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Bhutan Acquires First Airbus Helicopter
November 9, 2015 @ 09:43 AMAirbus Helicopters has delivered the first H130 helicopter to Bhutan to serve parapublic and commercial missions. This is the first of two helicopters acquired by the Royal Bhutan Helicopter Services Limited (RBHSL)
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Russia Preparing Helicopter, Aircraft Onboard Defense System Delivery To Algeria, Egypt
November 9, 2015 @ 09:41 AMRussia is preparing a pre-contract work on delivery of onboard defense system President-S (ODS) to Algeria and Egypt. "A pre-contract work on the delivery of the onboard defense system President-S to Algeria and Egypt is ongoing," Igor Nasenkov, the first deputy general director of the Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET) was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti at the Dubai Airshow-2015 Monday
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Upgraded Swedish Origin L70 Anti-aircraft Guns Handed Over To Indian Army
November 9, 2015 @ 09:06 AMIndias Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has handed over first two upgraded L70 anti-aircraft guns to the Indian Army out of a total contract for 200 guns. BEL had won an INR 575 crore (US$ 87 million) contract to upgrade the L70 guns with electrical servo drives, electro optical fire control systems and video tracking
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Lebanon Buys Six Embraer A-29 Super Tucanos
November 9, 2015 @ 09:01 AMLebanon today acquired six A-29 Super Tucano turboprop light attack aircraft from Embraer. The contract includes logistics support for aircraft operation as well as a complete training system for Lebanese Air Force pilots and mechanics, the company announced today at the Dubai Air Show
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Pakistan, Russia Discuss Service Center For Helicopters
November 9, 2015 @ 08:51 AMPakistan is discussing a technical service center for helicopters with Russia and also hopes to cooperate with Russia in the field of fighter aircraft engines in the near future. “We are currently holding consultations about creating a technical service center for Russian helicopters, which would be engaged in maintenance and repair of helicopters
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Boeing, Tata Indian JV To Produce Apache Helicopter Aerostructures
November 9, 2015 @ 07:57 AMBoeing has partnered with India's Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) today to create a manufacturing center to produce aerostructures for the AH-64 Apache helicopter. The JV partnership also focuses on opportunities to collaborate on development and selling of integrated systems, the TATA group announced today at the Dubai Air Show
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Combat Hawk Could Be Part of Indo-UK Talks During Modi’s Visit
November 8, 2015 @ 12:20 PMWhen Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the UK next week, one of the points of discussion could be a light attack aircraft developed on the basic Hawk trainers jets which India has bought from BAE Systems. Ahead of the Indian Prime Ministers visit, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond was quote in agency reports as saying, "We see scope for a much greater government to government relationship in defence equipment, playing into the Make in India programme, where we have significant British defence contractors and British defence IP that can be played into that agenda for developing the Indian defence industry...
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Russian Helicopters Plans Joint-Manufacturing Center In UAE
November 8, 2015 @ 11:13 AMRussian Helicopters is likely to commence talks with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the possibility of joint manufacturing of Helicopters in the Gulf Arab state. The companys director general Alexander Mikheev was quoted by Sputnik News as saying, “We are holding talks and see that here we can make several major, interesting investment programs together with the local partners, which are ready to open their market for our joint helicopter projects in the future
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Syrian AF Fights ISIS With Antiquated MiGs
November 7, 2015 @ 12:51 PMThe Syrian Air Force is using its antiquated MiG aircraft to defense Syria against terrorists and their supporters. Syria is using its over four decades old MiG-21 which it bought in the 1960s and MiG-23 which were bought a decade later in the fight against Islamic State
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China Deploys Hi-Tech Surveillance System in Tibet, Other Borders
November 7, 2015 @ 09:47 AMChina has deployed an integrated frontier monitoring system consisting of advanced radars and unmanned aircraft to border defense units in Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunnan and many other regions to curb illegal crossings and drug trafficking. "Users also include some airports and military bases
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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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
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After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U