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AESA Radar Equipped Lockheed Martin F-16 V By Year End
February 29, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe F-16 V version, announced within the last fortnight, is likely to enter service with some of Lockheed Martin’s (LM) international customers late this year or the next. The Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar equipped fighter is the latest iteration of the long standing F-16 fighter
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Has The Russian Ka-226T Forged Ahead In The Indian Army Helicopter Competition?...
February 22, 2012 @ 12:00 AMEurocopter's recent letter to the Indian Army Chief of Staff complaining of delay in announcing a winner in the Indian Army 197 helicopter tender, has to be seen in the backdrop of its Russian competitor's emerging confidence in bagging the deal. The Ka-226T helicopter, being sold internationally by Rosoboronexport, has emerged as a dark horse in the competition meeting most of the requirements of the tender, sources told Defenseworld
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F-35 Compatibility Wins Aermacchi $1 Billion Israel Contract
February 20, 2012 @ 12:00 AMCompatibility with the Lockheed Martin F-35 has helped the Aermacchi M-346 beat the South Korean T-50 Israeli fighter trainer deal. An Israeli MoD release said among the reasons for the Italian Aermacchi selection was its twin engine configuration and compatibility with the F-35 and other aircraft such as the Eurofighter, Dassault Rafale and Boeing F-15
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Door Shut on Eurofighter As Dassault Prepares For Commercial Talks with Indian...
February 13, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian MoD and Dassault are scheduled to begin commercial talks to freeze the aircraft architecture next week following the Rafale fighter's win of the MMRCA contract. Defenseworld
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Plant DNA Helps The Pentagon Identify Fake Electronic Components
February 8, 2012 @ 12:00 AMFake components have been used to build U.S
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Price Frozen, Dassault Expects to Freeze Indian MMRCA Rafale Architecture Next
February 2, 2012 @ 12:00 AMDassault Aviation is preparing to hold discussions with the Indian MOD's contract negotiations committee (CNC) in the coming weeks to freeze the Rafale aircraft architecture as the next step in its quest to sign the estimated $12 billion contract. A source from Dassault told Defenseworld
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Rafale Beats Eurofighter In Indian MMRCA Contest
January 31, 2012 @ 12:00 AMFrench combat plane manufacturer Dassault's Rafale fighter has won the Indian MMRCA competiton beating the European consortum's Eurofighter aircraft in a contest that went on for four years. Rafale executives were called by Indian MOD officials this morning and informed that their aircraft has been finally selected
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Indian DRDO Succesfully Tests Micro Air Vehicles And Mini UAVs
January 25, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian DRDO has conducted flight trials of Micro and Mini Air Vehicles at Hoskote, near Bangalore. Three Micro Air Vehicles named Black kite, Golden Hawk & Pushpak with sizes ranging from 300 to 450 mm and weighing between 300gm to 500gm and endurance of 30 minute flights while carrying a miniature daylight video camera were tested
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India Opens Price Bids of Eurofighter, Dassault in MMRCA Fighter Jet Deal
November 4, 2011 @ 12:00 AMAnnouncement of the final winner in India’s Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft(MMRCA)tender may have to wait a while as the process of evaluation of the price bids of Eurofighter and Dasssault commenced in New Delhi today with the opening of the bids in the presence of the representatives of both companies. Informed sources told Defenseworld
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Tough bargaining ahead for India’s MMRCA winner
October 22, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe two finalists in India’s Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) aircraft deal, Eurofighter and Dassault, will have to be prepared for tough bargaining at the price negotiation stage as a rise in the value of the Euro Vs the Indian currency has pushed up the Rupee value of their bid by an estimated 15% in the last one year. Following the acceptance of the offsets proposals of the two bidders a fortnight ago, the only remaining formality is the opening of the envelopes containing the commercial bids and announcing the lowest bidder which will walk
Israel Awards Developers of Weapons Systems, Spying Tech, Electronic Warfare
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Norwegian Sea Drones to Help Protect Ukrainian Wheat Exports Through the Black...
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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