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Pakistan Overhauls FC-1 Fighter Aircraft
January 27, 2016 @ 10:50 AMThe Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) has carried out overhaul and fuselage evaluation of the FC-1 fighter aircraft also called the JF-17. “On December 28, 2015, Pakistan held a ceremony of 2015 production delivery of the 16th FC-1 in the 2nd batch and the accomplishment of the first FC-1 fuselage evaluation that is entitled self-production towards maintenance,” the Aviation Industries Corporation of China (AVIC) said in a statement
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Vietnam To Sell Former US Airbase For $540 Million
January 19, 2016 @ 10:46 AMVietnam plans to sell former US airbase measuring more than 186 hectares in Nha Trang valued at around US $540 Million. The airbase is open for sale to investors for a shopping-services mixed development under a build-transfer project, thanhnien news reported Tuesday
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Lockheed Martin’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Achieves One Million Operational Hours...
January 13, 2016 @ 08:51 AMLockheed Martin's High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) has reached one million operational hours with the US military forces, the company announced Tuesday. The system is currently being employed strategically by the U
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South Claims North Korea Preparing Thermo-nuclear Weapons
January 4, 2016 @ 01:48 PMNorth Korea may have laid ground work to test its thermonuclear weapons at its Punggye-ri test site. According to a report by South Korea's Chemical, Biological and Radiological (CBR) Defense Command, North has already started groundwork to develop thermonuclear weapons and may have already started producing a radioactive isotope of tritium necessary to build nuclear weapons, Yonhap news agency reported Sunday
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Fifth Russian Submarine To Reach Vietnam Next Year
December 23, 2015 @ 12:05 PMThe fifth of the six Kilo-class submarines that Vietnam has contracted to buy from Russia left a Danish port on Sunday to head for Vietnam. The HQ-186 Da Nang, delivered by Dutch-registered cargo ship Rolldock Star, started its journey on December 16 from Russias St
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North Korean Leader Hints At Development Of Hydrogen Bombs
December 10, 2015 @ 09:37 AMNorth Korea is claiming to have developed its own hydrogen bomb, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reports Thursday citing the countrys leader Kim Jong-Un. "We have managed to become a great nuclear power capable of protecting the independence and national dignity of our Motherland with the might of strikes by nuclear and hydrogen bombs," Kim Jong-Un was quoted by the KCNA agency as saying, noting the North Korean leader delivered the speech during his visit to an ordnance factory in the capital of Pyongyang
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Russia's Gepard Nuclear Submarine To Undergo Combat Training
November 30, 2015 @ 10:47 AMRussia's Gepard Nuclear Submarine that returned to Northern Fleet after servicing will undergo a naval combat training course soon. The submarine has returned after the restoration of technical readiness, Sputnik News reported last Saturday
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Ukraine Delivers Upgraded An-32E Light Transport Aircraft To India
November 25, 2015 @ 10:28 AMUkraine has delivered five modernized AN−32RE light military transport aircraft to Indian Air Force last week. The USD$400 million upgrade to the 40 IAF aircraft includes an overhaul of the An-32's communications and navigation systems and upgrading 100 ZMKB Progress/Ivchenko AI-20D Series 5M turboprops by Ukraine's Motor Sich, and other airframe repairs and life extensions, UKROBORONPROM announced on 19th November
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Volker Paltzo Appointed As CEO Of Eurofighter GmbH
November 19, 2015 @ 11:56 AMThe Shareholders of the Eurofighter consortium have appointed Volker Paltzo as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH. Volker Paltzo is currently the CEO of Atlas Elektronik GmbH in Bremen and he will be CEO of Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH with effect from 1 January 2016
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India Operationalizes Full Fleet of 8 Boeing P-8i Maritime Surveillance Aircraft
November 13, 2015 @ 10:11 AMIndian Defense Minister dedicated Boeing long range maritime patrol aircraft P-8I to the Indian Navy. TheP-8i aircraft was inducted in a ceremony held at INS Rajali, Arakkonam naval air station by Manohar Parrikar today
U.S. Army Orders Oshkosh PLS A2 Trucks Worth $95M
Portuguese Air Force Joins KC-390 Surveillance Upgrade Studies with Embraer, Brazil
Sweden Acquires Four C-390 Millennium Aircraft from Embraer
HENSOLDT Expands Partnership with Czech Armed Forces on Artillery Command System
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...