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Indian Aircraft Carrier Sea Trials Postponed Until June

Indian Aircraft Carrier Sea Trials Postponed Until June

Sea trials of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier being overhauled for the Indian navy at the Sevmash shipyard in northern Russia have been postponed until the beginning of June, the shipyard said on Wednesday. The purchase of the Soviet-built Admiral Gorshkov was agreed in 2005 but delivery to India has been long delayed. The cost [...]

Navy & Maritime Security News Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Iran to Showcase New Attack Helicopter

Iran to Showcase New Attack Helicopter

Iran will demonstrate its first indigenous helicopter gunship during an upcoming drill, a top military commander said on Wednesday, Press TV reported. Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari, deputy commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces, said the Cobra Melli (National Cobra) attack helicopter will be deployed by Army airborne units in the near future, Fars News [...]

Aviation & Air Force News Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Amnesty criticizes US for ‘unlawful’ bin Laden raid

Amnesty criticizes US for ‘unlawful’ bin Laden raid

Amnesty International criticized the United States on Wednesday for its use of lethal force, particularly for the “unlawful” killing of Osama bin Laden in a clandestine US commando raid in Pakistan last May. “The US administration made clear that the operation had been conducted under the USA’s theory of a global armed conflict between the [...]

Defense & Security News Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Army assesses current vehicles as part of Ground Combat Vehicle development process

Army assesses current vehicles as part of Ground Combat Vehicle development process

Last week, the U.S. Army began operational assessments of existing combat vehicles to validate capabilities against requirements for a new Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The effort, known as the Non-Developmental Vehicle, or NDV, Assessments will take place on the border of Fort Bliss, Texas, and White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The assessments are being conducted on [...]

Army & Land Forces News Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Cyber crooks cranking out new weapons experts warn

Cyber crooks cranking out new weapons experts warn

Cyber criminals are cranking out new weapons at a brisk pace, tailoring malicious software for a spectrum of gadgets including smartphones, tablets, and Macintosh computers, a security firm said. A “threats report” released late Monday by McAfee showed that the number of new pieces of malicious code, or “malware,” targeting Windows machines in the first [...]

Defense Technology News Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Summit Charts NATO Course In Afghanistan, For Future

Summit Charts NATO Course In Afghanistan, For Future

NATO hasn’t just endured, it has thrived, President Barack Obama said at the conclusion of the alliance’s summit in Chicago today. Alliance and partner-nation leaders met in the Windy City and covered a range of issues from Afghanistan to missile defense to nuclear arms to common defense. “NATO has been the bedrock of common security, [...]

Defense & Security News Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Aegis Computer Approved for Australian Warfare Destroyers

Aegis Computer Approved for Australian Warfare Destroyers

Lockheed Martin (LMT) has completed computer program development and testing for the HOBART class Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD), the Royal Australian Navy’s Aegis-equipped ships. The computer programs have been approved by the U.S. Navy. Tests were conducted over a two-week period at the Navy’s land-based test facility, the Vice Admiral James H. Doyle Combat Systems [...]

Navy & Maritime Security News Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Imaging Data Needs Drive $17 Billion Remote Sensing Satellite Market

Imaging Data Needs Drive $17 Billion Remote Sensing Satellite Market

In a new study, “The Market for Civil & Commercial Remote Sensing Satellites,” Forecast International projects that the worldwide civil and commercial remote sensing satellite market will be worth $17 billion over the 2012-2021 timeframe. Over that period, some 108 remote sensing satellites will be produced. Demand for remote sensing satellite data continues to increase. [...]

Defense Technology News Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Counterfeit Chinese Electronic Parts In the DoD Supply Chain

Counterfeit Chinese Electronic Parts In the DoD Supply Chain

A Senate Armed Services Committee investigation discovered counterfeit electronic parts from China in the Air Force’s largest cargo plane, in assemblies intended for Special Operations helicopters, and in a Navy surveillance plane among 1,800 cases of bogus parts, a committee report released today shows. The year-long investigation launched by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the committee’s [...]

Defense & Security News Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

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