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Avoiding Russia, Ukraine Flies Upgraded An-32 To India Via Europe
April 1, 2014 @ 02:41 PMUkroboronprom, the Ukraine-based aviation company, has flown over European skies instead of Russia to deliver the seventh batch of upgraded An-32 transportation aircraft to India. The aircraft upgraded in Kyiv in the framework of the contract concluded in 2009 were delivered on March 29, 2014, the company said
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MDA Wins Canadian Navy Support Contract
April 1, 2014 @ 11:06 AMMacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd or MDA announced today that it has signed a contract worth $16 million with the Royal Canadian Navy to provide in-service support for training and maintenance of the Victoria-class Trainers located at CFB Halifax. Contributing directly to Canada's domestic security capability, the submarines also support Canadian Arctic and maritime sovereignty
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Russia Helicopter To Showcase New Mi-171A2 And Ka-32A11BC At FIDAE 2014...
March 25, 2014 @ 09:08 AMRussian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of State Corporation Rostec, will showcase new models including the Mi-171A2 and Ka-32A11BC at the 18th International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE 2014) on 25-30 March in the Chilean capital Santiago. “Latin America is a strategically important market for Rostec, and for Russian Helicopters in particular,” said Sergei Goreslavsky, head of Rostecs department for international cooperation
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Exelis Wins $36 Million AIDEWSontract From Turkish Air Force
March 21, 2014 @ 02:26 PMExelis has received an award totaling more than $36 million to provide electronic warfare (EW) equipment, spares and support services to the Turkish Air Force. When fully definitized, the contract could be valued at up to $80 million
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Thales, DCNS Conclude Successful Sea Trials of Columbian Navy Frigates
March 19, 2014 @ 10:54 AMThales and DCNS today announced the comprehensive modernisation programme of the Colombian Navys four Almirante Padilla class frigates has been concluded with a successful Sea Acceptance Test of the classs fourth ship. The contract with the Colombian authorities was signed early 2009, with DCNS acting as prime contractor and Thales as the lead systems integrator for the combat system and communications suite
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Indian Weapons Import Up By 111 Percent, According To SIPRI
March 17, 2014 @ 08:26 AMIndia continues to dominate global defense exports, importing nearly three times as many weapons as neighbors China and Pakistan in the past five years, according to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The total volume of arms sales was up 14 percent in 2009-13 compared to the previous five years, according to the Swedish think tank
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India’s Su-30MKI Fleet Affected As Russians Go Slow on Repair and Overhaul...
March 7, 2014 @ 01:19 PMThe serviceability of Indias Su-30MKI aircraft have been affected due to the lack repair and overhaul (ROH) facilities that Rosoboronexport had agreed to set up but has not done so far. According to a letter dated December 13, 2013 by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to Mr
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Italian Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3 Begins Production
March 4, 2014 @ 11:45 AMItalys first new Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3 has rolled-out of the Alenia Aermacchi production plant in Turin-Caselle, according to the company. The Tranche 3 standard embodies a number of changes that effectively enhance the aircrafts performance and which allow for future upgrades making it more attractive to current and potential export customers, it said
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Russian Helicopters To Continue Rotorcraft Industry Modernization
March 3, 2014 @ 11:40 AMRussian Helicopters is continuing to modernize its production capacity under the Federal Targeted Programme Developing the Military Industrial Complex in the Russian Federation 2011-2020. In this latest phase of modernization, the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, a Russian Helicopters company, is launching a programme to re-tool and upgrade its production facilities
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Will Serge Dassault’s Questionable Ethics Impact His Company’s Defense Business?
February 20, 2014 @ 09:08 AMSerge Dassault, who heads Dassault Aviation, was taken into custody Wednesday for allegedly buying votes in Corbeil-Essonnes where he was formerly mayor. Dassault in 1998 received a two-year suspended prison sentence in Belgium for bribing members of the Socialist Party to win a helicopter deal
Indian MoD to Procure Locally-made Rockets for Pinaka MLRS Worth $1.1 Billion
France Delivers First Mirage 2000 Jets to Ukraine
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Russia Offers Su-57 Fighter Jets to India with Joint Production Option
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