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Saudi, UAE, Kuwait Helped Finance Egypt’s Rafale Buy
February 17, 2015 @ 01:48 PMSaudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait pumped US$19.5 billion into the Egyptian central bank which enabled French lending institutions to finance Cairos Dassault Rafale fighter purchase
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Irkut To Begin MC-21-300 Airliner Production This Year
February 16, 2015 @ 01:07 PMIRKUT Corporation today announced its plans to produce MC-21-300 airliner by the end of 2015. A maiden flight of this new plane is scheduled for 2016, while deliveries of first batch to customers are being planned for 2018
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Taiwan To Commission Indigenous Stealth Missile Corvette Next Month
February 16, 2015 @ 11:40 AMTaiwan plans to commission its indigenously designed stealth missile corvette and supply vessel to naval service late next month, Taipei Times reported Feb 14, 2014. “A ceremony to formally put the corvette Tuo Jiang and supply vessel Panshih into service is scheduled to take place in late March at the navys Zuoying base in Kaohsiung,” the largest naval base in Taiwan, an unnamed naval source was quoted as saying by the daily
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Airbus Wins $220.5 Million Contract For UH-72A Lakota Helicopters
February 16, 2015 @ 08:59 AMAirbus has won a $220.5 million contract from the US army for procurement of more 41 UH-72A Lakota helicopters equipped with Airborne Radio Communications 231 radios
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Tail Section of C-130s are Made in India
February 16, 2015 @ 05:34 AMTail sections of C-130 aircraft for Lockheed Martins global customers are being made in India, Phil Shaw, chief executive of Lockheed Martin India told defenseworld.net
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IRKUT to Conclude Indian Su-30MKI Kit Deliveries in 2015
February 16, 2015 @ 04:51 AMIRKUT Corporation of Russia will complete deliveries of Su-30MKI aircraft kits to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) during 2015, the Russian company said in a press release. In total, IRKUT Corporation will have delivered 222 aircraft kits for assembly at (HAL) Nashik plant
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Lockheed Martin Loses $3 Billion US Navy EW Contract To Northrop Grumman
February 14, 2015 @ 10:50 AMNorthrop Grumman has won US Navy's Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) contract worth up to $3billion beating Lockheed Martin, Syracuse.com reported Friday
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BrahMos Missile Launched From INS Kolkata
February 14, 2015 @ 07:15 AMThe Indian Navy successfully test fired BRAHMOS Supersonic Cruise Missile from its newest destroyer INS Kolkata. First Kolkata-class guided-missile destroyer was commissioned on August 2014, and two more ships are in the pipeline
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Tundra Satellite Delay Weakens Russian Missile Detection Ability
February 13, 2015 @ 01:20 PMRussias delay in launch of its new “Tundra” advanced early warning system satellite will weaken Russian ballistic missile detection and early warning system, Russian Kommersant newspaper reported. According to the newspaper, Tundra was to replace ageing satellites that are part of Oko program as they have already exceeded their life-span
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China Transparent On Its Military Spending: Chinese Media
February 13, 2015 @ 12:58 PMChina has claimed that its growing military spending is way less than that of US, UK and Japan in terms of per capita expenditure. Refuting the annual military balance report by UK based International Institute For Strategic studies that accused Beijing of lack of transparency in its military spending, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Hua Chunying said
Russia Begins Mass Production of Typhoon-PVO Combat Vehicle
Denmark Donates Satellite Services to Ukraine via EU Defense Agency
Indra to Modernize Colombia's Air Traffic Network
Australia Builds First Permanent Defence Space Workforce
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...