Posts Tagged ‘Military Technology’
U.S. to Spend $33-40 billion on Drones through 2020
U.S. Congressional Budget Office Report: Policy Options for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Download Full Report: pdf | Alternate Source: pdf Executive Summary Over the next 10 years, the Department of Defense (DoD) plans to purchase about 730 new medium-sized and large unmanned aircraft systems based on designs currently in operation, while [...]
Two More Russian AWACS for India
RIA Novosti | 19 July 2010 India to purchase two more AWACS planes from Russia NEW DELHI — India will purchase two additional Russian-made airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, the Times of India newspaper said on Monday. India ordered three A-50EI variants fitted with Israeli-made Phalcon radar systems in 2004. The first [...]
India allocates $11 bln to build six new submarines – paper
RIA Novosti | 11 July 2010 India's Defense Acquisitions Council has approved the allocation of over 500 billion rupees ($11 billion) for the construction of six new-generation diesel-electric submarines for the Indian Navy in a record military deal, The Times of India reported on Sunday. This amount exceeds the $9 billion allocated by the [...]
Indian Stealth Warship INS Shivalik Commissioned
Times of India | 30 April 2010 Country's first indigenously-built stealth warship commissioned MUMBAI: Its a lean, mean fighting machine. But what makes it capable of delivering the killer punch is its stealthy nature to catch the enemy completely off-guard. No wonder the warship's crew have a theme song, which goes, "No limits for [...]
Sukhoi’s T-50: Russia’s Answer to USA’s F-22 Raptor
Pravda.ru | 11 February 2010 Sukhoi's T-50 Ready To Fight with USA's F-22 Raptor Last week, Russia’s answer to USA’s F-22 Raptor, the PAK FA T-50, performed its first-ever test flight. The maiden flight marked the new era in the aviation industry of Russia – the era of the 5th generation fighter jet. The jet has been awaited since [...]
Sikorsky Working on Unmanned Black Hawk Helicopter
Star Tribune | By Stephen Singer | 1 February 2010 Sikorsky to invest $1B to develop unmanned Black Hawk, other next-generation maneuvers HARTFORD, Conn. - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced a billion-dollar venture Monday that it hopes will respond to military demand for technology to fight two wars, including Black Hawk helicopters that can [...]
China Develops Simple Black Box to Neutralise HARM Defence against SAMs
Danger Room reports: China Looks to Undermine U.S. Power, With ‘Assassin’s Mace’ By David Hambling | July 2, 2009 | 4:32 pm Could China wipe out an American military advantage with a simple black box? Joshua Cooper Ramo’s thought-provoking book The Age of the Unthinkable challenges all kinds of conventional thinking about [...]
