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Work On India's Stealth Aircraft Project To Accelerate
January 9, 2015 @ 10:58 AMIndia plans to speed up work on its Stealth capable advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA), following the success achieved on its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) project. Officials of Indias Defence Research And Development Organization (DRDO) and various media reports point out that the AMCA project should see the light of day in about five to eight years
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Russia May Have To Compete With Airbus And Bell For Indian Helicopter...
December 23, 2014 @ 01:12 PMRussian Helicopters has been asked by the Indian MoD to respond to a request for information (RFI) to procure light utility helicopters for the Indian Army and Navy along with Airbus and Bell. This is contrary to what is being reported primarily in the Russian media that the Russian side is close to a go ahead to set up a manufacturing base in India along with state owned HAL to sell in the Indian and export markets
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JF-17 Fighter Leading Pakistan Defence Equipment Export Success
December 9, 2014 @ 12:18 PMPakistan is said to be close to selling 25-40 JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft to Nigeria among a growing list of customers for its military hardware. At the IDEAS exhibition in Karachi last week it was revealed that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Chief, air marshal Adesola Nunayon Amosu had visited the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) at Kamra in October following which the NAF has prepared a recommendation to buy the planes
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India’s Avro Replacement Program Gets First Bid, More To Follow?
October 29, 2014 @ 12:39 PMThe Indian Air Forces Avro replacement program could once again reach a stalemate after receiving only a single bid from Airbus Defence and Space and Tata Advanced Systems (TASL). The ministry of defense was forced to extend the deadline to October, a month before, to seek price bids after foreign aircraft-makers showed no interest in bidding for the $3
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France To Help Ukraine Upgrade Mi-24 Helicopters
October 24, 2014 @ 02:30 PMUkroboronprom is implementing a joint project with French company SAGEM for capital modernization of Mi-24 helicopters. According to Censor
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UAE Military To Set Up Cyber Command
September 30, 2014 @ 12:50 PMThe United Arab Emirates is gearing up to launch a cyber command within the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the UAE Armed Forces. Sources with knowledge on the matter told Defenseworld
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India’s Decision To Halt Finmeccanica Projects Came Into Effect In July
August 6, 2014 @ 09:24 AMThe Indian Ministry of Defense yesterday confirmed that it would indefinitely put on hold all projects with Finmeccanica and its subsidiaries, although the order has already been in place nearly a month. Defenseworld
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Russian Delegates Denied UK Visas Farnborough 2014
July 14, 2014 @ 02:32 PMThe UK has barred Russian delegates from the 2014 Farnborough International Airshow due to its actions in Ukraine. Several Russian government officials were refused visas from the UK's Foreign office preventing them from attending the industry air show
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Russia, Europe Vie For Developing Countries’ Defence Dollars
June 20, 2014 @ 01:23 PMAs orders for defence equipment at home decline, France, Germany and Russia are intensifying their efforts to sell to developing countries. The German government approved export licenses for weapons worth almost €6 billion last year, including a record amount for deals with non-NATO countries, according to Germanys vice-chancellor and economy minister Sigmar Gabriel
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RAC MiG Signs Agreement To Supply Modern Avionics For MiG 29, MiG-35
May 16, 2014 @ 11:25 AMJSC Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (composed of the KLA) today announced it has signed an agreement with Russian entities for the supply of modern avionics for multirole fighters MiG-29K/KUB MiG-29M/M2 and MiG- 35. The total value of the deal is estimated at $115 million and the validity of the contract lasts until 2020
France Receives First Griffon MEPAC Armored Vehicle
Philippine Vessels on Scientific Mission Harassed by Chinese Ships, Choppers
Schiebel Wins European Maritime Safety Agency Contract for S-100 UAS
Indian Army, Bharat Electronics Launch Indigenously Developed Battlefield Surveillance System
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U