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Lockheed Martin Wins $318 Million Support Contract For Hellfire II Missiles
December 8, 2015 @ 08:11 AMLockheed Martin has won a support contract worth $318 million to provide Hellfire II missile hardware and component production requirements for the US Army and the Air Force. The contract awarded by the US Department of Defense will also see Lockheed Martin offering support to the foreign customers of Hellfire II missile – Korea, Egypt, Pakistan, Iraq, India, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Indonesia, the DoD statement said
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Boeing Delivers 14th Mk6 Chinooks To UK
December 8, 2015 @ 08:01 AMBoeing has completed the United Kingdoms order of 14 Mk6 Chinook helicopters with the last Mk6 Chinook delivery, the company announced yesterday. The completion of the £1bn contract signed in 2011 brings the total force of RAF Chinook fleet to 60
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Bangladesh Gets Yak-130 Combat Trainer, Agustawestland AW139 Rescue Helicopters
December 7, 2015 @ 03:57 PMBangladesh Air Force received Yakovlev Yak-130 multi-role helicopter and Agustawestland AW139 search and rescue helicopter on Sunday. The Yakovlev Yak-130 is a subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft or lead-in fighter trainer
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Finmeccanica Rejects Boeing Bid To Buy Westland
December 7, 2015 @ 03:35 PMBoeings attempt to make a bid to buy Italian Westland helicopter maker has been rejected by Finmeccanica. The takeover attempt was also part of a tortuous wrangle between Boeing and Finmeccanica over a £2bn contract to upgrade the armys fleet of Apache attack helicopters, The Sunday Times news daily reported
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UK RAF Dismantles Four Typhoons To Serve Others In Fleet
December 7, 2015 @ 03:22 PMThe UKs Royal Air Force has dismantled four Typhoon fighter jets so as to use their spare parts to ensure optimum aircraft availability. The spare parts will be moved between aircraft within the RAF typhoon fleet
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South Korea To Develop Stealth Drones To Counter North’s Long Range Artillery...
December 7, 2015 @ 03:04 PMSouth Korea will develop a stealth unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to counter North Korea's long-range artillery and mobile missile systems. The development is part of the 31 research projects to be conducted by the South Korean military by the end of next year, Yonhap News Agency quoted an unnamed official as saying Sunday
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Iran’s Cyber Police Arrests 53 IS Sympathizers In Last 20 Months
December 7, 2015 @ 02:59 PMIrans cyber police unit, FATA claims to have arrested 53 people supporting Islamic State (IS) sympathizers on the internet over the past 20 months. “Some of those individuals who had backed the IS dogma out of negligence were released on their own recognizance whereas the rest have remained in custody,” Head of Iran's cyber police Brigadier General Kamal Hadianfar was quoted as saying by Iranian PressTV on Monday
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S.Korean Government Under Pressure To Restart KF-X Fighter Program From Scratch
December 7, 2015 @ 02:28 PMThe South Korean government is under pressure to restart its fighter jet program KF-X and cancel the purchase of F-35 stealth fighters if needed. Growing uncertainties to procure technology transfer from the US is stated as a major reason for demands from some politicians and critics to restart the program entirely to develop a fighter jet all by itself, Korea Times reported Monday
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India May Reissue VSHORAD Tender Under Domestic Make And Buy Category For...
December 7, 2015 @ 02:14 PMIndia may reissue $1.5 billion man-portable very short-range air defense (VSHORAD) system tender under domestic ‘make and buy category for Indian companies
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India, Russia To Sign Su-30MKI Spares Pact Soon
December 7, 2015 @ 12:56 PMIndia and Russia may soon sign a contract for express delivery of Su-30MKI spares. The spares agreement will provide an express process for the delivery of spares for the fleet for the next five years
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 Kamikaze UAVs Destroyed 19 of 31 M1A1 Abrams Tanks Donated to
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