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Saab Wins Swedish NH-90 Helicopter Support Contract
July 20, 2015 @ 03:43 PMSaab has won a US$19.7 million contract to provide component maintenance for the tactical mission system (TMS) on NH90 helicopters of the Swedish Armed Forces
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Tomorrow’s Missiles To Be printed, Not Manufactured
July 20, 2015 @ 03:38 PMResearchers at Raytheon Missile Systems have been using additive manufacturing technology, known as 3D printing, to create guided weapons components including rocket engines, fins and parts. “You could potentially have these in the field,” said Jeremy Danforth, a Raytheon engineer who has printed working rocket motors in the company's statement today “Machines making machines
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Lockheed Martin To Pick Up Sikorsky For $9 Billion
July 20, 2015 @ 02:53 PMLockheed Martin has entered into an agreement to acquire Sikorsky Helicopters for US $9 billion with $1.9 billion in account tax benefits
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US built Airbus' H125 Astar Helicopters To Be Delivered For Ohio State...
July 20, 2015 @ 01:45 PMAirbus Helicopters has won an order from the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) to deliver the first H125 AStar produced on the new final assembly line in the USA. Airbus Helicopters announced today that the H125, locally known as the “AStar” is Americas single-engine turbine helicopter
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Dassault To Double Rafale Production
July 20, 2015 @ 01:40 PMDassault has decided to double the production from 11 and the number of annual deliveries would increase from 2018. Dassault Aviation Chief Executive Eric Trappier was quoted as saying by Reuters on Monday that he had decided to raise Rafale production in anticipation of further export orders for the fighter jet
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Egypt Takes Delivery Of Three Rafale Fighters From Dassault
July 20, 2015 @ 12:09 PMEgypt today has received first three of the 24 Rafales it ordered in a $6 billion deal with France in February this year. Egyptian authorities took charge of the planes at an air base in southern France and will be taken to Cairo by trained pilots on Tuesday, AFP reported
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DRDO Transfers Defense Tech to L & T for Royalty
July 20, 2015 @ 11:03 AMThe Indian defense ministry has approved a proposal by Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO) to transfer technology (ToT) of Lakshya pilotless target aircraft (PTA) to an Indian private company, Larsen and Toubro (L&T). L&T will be able to produce Lakshya PTA commercially and will have to pay a royalty to DRDO for every aircraft produced and sold by it
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Finmeccanica To Sell Ten AW189 Helicopters To Rosneft
July 20, 2015 @ 10:23 AMFinmeccanica has won a $173.6 million contract to sell ten AW189 commercial helicopters to RN-Aircraft
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Indian Air Force Eyes Mi-17 Transport Helicopter For Mi-8 Replacement
July 20, 2015 @ 09:49 AMThe Indian Air Force plans to procure additional 48 Mi-17 military transport helicopters from Russia for $1.1 billion
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China to Lower Entry Bar for Private Industry in Weapons Manufacturing
July 20, 2015 @ 08:19 AMChina plans to lower the entry barrier and open more areas for private sector to manufacture weapons and other military equipment. "The government will open more fields in the defense sector to private enterprises and lower the entry threshold for them," said Xu Dazhe, director of the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, which oversees China's defense industries
Czech Republic Orders Saab’s Mobile Air Defence System worth $189M
Indonesia–France Scorpene Submarine Deal Comes Into Force
U.S. Navy Moves Closer to Submarine-Launched Drone Ops Using REMUS 620
Poland Secures $4B U.S. Loan for F-35s, Patriot Missiles Under Defense Push...
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...