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Geoff Hoon To Depart AgustaWestland
October 17, 2016 @ 02:05 PMFormer UK Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon who was AgustaWestland's international director, has announced his intention to leave the company. In an email to media contacts Monday, Hoon said, “After almost six years of working with AgustaWestland, now is the right time for me to move on to new challenges
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First Lot Of Taurus Stand-off Missiles Delivered To South Korea
October 14, 2016 @ 04:24 PMTaurus Systems, a joint venture of MBDA and SAAB has handed over the first lot of Taurus KEPD 350K stand–off missiles to the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF). The ceremony, which saw the participation of representatives from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and the RoKAF, was performed at the headquarters of Taurus Systems GmbH in Schrobenhausen, Bavaria, and marked the start of series deliveries, MBDA said in a statement Friday
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Korean Air Force To Acquire 2 more Peace Eye AEW&Cs
October 10, 2016 @ 06:55 AMSouth Korean Air Force has considered acquiring two more Peace Eye airborne early warning and control aircraft to better regulate and protect the country's Korean Air Defense Identification Zone from all possible intruders The E-737s delivers South Korea the ability. The acquisition move will increase the number of E-737s to six, strengthening the country's operational capabilities,
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Korean Air, Boeing To Co-Develop Unmanned Armed Helicopters
September 22, 2016 @ 08:19 PMKorea Air has signed a memorandum of association with Boeing Thursday to jointly develop 500 MD unmanned helicopters. The US firm will deliver technical support to Korean Air so that it can modify as well as arm the 500MD helicopters,
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Indian LUH completes First Flight With Safran's Ardiden 1U Engine
September 13, 2016 @ 11:39 AMThe Indian Light Utility Helicopter powered by Safrans Ardiden 1 U engine took its first flight on september six. The Indian LUH designed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), completes its first flight in a South Indian city Bangalore
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USAF’s F-15 Fighter Fleet To Be Modified To Carry 16 Missiles In...
September 7, 2016 @ 03:56 PMUS Air Forces F-15 fighter aircraft fleet will get a $12 billion makeover, which will include modification to carry 16 missiles, rather than the standard eight. According to CNN, the Air Force initially planned to replace the entire F-15 fleet with the fifth-generation F-22 Raptor, but production of the stealthy aircraft was halted in 2009 and only 188 of the 749 F-22s purchased by the Pentagon were ever produced
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Garden Reach Shipbuilders Delivers “TIHAYU” Fast Attack Craft To Indian Navy
September 6, 2016 @ 04:40 AMThe Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC), “TIHAYU” built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata was handed over to the Indian Navy. Admiral (Retd) AK Verma, Chairman & Managing Director,
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South Korea Likely To Buy 4 Boeing P-8 Poseidon Anti-Submarine Aircraft
September 2, 2016 @ 04:18 PMThe South Korea is likely to buy four Boeing's P-8 Poseidon antisubmarine patrol aircraft in the wake of the successful test-firing of a submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) by North Korea last week. The advanced maritime surveillance aircraft Boeing's P-8 Poseidon costs between $223 to $268 million per jet, the JoongAng Ilbo reported Tuesday
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No Impact On Malaysia In Scorpene Data Leak: Minister
August 30, 2016 @ 02:47 PMMalaysian Defense ministry is least worried over a recent data leak report as their Scorpene submarines have different specifications from what DCNS had designed for India and Chile. The leaked documents in The Australian had mentions details about the “entire” combat capability of six Scorpene-class submarines DCNS had designed for India, variants of which are used by Malaysia and Chile ― should be investigated and verified first, the defense minister ministry stated
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Su-30MKI To Be Stationed At India's Newest Airfield Near China
August 17, 2016 @ 08:48 AMThe Indian Air Force will get a new airfield this Friday capable of fielding all types of aircraft in the eastern region barely 100 km bordering China. “The refurbished advanced landing ground at Pasighat in south east Arunachal Pradesh is as good as new, with a complete airstrip,”
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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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...