UK Considers Training UAV Pilots On Its Own
The UK is due to purchase in excess of 20 new Reaper-derived Certifiable Predator B UAVs, and is considering introducing its own training system...
Royal Navy Tech Chief: Drone Ships Will Replace Sailors
Unmanned vessels will become central to the Royal Navy’s efforts in minesweeping and anti-terror missions, says a top commander, and will eventually replace manned...
What Is The Defense Export Controls Agency And Who Needs It?
Recently we’ve been asked continuously by startup companies - What is the DECA (Defense Export Controls Agency)? Who needs to go there? When should...
Turkey Seeks General-Purpose Aircrafts
Turkey’s defense procurement bureau, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM in its Turkish acronym), has launched an international competition for the acquisition of a...
Tethered Antenna UAV For Improved Communication
Radio networks are a trusted technology, but it could become even better with the aid of tethered high antenna unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), UAS...
Big Demand For IAI’s BirdEye 650D UAV
A number of armies negotiate the purchase of the BirdEye 650D from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) .
The small Tactical UAV has capabilities that are very...
MTCR – Out Of Touch With Reality
By ARIE EGOZI
The world is changing fast and some agreements that looked appropriate in the past are no longer valid.
One good example is the...
India Wants Predators, Technological Cooperation
India is looking to acquire a few Predator drones from the US, Defense News reports. Just days after India Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited...
Washington vs. Israel’s Defense Industry
By Arie Egozi
If this is to be Obama’s administration’s final chord against Israel, then it is a very unpleasant one, or better yet -...
Iraqi Forces Use Consumer Drones Against ISIS
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) bring many advantages to the battlefield. One of the main ones is the ability to safely surveil enemy positions. Military...
Watch: DARPA’s Cool New Tech
During a Demo Day in May, the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) showcased some of its most exciting developments to members to...
Lockheed Demonstrates Anti-UAV Radar Capabilities
Now that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are prevalent, the need for reliable and effective anti-UAV systems is becoming more urgent. We have written about...
India Acquires Howitzers to Protect Border With China
India’s defence ministry approved a proposal to purchase 145 ultra light howitzer guns at a cost of $750 million from the British weapons manufacturer...
Pentagon Unprepared To Repel Cyber Attacks
In the event of a catastrophic cyber attack on civilian infrastructure, the US military’s Cyber Command is one of the first and major lines...
Ground Version of the Barak -8 Successfully Tested in India
India today successfully test-fired a new surface-to-air missile developed jointly with Israel, from a defence base off Odisha coast.
The medium range missile, which will...
Is The US Losing Its Technological Advantage?
It is no secret that the United States military has over the last decades kept a steady and significant technological advantage over its adversaries...
Ukraine Grudgingly Seeks Defensive Technology
Ukraine, the war-torn east European country, has not yet gained approval to purchase lethal arms from the US. Until then, the Ukrainian military is...
Watch: Russia Develops World’s Smallest Grenade Launcher
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...
US Air Force Seeks To Replace Warthog
The US Air Force wants a new plane to replace the trusty A-10 Warthog in the fight against ISIS. Air Force generals are toying...
Elbit Systems’ Seagull Successfully Completes Torpedo Launch Trials
Elbit Systems completed recently a trial test torpedo launch from its Seagull multi-mission, autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) system. The trial, performed out of...
Conclusion From the World’s 5th Air & Missile Defense Conference
The global “summit committee” for air & missile defense which took place in Rishon Letzion today has concluded.
Hundreds of participants came to take...
Can Boeing Sell Iran Planes When Iran Uses Them to Arm...
The $25 billion aircraft deal that Boeing recently struck with Iran could be jeopardized by Tehran’s continued support of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
Boeing’s jets...
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