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MQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAV Program: By Land or By Sea
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/the-fire-scout-vtuav-program-by-land-and-by-sea-updated-01316/
A helicopter UAV is very handy for naval ships, and for armies who can't always depend on runways. The USA's RQ/MQ-8 Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle has blazed a trail of firsts in this area, but its history is best described as "colorful." The
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Pakistan & China’s JF-17 Fighter Program
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/stuck-in-sichuan-pakistani-jf17-program-grounded-02984/
The FC-1/ JF-17 Thunder is a joint Chinese-Pakistani project that aimed to reduce Pakistan's dependence on western firms for advanced fighters, by fielding a low-cost multi-role lightweight fighter that can host modern electronics and
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P-8i: India’s Navy Picks Its Future High-End Maritime Patrol Aircraft
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/indias-navy-holding-maritime-patrol-aircraft-competition-updated-01991/
India's fleet of Soviet-era maritime patrol aircraft has been upgraded, but it needs to be replaced. Indian naval responsibilities are growing, and the 2008 terrorist atrocities in Mumbai made it crystal-clear that control of their coasts was a necessity.…
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Fly and Listen: The AN/AQS-22 ALFS Sonar System
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/154m-for-3-aqs-22-alfs-sonars-et-al-03643/
The AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low-Frequency Sonar (ALFS) will equip the US Nay's new MH-60R multi-mission helicopters, serving as their primary anti-submarine sensor. The new FLASH sonar operates using lower frequencies and higher-power waveforms than
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Land Panther: Germany’s Tracked Puma IFV
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/land-panther-germanys-tracked-puma-ifv-04191/
Germany has always been known for producing excellent armored vehicles. A combination of features that arguably make it the world's best tank, and fire sale prices stemming from Germany's rapid disarmament, have made the Leopard 2 the standard
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Hydra, Awakened: Guided Air-Ground Rockets
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/guided-hydra-rockets-program-halts-new-entries-03157/
Sen. Leahy's [D-VT] worked in the mid-2000s to keep the Hydra 70mm rocket family alive through special appropriations, just in time for the Hydras' potential on the battlefield to rise again. The key was the addition of low-cost precision guidance, which
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AMRAAM: Deploying & Developing America’s Medium-Range Air-Air Missile
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/amraam-deploying-developing-americas-mediumrange-airair-missile-updated-02512/
AIM-120C from F-22A (click for test missile zoom) Raytheon's AIM-120 Advanced, Medium-Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM) has become the world market leader for medium range air-to-air missiles, and is also beginning to make inroads within land-based…
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Double-Jointed & Popular: The Bv Family of Infantry Support Vehicles
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/doublejointed-popular-the-bv-family-of-infantry-support-vehicles-updated-02656/
A Viking comes ashore The BvS10 is the successor to the wildly popular Bv206, 11,000 of which have been sold to 40 countries around the world - including the USA (M978). Readers may have seen these vehicles elsewhere, too, as a number of Bv206s have…
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JHMCS: Fighter Pilots’ “Look & Shoot” Helmets Changing Aerial Warfare
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/fighter-pilot-look-shoot-helmets-upgrade-ups-downs-01271/
(click to view larger) In the 1970s, fighter aircraft began to appear with Head-Up Displays (HUD) that projected key information, targeting crosshairs etc. onto a seemingly clear piece of glass. HUDs allowed pilots to keep their eyes in the sky, instead…
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Comanche’s Wi’ane: No New Armed Scout Helicopter
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/comanches-child-the-arh70-armed-reconnaissance-helicopter-updated-02421/
The US Army's Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) program aimed to replace around 375 Bell Textron OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters, after the $14.6 billion RAH-66 Comanche program, was canceled in 2004. Instead, the Army would buy a larger