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India Will Have To Bear Cost Of Rafale Weapons In Addition To...
March 4, 2016 @ 08:58 AMIndia apart from the designated price for the 36 Dassault Rafale fighter jets from France will have to bear the cost of weapons that would be integrated to the fighter aircraft. The cost of the ammunition suite of the Dassault Rafale will be an additional element to the final price of the aircraft being negotiated between India and France, sources in the Anglo-French weapons manufacturer, MBDA told
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Estonian Defence Forces To Get €818m Worth Weapons, Ammo Over Four Years
February 25, 2016 @ 11:54 AMEstonian Defense Forces will receive €818 million of the existing defence budget for the next four years to buy new weapon systems and other equipment that include new sidearms, unmanned aircraft, and long-range anti-tank systems. The Defence Forces' tender budget for the next four years is €818 million
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Diesel Powered Yak-152 Basic Trainer’s First Flight Later This Year
February 22, 2016 @ 12:00 PMRussias Yak-152 basic trainer aircraft will make its maiden flight later this year. Irkut will carry out two flight trials of the aircraft later this year
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Russia Helicopters, HAL To Commence Formal Talks On KA-226T Project Implementation
February 21, 2016 @ 03:43 PMRepresentatives of Russian Helicopters and Rosoboronexport are expected in Bangalore next week to hold talks with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on implementation of a project to manufacture the KA-226T helicopters in India. A Russian source told defenseworld
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Customer Interest Growing in Lockheed Martin F-16V Fighter
February 18, 2016 @ 07:05 AMThe F-16V fighter, the latest iteration of the venerable aircraft made by Lockheed Martin, has a launch customer besides two more with whom discussions are going ahead. Lockheed Martins Business Development Manager in charge of F-16 Marketing, Randall Howards told journalists that the F-16V, among whose frontline features is an Airborne Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, will significantly extend the performance of the fighter over existing F-16s
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Japan's Kawasaki Promotes Heavy Airlifter and Maritime Surveillance Aircraft
February 16, 2016 @ 08:04 AMJapan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries is promoting the YCX heavy airlifter and the P-1 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) at the Singapore Airshow 2016. While the MPA is already in service with the Japanese Navy, the YCX is nearing the end of its development phase with an unspecified number of orders received from the Japanese Air Force
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Saudi Intercepts Scud Missile From Yemen
February 15, 2016 @ 08:37 AMSaudi Arabia intercepted a Scud missile fired towards the kingdom by Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, the local media reported Sunday. The official Saudi SPA news agency said the missile was destroyed by the kingdoms air defenses at around 2145 (1845 GMT) on Saturday, around 100 kilometers (60 miles) from its border with Yemen
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Kuwait, Italy To Finalize Eurofighter Deal Next Week
February 12, 2016 @ 12:08 PMKuwait will finalize a deal to purchase Eurofighter jets from Italy next week. "Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti will visit Kuwait next week to sign the Eurofighter warplanes deal," Kuwait's Defence Minister Sheikh Khaled Jarrah al-Sabah was quoted as saying Thursday by
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Russia’s UIMC Develops Attack, Surveillance Robotic Copter
February 11, 2016 @ 01:43 PMRussias United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) has presented plans for a multifunctional air robotic system, which includes a reconnaissance and attack roles with rocket-launching capabilities. The reconnaissance copter can fly to an altitude of several thousand meters and can be used to detect and identify targets in real time
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Ferretti Security And Defence Looks To Partner Finmeccanica, Saab In Naval Platforms
February 5, 2016 @ 01:39 PMItalian luxury yacht builder Ferretti Group which announced a new division, Ferretti Security and Defence (FSD) plans to partner Finmeccanica, Saab and Thales in building a range of naval platforms. The Ferretti Group, known for manufacturing large oceangoing yachts plans to build naval platforms and take the electronics and weapons systems from leading defence equipment manufacturers, its chief executive Alberto Galassi told the media in Rome on February 3
Israel Awards Developers of Weapons Systems, Spying Tech, Electronic Warfare
Iran Inflicts Damage on U.S. Bases in Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain & Earlier...
Norwegian Sea Drones to Help Protect Ukrainian Wheat Exports Through the Black...
U.S. Controls Strait of Hormuz, Not Iran: Secretary of War, Hagseth
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles