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Why are military bridges so important? We set out our vision for the next generation Modular Bridging System in our latest blog http://bit.ly/2q03t6f

Christopher Hawkins examines the use of weaponised UAVs in the Middle East, and the implication for security in the West.

Sikorsky has successfully demonstrated phase 2 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program. Phase 2 demonstrates the ALIAS kit installed in a Sikorsky S-76® helicopter and Cessna 208 caravan.

Jim Miller, business development director for combat vehicles at BAE Systems, discusses the genesis of the company’s new amphibious combat vehicle (ACV) created for the US Marine Corps’ competition, its performance in sea trials in the Mediterranean, and its goals for the program during the Navy League’s 2017 Sea-Air-Space Exposition, …

Gary Gysin, CEO of Liquid Robotics — a Boeing company — and firm’s strategic advisor, retired UK Royal Navy Adm. Sir George Zambellas, the former First Sea Lord, discuss the US Navy’s Digital Ocean initiative, innovation and the small company’s relationship with its giant new owner with Defense & Aerospace …

Jeff Bialos, a partner with the law firm Eversheds Sutherland who served as the Pentagon’s industrial affairs chief during the Clinton administration, discusses President Trump’s Buy American rhetoric, defense-industrial strategy, DoD’s Third Offset initiative and innovation with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On Friday morning, SpaceX launched a satellite for the US Department of Defense. Very little is known about the top-secret payload, which is believed to be a spy satellite. Dr. John Logsdon, professor emeritus of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, joins RT America’s Anya Parampil to discuss …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHM2r6EWj_E Orbital ATK talks to Jane’s about their Palletized Weapon System, also known as PaWS.

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