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Israel’s Second Iron Dome Interception System Battery Enters Service
December 14, 2015 @ 03:47 PMIsraels second Iron Dome interception system battery has been qualified with a new system upgrade with a new ‘software block over the past weeks. In a few weeks, the rest of the "Iron Dome" batteries, reserve and mandatory, will also be qualified
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KMW Miffed At Nexter’s New CEO Appointment
December 14, 2015 @ 03:34 PMGerman armored vehicle manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann is not happy with French Nexters decision to appoint a new chief executive even as both the companies are planning for a merger. French financial daily, Les Echos Sunday reported Sunday that KMW opposes the appointment of Stephane Mayer as is new CEO replacing Philippe Burtin as the joint CEO
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Denmark Orders 309 Piranha 5 Armored Vehicles For 603 Million Euros
December 14, 2015 @ 03:19 PMDenmark has ordered 309 Piranha 5 armored personnel vehicle for 603 million euros. The Danish Ministry of Defense and Defense Command agreed on acquiring the armored vehicles for its Army after a selection process
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Russian Arms And Services To Be Equipped With 70-100 Per Cent Modern...
December 14, 2015 @ 01:46 PMRussian arms and services will see 70 to 100 per cent increase in the share of modern weaponry that include planes, helicopters, surface ships, submarines, auxiliary ships and armored vehicles by 2021. “The Russian Defense Ministry plans to buy about 70-100 planes and more than 120 helicopters and up to 30 surface ships, submarines and special and auxiliary ships and 600 armored vehicles a year,” the chief of Russias General Staff Valery Gerasimov was quoted as saying by Tass during a news briefing for foreign military attaches in Moscow on Monday
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Elbit Systems Delivers Incident Command Training System To Israel
December 14, 2015 @ 01:27 PMElbit Systems has delivered the next version of its Incident Command Team Training System (ICTTS) to the Directorate of Production and Procurement (“DoPP”) of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. The system is already in use by the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command (“HFC”)
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Kuwait Will Have To Wait For Its Eurofighter Jets Beyond Christmas
December 14, 2015 @ 12:45 PMFinmeccanica might delay the signing of a contract worth 7-8 billion euros to sell 28 Eurofighter jets to Kuwait. Finmeccanica CEO, Mauro Moretti said last Thursday that the contract may not be signed before December 25
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Russia To Receive First Prototypes Of Next-Generation S-500 Missile Defense System
December 14, 2015 @ 11:44 AMRussia will soon receive first pre-production prototypes of next-generation S-500 air defense system. The new generation S-500 ‘Prometey also known as 55R6M Triumfator-M, is a surface-to-air defense missile system currently under development by Almaz-Antey, Sputnik reported Sunday
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China Commissions Third Type Kunmings Class Destroyer 'Hefei'
December 14, 2015 @ 11:28 AMChina has commissioned its third type 052D Kunming class destroyer Hefei. The vessel commissioned by Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is now homeported at Yulin Naval base, AFP reported Monday
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Rolls-Royce, Honeywell To Provide Helicopter Engines To Turkey
December 12, 2015 @ 10:42 AMA partnership between Rolls-Royce and Honeywell, Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company (LHTEC) has signed an agreement with Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) to provide military and civilian helicopter engines to Turkey. LHTEC will supply CTS800 turbo-shaft engines for the Turkish Light Utility Helicopter, Honeywell said in a statement on Dec
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Pakistan Tests Nuclear Capable Shaheen- III Ballistic Missile
December 12, 2015 @ 09:28 AMPakistan has tested Shaheen-III, a nuclear capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a maximum range of 2,750 km. The missile test was aimed at validating design and technical parameters of the weapon system, Pakistani Army said in a statement Friday
Norway Receives Three More F-35 Fighters
Morocco Receives First AH-64E Apache Helicopters
EU Unveils €800 Billion 'ReArm Europe' Defense Plan
First French-made Griffon Armored Vehicles to Belgium in July
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