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Turkey Launches Assault Boat Competition
August 7, 2013 @ 01:07 PMTurkish officials today launched a new competition to acquire 10 new assault boats, a program dubbed the “Turkish-type assault boat” after an official RFI was issued in July. “This will be a major contest for mostly local shipyards but there will be a foreign contest, too,” one official said on Monday
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Syria Buying Russian Weapons With American Dollars
August 6, 2013 @ 10:50 AMThe Syrian government has a new problem on its hands, besides its on-going two year long conflict with homegrown rebel forces, a debilitating currency is threatening to create financial crisis. Taking advantage of the falling Syrian pound, Russia has taken to expecting hard currency for defense purchases
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Weak Indian Prosecution May Help Former Finmeccanica Executives in AgustaWestland Bribery Trial
August 2, 2013 @ 01:20 PMThe Indian Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not arresting former IAF chief SP Tyagi and his cousins may help the defense argument in the trial against previous Finmeccanica executives Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini in an Italian court. The CBI has been investigating the alleged payment of bribe in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter purchase case
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Turkey To Build Its First Indigenous Helicopter Soon
August 2, 2013 @ 10:17 AMTurkish procurement officials have given approved development of the country's first indigenous Turkish helicopter in order to replace its aging UH-1s. The Turkish government signed the contract in June to design, develop and manufacture, according to Defense News
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Lockheed Martin Successfully Demonstrate Air Surveillance Radar
July 30, 2013 @ 08:34 AMLockheed Martin today successfully demonstrated its full-scale prototype long-range air surveillance radar operation to the U.S
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Astrium, South Korea To Produce GOCI-II Satellite System
July 24, 2013 @ 12:24 PMAstrium has recently signed a contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), to jointly design and manufacture the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager II (GOCI-II) for the future Korean mission GEO Kompsat 2B. The GOCI-II instrument, designed to provide detailed observations of the colour of the seawater, will contribute to a number of services associated with fishing, ecology and meteorology
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Russia To Buy Aerial Drones From UAE: Reports
July 18, 2013 @ 10:27 AMThe Russian military is planning to purchase aerial drones in the United Arab Emirates, a defense industry source said. “We are talking about at least two United 40 Block 5 models developed by the company ADCOM Systems,” the military source said
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Russia’s Next Generation Battle Tank To Be Unveiled This Year
July 11, 2013 @ 12:40 PMPrototypes of Russias latest Main Battle Tank, the Armata will be revealed to select officials at an arms expo in September, according to Ria Novosti. The show is probably the 9th edition of the Nizhny Tagil State Demonstration and Exhibition Centre of Armament and Military Exuipment also known RAE 2013
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Russia Receive Three Sukhoi Aircrafts
July 10, 2013 @ 02:56 PMRussian Air Force today received three Su-34 aircrafts in a ceremony held at the Novosibirsk branch of the Sukhoi Company. The first aircraft of the 2013 State Defense Order was transferred to the Russian military at the beginning of May this year and is already in service
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U.S. To Deploy Missile Defense System, Overlooks Test Failure
July 10, 2013 @ 11:08 AMDespite the recent test failure of a U.S
Portugal Sends Eight SA-330 Puma Helicopters to Ukraine
DARPA-backed Startup Speeds Up Production for Radar, Electronic Warfare Amplifiers
Poland to Deploy 96 'Tarantula' Robots in New Unmanned Troop Units
U.K. Orders 1,500 Sig Sauer MCX Rifles for Royal Marines
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