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New Russian MI-171A2 Helicopter To Enter Serial Production Next Year
May 2, 2016 @ 11:25 AMRussian Helicopters will begin serial production of its newest helicopter, the MI-171A2, in the first quarter of 2017. "Our challenge in the first quarter of 2017 is to get the certificate and launch mass production," Leonid Belykh, managing director of the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (UUAZ) was quoted as saying by TASS
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Thai Navy Receives First Two H145M Choppers
April 29, 2016 @ 11:00 AMAirbus Helicopters has delivered the first two of five lightweight military multi-role H145M helicopters to the Royal Thai Navy. “After the H145M made its market entry with the German Air Force at the end of last year, we are very proud that the Royal Thai Navy has become another operator of the new H145M”, said Wolfgang Schoder
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Modi Government Blacklisted AgustaWestland In VVIP Chopper Scam: Defense Ministry
April 29, 2016 @ 09:24 AMRubbishing the previous governments claim that the Anglo-Italian helicopter maker AgustaWestland was blacklisted by the UPA government, the defence ministry said Thursday its the current government that had actually put on hold all procurement and acquisition cases in the pipeline of six companies involved in the VVIP chopper scam. “It is the present Government which through its order dated 03 July 2014, put on hold all procurement / acquisition cases in the pipeline of six companies figuring in the FIR registered by the CBI, namely: M/s Agusta Westland International Ltd
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Russia Not To Supply S-300 Air Defense Systems To Syria
April 27, 2016 @ 12:05 PMRussia does not plan to deliver the S-300 air defense missile systems to Syria. "There are no such plans as of today," head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Alexander Fomin told reporters on Tuesday answering a question whether the possibility of supplying these weapons systems to Syria was negotiated
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Boeing Tests Fourth KC-46 Pegasus Test Aircraft
April 27, 2016 @ 08:55 AMBoeing has successfully flight tested the fourth and final test aircraft, a 767-2C of KC-46 Pegasus fleet on April 25th. During the 1 hour, 40 minute flight, test pilots performed operational engine checks, flight controls and environmental systems checks and took the 767-2C to a maximum altitude of 39,000 feet prior to landing at Boeing Field, south of Seattle
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Algerian Navy Commissions First Of Two Meko A200 Frigates
April 26, 2016 @ 02:28 PMThe Algerian Navy has commissioned the first of two Meko A200 frigates after it was delivered on April 19, 2016. The second vessel is due for delivery in 2017
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Ukraine Gets New Commander For Navy
April 25, 2016 @ 03:15 PMLieutenant General Igor Voronchenko will be the new Commander of the Ukrainian naval forces. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has appointed Voronchenko after dismissing former Navy Commander Sergei Haiduk on April 15 this year;
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Pyongyang Deploys 300 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems Along Frontline: S. Korean Military
April 25, 2016 @ 10:55 AMNorth Korea has deployed about 300 new multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) along its front line with South Korea, Seouls military officials told Yonhap Sunday. According to the report, Pyongyang has placed the 122 millimeter rocket launchers north of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas
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Florida Woman Charged For Illegal Export Of Drone Tech To Chinese Research...
April 22, 2016 @ 09:36 AMThe US Federal court has charged a Florida woman with conspiring to illegally export US underwater drone technology to a Chinese state-owned industry. A 53-year-old Amin Yu, a Chinese citizen living in the US as a permanent resident, is reportedly to have conspired from 2002 until February 2014 to obtain systems and components used in marine submersible drones along with other co-conspirators at Harbin Engineering University in China, Sputnik reported
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US Army Conducts First Successful Trial Of Iron Dome Missile System
April 21, 2016 @ 09:25 AMThe US military this week carried out first-ever trial of the Iron Dome missile-defense system successfully. According to Israels Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the developer of Tamir missiles – the projectiles used in Iron Dome batteries, has successfully brought down the unmanned aerial vehicle during the test
Israel Launches Dror-1 Communications Satellite into Geostationary Orbit
Trump May Send to Ukraine JASSM-ER Missile Which Can Reach All of...
South Korean Marine Attack Helicopter Completes First Live Fire Test
Australia Rejects U.S. Push for Advance War Commitments Over Taiwan
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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
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...