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Asia Pacific
China Interested in Armed Russian Ship-Borne Helicopter
The Chinese navy is considering the purchase of three dozen Russian Kamov Ka-52K helicopters, the ship-borne version of the Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and combat helicopter.
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Americas
US Navy Launches Task Group to Hunt Russian Submarines
The US Navy recently announced the formation of a task group comprising Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to counter the Russian submarine threat in the Atlantic Ocean.
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DOD Contracts
Lockheed Receives Stryker-Mounted Electronic Warfare Contract
The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $9.6 million second-round contract for a vehicle-mounted integrated suite of Signals Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Cyberspace Operations.
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Americas
USAF Awards $85 Million Contract for Bomb Disposal Robot
The US Air Force has awarded L3Harris Technologies an $85-million contract to procure 170 bomb disposal robots for airbase protection.
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Arms
New British Special Forces Rifle Can Shoot Down Helicopter
The British special forces have acquired 150 Gepard GM6 Lynx anti-materiel rifles capable of shooting down aircraft and damaging armored vehicles with one shot.
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Sea
Russia Developing Extended-Use, Under-Ice Aquatic Drone
Russia’s Lazurit Central Design Bureau has teamed up with defense concern Almaz-Antey to develop an unmanned underwater vessel (UUV) capable of running under ice for up to three months, TASS revealed.
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Air
US Air Force Tests Robotic Aircraft Weapon Loading System
The US Air Force recently tested a robotic system prototype for aircraft weapon loading at the Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
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Americas
Boeing Unveils Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile Concept
Boeing displayed a Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile (LRAAM) concept at the annual Air, Space, and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, this week.
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Americas
US MDA Test Launches Upgraded Homeland Missile Defense
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) revealed it has test-launched a kill vehicle mock-up with curtailed boosting stages for earlier release.
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Technology
Pentagon Issues ‘Subterranean Robot Challenge’
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency kicked off the Subterranean Challenge final this week, with participants deploying autonomous systems to navigate underground obstacles.
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