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German Army Receives Last Batch Of Upgraded Tiger UHT Helicopters

March 10, 2014 @ 07:48 AM

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the last batch of 12 upgraded Tiger UHT support helicopters to the German Army for Afghanistan missions. Under a program launched in late 2011 by the German Federal Ministry of Defense, Airbus Helicopters completed the three batches of four Tiger UHT support helicopters modified to the ASGARD (Afghanistan Stabilization German Army Rapid Deployment) configuration
Raytheon Wins $12 Million MH-60 Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems Contract

March 10, 2014 @ 07:42 AM

Raytheon Co has won a $12 million contract to supply 16 turret units and eight electronics units for the Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems for US Navy MH-60 aircraft. The system is an airborne, electro-optic, forward-looking infra-red, turreted sensor package that provides long-range surveillance, high altitude target acquisition, tracking, range-finding, and laser designation, and for the HELLFIRE missile, and for all tri-service and North Atlantic Treaty Organization laser guided munitions
India’s Su-30MKI Fleet Affected As Russians Go Slow on Repair and Overhaul...

March 7, 2014 @ 01:19 PM

The 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
Leidos Wins R&D Contract To Combat Weapons Of Mass Destruction

March 7, 2014 @ 12:35 PM

Leidos has been awarded a prime contract by the U.S
Days After INS Sindhuratna Accident, Fresh Incident Kills One Officer

March 7, 2014 @ 11:55 AM

In the latest string of accidents, an incident aboard the Indian Navy warship, the Kolkata class destroyer, has killed one officer Friday. According to reports, a possible malfunctioning of the firefighting system in the engine room of the destroyer is to be blamed for the accident
Indian Sukhoi 30 MKIs Suffering Multifunctional Display Failures; India Complains To Russia

March 7, 2014 @ 10:05 AM

Indias fleet of Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft are suffering multiple failures of its cockpit display system, if leaked documents are to be believed. According to a communiqué between HAL and Irkut Corp dated 28 February 2014, the MC-1 or Mission Computer 1 and the head-up display (HUD) of the Su-30MKI has recorded “multiple cases of repeated failure”
Indian Embassy's Systems in Moscow Hacked to Target Rosoboronexport

March 7, 2014 @ 08:00 AM

The Indian embassys network systems in Moscow were hacked to launch a cyber attack on Russian arms exporting agency, Rosoboronexport, if a claim by group calling itself the ‘Russian Cyber Command (RCC) is to be believed. The attack was launched earlier this week to steal some 1000 documents concerning Rosoboronexports dealings with India and other countries which import arms from Russia
Singapore To Replace Boeing KC-135 Refueling Tankers With Airbus A330 MRTT Aircraft

March 6, 2014 @ 02:00 PM

Singapore today confirmed its decision to buy the Airbus's A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft as a replacement to its ageing Boeing KC-135R air refuelling tankers. Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen told parliament of the decision to acquire the MRTT but did not say how many the country will buy
Indian Navy To Launch Offshore Patrol Vessel

March 6, 2014 @ 01:11 PM

The Indian Navy's third Saryu-class naval offshore patrol vessel (NOPV), INS Sumedha, will be commissioned on 7 March 2014 at Goa shipyard (GSL)/ GSL chairman and managing director Rear Admiral Shekhar Mital said that the ship is the result of many years of in-house design development and ship build techniques. "The commissioning of this ship, marks a significant milestone in GSL's & nation's march towards indigenisation and self reliance," Mital was quoted as saying by naval-technology
Russia Deploys Upgraded MiG-29 Fulcrum Jets To Armenian Airbase

March 6, 2014 @ 12:35 PM

The Russian Ministry of Defence has deployed a new batch of upgraded MiG-29 Fulcrum fourth-generation fighter jets at its airbase at the Erebuni airport in Yerevan, Armenia, according to various reports. Southern Military District spokesman colonel Igor Gorbul was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying that, "a batch of fourth-generation MiG-29 multirole fighter jets has been put in service with the Russian airbase at Eerebuni after an extensive overhaul

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