India will but the BrahMos-A airlaunched heavy cruise missile into service starting around the end of 2017. In 25 June 2016 as a modified Su-30MKI carrying BrahMos-A underwent a successful trial flight. It was he first time a heavyweight supersonic cruise missile had been integrated on a long-range fighter aircraft. The project started in 2011 …
Duke Robotics announces, TIKAD, a dramatic step forward in protecting our troops by developing the resources needed to fight terrorism effectively today. Tikad is a quadcopter drone with a sniper rifle, grenade launcher and other small arms. Tikad can have a SR-25 marksman rifle made by Knight’s Armament Co.; an M321A grenade launcher; and an …
China launched its domestically built Type 001A aircraft carrier a few months ago. It measures about 315 meters (1,033 ft) long, with a displacement of about 50,000 tonnes (70,000 loaded). The vessel is set to undergo fitting-out and sea trials for several years before it is commissioned sometime around 2020. Aircraft carriers are and will …
Generation Orbit is developing GOLauncher 1. It is an air launched single stage rocket capable of serving microgravity, astrophysics, and hypersonics researchers. GO1 can fly a range of suborbital trajectories including high altitude and suppressed. Multiple payload configurations can accommodate both integrated and recoverable experiments, as well as deployable hardware. Currently in development, the GOLauncher …
The head of the Pentagon’s missile defense agency on Thursday said recent missile intercept tests give him confidence the U.S. can protect itself from wide variety of threats, including an intercontinental ballistic missile from North Korea. This July 28, 2017, photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the launch …
Stealth, or aircraft signature reduction, is a potent and viable military capability in modern combat, and will remain so well into the future. It is not, however, an all or nothing capability, as some critiques have suggested. Investments in stealth technology significantly improve the ability of US aircraft to penetrate enemy air defenses and create …
Today’s 276 ship US Navy could defeat the Reagan era Navy of twice its size in naval battle. The Reagan era Navywas twice the size of the current navy and had 594 ships. Trends in US military spending that show that the large Reagan army, navy and airforce was more affordable even when adjusted to …
Russia’s Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA fifth-generation stealth fighter has been given the designation Su-57 as it nears production. Moscow will only buy 12 Su-57 aircraft, which are expected to be delivered in 2019. The Russian air force will buy few than 60 of the initial version of the Su-57 and will wait to buy about 160 …
General Mark Milley made clear he was looking for a “breakthrough,” not incremental evolution for the US Army’s next tank. This means the new tank will take a long time and have a lot of development costs. * Active Protection Systems” – electronic jammers and mini-missiles to stop incoming anti-tank weapons *– reduced crews with …
Russia’s most advanced Armata T14 main battle tank may become operational in the Russian Army in 2019, according to Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov. The Armata is the heavy tank like battle chasis which will be used as the basis for the T14 tank, heavy flame throwers and missile systems. After Uralvagonzavod defense manufacturer delivers …
China revealed new military equipment at the PLA’s (army’s) 90th birthday parade on Sunday and half was shown for the first time. All of it was indigenously made, according to the Ministry of Defense. Chengdu J-20 fighterB China’s most advanced stealth fighter into service in March, and three of the aircraft made a flyover at …