The Dassault Aviation AVE-D drone completed its first fully autonomous demonstration flight on June 30, 2008 near Toul, France. The flight, watched by representatives of France's Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (DGA) armaments procurement agency, comprised a completely automated sequence: roll
Russia's new Su-35 Flanker multirole fighter aircraft completed its first demonstration flight on Monday. In six-minute flight, it performed a number of maneuvers. Chief of Air Force Colonel General Alexander Zelin attended the event. The Su-35 prototype made its maiden
The Boeing Company has integrated network-centric capabilities into two operational U.S. Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft for a demonstration at Empire Challenge 2008, a joint military exercise being held July 7 through Aug. 1 in China Lake, Calif.
The summer trials of NAG Anti-Tank missile will be carried out by the Indian Army by this July end. These trials will be the final trials to decide the induction of the missiles. The third generation, hit-to-kill anti-tank missile may
BAE Systems has secured a $538 million U.S. Army contract to remanufacture Bradley vehicles and provide spare parts, with options for additional vehicle remanufacturing and spares. If all options are exercised, the contract's total value will be $1.3 billion.Under the
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products recently conducted a system demonstration of its ground-based, Counter Man-Portable Airspace Protection System (CMAPS) against multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) at the Naval Air Systems Command test facility in China Lake, Calif. CMAPS successfully
New Yorker - Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources