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Swiss Army Orders 12 Leguan Bridge Layers From KMW
January 14, 2015 @ 11:13 AMThe Swiss Defense Procurement Agency and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) signed a contract for the purchase of twelve Leguan bridge layers on a Leopard 2 chassis together with the associated peripherals and training equipment in Berne on 15 December 2014. This brings to 16 the number of countries now using the Leguan system
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India’s DRDO Chief Avinash Chander Sacked Abruptly
January 14, 2015 @ 08:55 AMIndias Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) chief, Avinash Chander was terminated by the government on Tuesday abruptly 15 months before his contract was to end. The Cabinet committee for Appointments headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the termination of the contract with effect from January 31, an official note said
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India’s Nirbhay Cruise Missile To Have Turbo Fan Engine
January 13, 2015 @ 11:16 AMIndias long range sub sonic cruise missile, Nirbhay I will have a new small Turbo-Fan engine manufactured by the Gar Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE). “GTRE is presently ground testing an engine for the cruise missile and has not yet come up with its nomenclature
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Symantec Hires 65 Engineers From Narus, Boeing’s Cybersecurity Subsidary
January 13, 2015 @ 11:12 AMSymantec has entered in an agreement with Boeings cybersecurity subsidiary, Narus to hire 65 engineers and data scientists and licensing technology after Boeing decided to close down its commercial cybersecurity business. Boeing however, will continue the cybersecurity services for government and defense customers
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Poland Orders Additional 200 Rosomak Armored Vehicles
January 12, 2015 @ 02:55 PMThe Ministry of National Defence Republic of Poland has placed an additional order for 200 AMV 8x8 vehicles from Patrias Polish partner Rosomak S.A
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Philippines To Buy C130 Transport Planes From US Navy
January 12, 2015 @ 11:24 AMThe Philippine military signed a pact with the US Navy last Friday to buy two secondhand C-130 transport planes for territorial defense and humanitarian operations. “The United States is helping us pay for these two aircraft”, said Colonel Restituto Padilla, a spokesman for the Armed Forces of the Philippines was quoted as saying by Reuters
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Northrop Grumman’s HALE UAS Sets New Flight Record
January 12, 2015 @ 09:39 AMThe US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk and other variants of Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC) High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series have set a record by flying more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission hours in one week than ever before. The UAS series flew 781 hours from 10-16 September 2014
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India's New Defense Policy To Smoothen Procurement
January 12, 2015 @ 08:34 AMIndian defense ministry is likely to come out with a new “simplified and time-bound” defense procurement policy (DPP) by March this year. Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar speaking at a seminar during the Vibrant Gujarat summit on Sunday said that he has been trying to decode the DPP 2013 for the past two months after he assumed office in November 2014
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Dassault Insists on Latest Rafale Version for India, Doubles the Price
January 10, 2015 @ 02:55 PMDassault has offered the latest version of the Rafale fighter, the F3R for nearly double the price of the F3 version it originally bid with in the Indian fighter aircraft competition. The company is reportedy insisting that India take the latest version as the French company is upgrading aircraft in the French Air Force to the F3R version and all future aircraft manufactured will be of the latest version
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Indo-US Agreement in Offing for Defence Technology Transfer to India
January 10, 2015 @ 11:44 AMThe US may offer some of its latest defence products for joint production in India under the Defence Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI) as part of a new 10 year defence framework pact. The pact is expected to be signed during the visit of US President Barak Obama to New Delhi later this month
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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...