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Airbus, Air India to set up maintenance facility in Delhi
October 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AMAir India and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) are joining hands to set up an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre in Delhi. The government’s National Aviation Company of India Ltd (Nacil) owns Air India, while EADS is an Airbus company
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SAIC Awarded $18 Million Contract by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
October 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va. --- Science Applications International Corporation today announced it has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office to design and develop a sensor inspired by a canine's olfactory system, or sense of smell
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AAI Receives $242.1 Million Contract Award for Additional Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft
October 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AM>A US Army Shadow UAV takes off from its launch ramp for a surveillance mission in Iraq. (US Army photo)HUNT VALLEY, Md
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Air Defenses Weapon Enters Production
October 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AMNAVAIRs advanced weapon for destruction of enemy air defenses, AGM-88E, was recently approved to go into production.>> The Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Weapons Program (PMA 242) on Sept
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New Defense Secretariat Will Centralize Helicopter Purchases for the Armed Forces
October 14, 2008 @ 12:00 AMBRASILIA --- The Ministry of Defence will create a new secretariat for the acquisition of certain materil and equipment intended for the Navy, Army and Air Force, and including the new helicopters to be produced by Helibras. The announcement was made by the Minister of Defence, Nelson Joabim, during a visit to the headquarters of the army air corps (Aviao do Exrcito) in Taubat (Sao Paolo state)last Wednesday [Oct
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Navistar Expands Military Applications by Leveraging Commercial Vehicle Platforms
October 10, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWARRENVILLE, Ill. --- Navistar Defense, LLC continues to expand its defense products by leveraging its expertise to convert commercial vehicles for military applications in Afghanistan and Iraq
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U.S. Army Awards General Dynamics Orders to Produce Hydra-70 Rockets and Warheads...
October 10, 2008 @ 12:00 AMCHARLOTTE, N.C
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Air Force Gets Last Batch of F-15K Fighters
October 9, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Air Force received its last batch of three F-15K fighters Wednesday from Boeing in the United States under the 40-plane first-phase F-X program to introduce 120 high-end multi-role combat aircraft, Air Force officials said.>> With this latest addition the Air Force has a total of 39 F-15K aircraft, since a unit crashed in the waters off Pohang, some 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul, during a night mission in June 2006
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General Dynamics NASSCO Starts Construction of Tenth T-AKE Ship
October 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSAN DIEGO --- General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, today began construction of the tenth ship of the U.S
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EADS North America to Provide the U.S. Navy with UH-72 Lakota Light...
October 7, 2008 @ 12:00 AMARLINGTON, VA --- The U.S
Diehl Defence Hands Over First Unit of IRIS-T Air Defense System to...
Genocidal Intent Behind Israel Killing Palestinian Children: UN Report
KNDS Delivers First Fully Modernized LEOPARD 2 SWE Tanks to Sweden
Air Greenland to Provide Transport and Surveillance to the Danish Armed Forces'...
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