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UncategorizedBriefing
Customs and Border Protection says its use of facial recognition technology at Washington Dulles International Airport for verifying the identities of international travelers arriving to the U.S. resulted in the […]
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UncategorizedTurkey Receives First of Five CH-47 Chinooks on Order
Turkey took delivery of the first of five CH-47 helicopters on Aug. 25, part of the second batch of Chinooks it is approved to buy from Boeing [BA]. Turkey is […]
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UncategorizedRussia Plans New Helicopter Carriers, Attack Rotorcraft in Coming Years
As it upgrades and expands land forces aviation, Russia also is investing in naval aviation, including plans to modernize the flagship Ka-27 naval helicopter and to start the design of […]
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UncategorizedApproval of $6 Billion Military Acquisition Provides Shot in the Arm for Indian Navy’s Helicopter Programs
India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Aug. 15 approved procurement of nearly $6.6 billion worth of military equipment and services. Included in that sum […]
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UncategorizedNew DoD Unmanned Systems Report Maps Future Interoperability And Open Architecture Efforts
A new Defense Department report sketched out how it plans to increase the use of open architecture (OA) and modularity in unmanned systems over the next 25 years, starting by […]
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UncategorizedAlaska Airlines Case Study In Managing A Cyber Attack
Alaska Airlines closed its acquisition of Virgin America in December of 2016. The next month, the Seattle-based airline had been hacked. Alaska discovered a malicious threat actor known to the U.S. Defense […]
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UncategorizedTurkey Receives First of Five CH-47 Chinooks on Order
Turkey took delivery of the first of five CH-47 helicopters on Saturday, part of the second batch of Chinooks it is approved to buy from Boeing [BA]. Turkey is a […]
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UncategorizedUTC’s Predikto Acquisition Will Improve F-35 Engine Analytics, Company Says
United Technologies Corp.’s [UTX] recent acquisition of Predikto will provide military maintenance technicians with improvements on their ability to predict when unscheduled events will occur within F-35, F-22, F-16 and eventually […]
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UncategorizedUS Government Lets Hundreds of Millions In Contracts for Afghanistan Rotorcraft Services
The Defense Department on Aug. 24 let more than a quarter-billion-dollars in helicopter-related contracts, mostly for rotorcraft services in support of the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Columbia Helicopters, based in […]
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UncategorizedNext-gen Nuke Missiles Sail Through Senate
The Senate on Thursday approved a 2019 Pentagon spending bill that provided a small boost for development of a next-generation, nuclear-tipped air-launched cruise missile, and met the White House’s funding […]