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By Graham Warwick
A high-power microwave weapon last tested in 2012 and capable of knocking out computer systems is being taken out of mothballs and refurbished for a new round of testing and possible early operational fielding.
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Paris-based Eutelsat has selected Space Systems/Loral (SSL) to produce the high-power Eutelsat 7C commercial communications satellite, the fleet operator’s fifth all-electric spacecraft.
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The Pentagon should consider treating the F-35 Block 4 as a new acquisition when it comes to requirements and reporting procedures, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says.
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The U.S. Navy’s CVN 70 USS Carl Vinson has unveiled a new air traffic control simulator, the first of its kind installed in a Navy aircraft carrier.
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By Jen DiMascio, Graham Warwick
U.S. Navy pilots are increasingly reporting headaches, confusion and other symptoms of oxygen deprivation, or hypoxia. We talk about how the Navy is responding to the problem and the complicated nature of pinpointing the cause of such physiological problems, which the Air Force has grappled with on the F-16 and F-22.
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By Tony Osborne
After several false starts, exports look more realistic for Britain’s Brimstone.
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By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. Defense and State Departments scrap over speed of foreign weapons sales; tests of the PAC-3 MSE and Trident II D5; a new joint venture in India.
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By Maksim Pyadushkin
Russia received 96 new fixed-wing aircraft and 81 helicopters in 2015, a drop from 2014, the apparent peak in orders placed over the last decade.
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U.S. Navy, Marine Corps engineers are focusing on oxygen and environmental systems in their search for solutions to ongoing F-18 hypoxia problems.
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By Graham Warwick
“My estimation is the program will not be ready to begin IOT&E until mid calendar year 2018,” Pentagon testing chief Michael Gilmore told the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday.
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By Michael Bruno
GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump is conducting "a very dangerous discussion" on trade that must be addressed, former Boeing CEO and Chairman Jim McNerney says.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Enigmatic Ceres, the largest main belt asteroid that was long ago robbed of full planet status by Jupiter’s powerful gravitational forces, is giving up its secrets to a grateful NASA Dawn mission team more than two centuries after its discovery.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Canada is to develop a new defense strategy and, in its first budget since being elected in October 2015, the Liberal government has postponed planned purchases including new fighters and warships, arguing the procurements are not ready to proceed.
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By Jen DiMascio
Though the secretaries of the Navy and Air Force have called for faster approval of foreign military sales, the State Department official in charge of approving them does not see the process as slow.
Defense

By Jefferson Morris
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus unmanned cargo spacecraft is on its way to a scheduled March 26 arrival at the International Space Station (ISS), following its launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral late March 22.
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By Tony Osborne
The Philippines defense ministry has chosen the Finmeccanica Helicopters AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat to meet a requirement for an anti-submarine warfare aircraft.
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Recent amphibious drills involving the U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) navies in the Asia-Pacific region have helped the U.S. develop and practice sophisticated joint aviation operations, says Rear Adm. John Nowell, commander of U.S. Expeditionary Strike Group Seven.
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By Maksim Pyadushkin
Russia continues to renew its military arsenals, albeit at a slower pace in 2015 than the prior year and as weakening currency is constraining its purchasing power.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump is conducting "a very dangerous discussion" on trade that must be addressed, former Boeing CEO and Chairman Jim McNerney says.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Perhaps in a different era, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft may have spotted liquid nitrogen flowing on distant Pluto, a distinctive planetary realm so far from the Sun that temperatures now measure minus 400 F, according to modeling of the latest data transmissions.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Italian air force is doubling the size of its M-346 jet trainer fleet with an order for an additional nine aircraft from Finmeccanica.
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By Tony Osborne
Missile manufacturer MBDA will lead a consortium in a bid to capture a U.K. defense ministry directed energy weapon research program.
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The U.S. Navy concluded a successful light-off test of its upgraded periscope detection and discrimination (PDD) capability earlier this month for the AN/SPQ-9B Anti-Ship Missile Defense Radar onboard guided-missile cruiser CG 57 USS Lake Champlain.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India is working to develop a sensor to gauge radiation levels after a nuclear accident, making a significant step toward ensuring the safety of the country’s nuclear installations.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Canadian industry is missing out on strategic opportunities on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter because of the new Ottawa government’s election promise to hold a competition for its next fighter, says Magellan Aerospace, a major Canadian supplier to the program.
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