Category: Industry

DARPA is starting a new VTOL X-Plane project that aims to transform the vertical lift market and produce something that is faster and more efficient.

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Last year, a cyber attack by Chinese hackers on European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) was so serious that the management reported the incident to the German government.

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A heli-borne laser-guided rocket by Turkish firm Roketsan has been sold to the United Arab Emirates.

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At the recent Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida, Lockheed Martin unveiled more information on its hit-to-kill Cuda missile system.
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Lockheed Martin wants to form an international consortium to develop a maritime patrol version of the C-130. Company executives have brief the U.K. and other governments.

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