsan completed its first test launch with 100 percent success in...

Conductive Composites, a small Utah company, has developed an extremely thin, flexible material, to shield from electronic emissions and electromagnetic pulses. Beyond traditional network-penetration, novel...

Izhmash and Izhevsk, two of the most famous small arms manufacturers in Russia, are in talks about the possibility of merging.  According to Guns.com merging...

The US is investigating the crash of a X-56A unmanned air vehicle (UAV) shortly after take-off from the Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) in...

The Italian army is testing a very advanced Israeli developed systems for use on its helicopters. The proposed system is currently undergoing acceptance tests on...

With tensions in the north of Israel flaring up again, soldiers were sent on patrol close to the border with Lebanon in civilian vehicles....

A high-power laser weapon light enough to be carried by tactical aircraft has moved out of the laboratory and onto the testing ground. General...

As part of the preparation to COP21, the Paris municipal police will operate for the first time an aerostat system – the SkyStar 180,...

Unmanned systems are commonplace in the world of aviation. But it wasn’t long ago that they were more of an oddity for world militaries. That...

Cassidian has developed a new-generation multifunctional jamming system that combines the smart jamming functionality with signals intelligence, allowing detailed understanding of the threat, thus significantly improving mission planning and force protection.

Russia is carrying on tests of its next-generation Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighters for equipping them with missiles and bombs. The T-50 fighter, a single-seat,...

The impressive success of the Rafael "Iron Dome" rocket interceptor, has not caused many people in Israel and other countries , that dream about...

"Vacuums are being filled very quickly, " a source in the Israeli defense establishment told I-HLS. This, in reaction to the fact that Turkey...