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Yak-130 To Be Reconfigured As Fighter-Bomber For Export
June 19, 2015 @ 04:13 PMRussia plans to re-configure its Yakovlev Yak-130 combat training aircraft into a fighter-bomber for export. The highly manoeuverable aircraft would challenge the likes of the Saab Gripen, BAE Systems Hawk 200 and the Pakistani-Chinese JF-17
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Raytheon To Produce AN/APY-10 Radars For US Navy's P-8A Poseidon Aircraft...
June 19, 2015 @ 04:05 PMRaytheon announced today that it has won a $153 million multi-year contract to produce 53 maritime, littoral and overland surveillance radars for the US Navy's fleet of Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The AN/APY-10 delivers accurate and actionable information in all weather, day and night, for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, and for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions
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Kalashnikov Unveils Multi-Purpose Pistol At Army-2015
June 19, 2015 @ 01:45 PMKalashnikov Concern has unveiled a prototype of Lebedev designed 9mm multi-purpose pistol (PL-14) at Army-2015, military-technical forum in Kubinka Wednesday. The concept of the pistol was developed jointly by the experts of the Russian Special Forces and IPSC competitive shooters
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Embraer Sells Five Super Tucano Light Attack Aircraft To Ghana
June 19, 2015 @ 12:37 PMEmbraer Defense & Security and the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Ghana have signed a contract for the acquisition of five A-29 Super Tucano light attack and advanced training turboprops. The contract includes logistic support for the operation of these aircraft as well as the set-up of a training system for pilots and mechanics in Ghana that will provide the autonomy of the Ghana Air Force in preparing qualified personnel
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Alenia Aermacchi’s M-346 To Train Italian Pilots For Eurofighter Operations
June 19, 2015 @ 12:23 PMItalian Air Force will start testing the capability of Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchis M-346 Master, a military transonic trainer aircraft, as an "aggressor" in dissimilar combat training missions with the Eurofighter aircraft. Starting next August the students of the Italian Air Force who are to fly on the combat aircraft will accomplish the trainings phase IV on the new M-346, the final step before the passage to the operational airplanes
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Small Arms Maker Colt Files For Bankruptcy, Receives Buyout Offer
June 19, 2015 @ 12:19 PMUS based Firearms manufacturer Colt has filed for bankruptcy after it failed to garner support of bondholders for a debt reshaping agreement, the company said in a statement last Sunday. "Colt plans to try to reduce its $355 million debt burden via a court-supervised auction of its business, to generate proceeds to repay some of its lenders," Wall Street Journal reported Monday, 15, June 2015
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Safran To Supply Internal Guidance Technology For BrahMos Missile
June 19, 2015 @ 11:41 AMFrances Safran (Sagem) will supply a crucial internal guidance technology for Indias BrahMos missiles, various media reported today. France has agreed 'in principle' to India's request for the technology
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Russia Displays Helicopter Carrier Model Similar To Mistral
June 19, 2015 @ 11:22 AMRussia has started working on a helicopter carrier similar to the stalled French Mistral and is expected to join the forces in 2018, Tass reported last week. Russia recently displayed the layout of the ship similar to the French Mistral amphibious assault ship at the Army 2015 forum
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Selex ES Wins Gabbiano Radar Contract For Brazilian KC-390 Aircraft
June 19, 2015 @ 10:22 AMSelex ES announced Thursday that it has won a contract from Embraer Defense & Security to provide an undisclosed number of Gabbiano T20 radar systems for the Brazilian KC-390 transport aircraft. Deliveries will begin this year
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Data Link Solutions Wins $478.6 Million JTRS Terminals Contract For US Navy,...
June 19, 2015 @ 10:21 AMData Link Solutions (DLS) has won a $478.6 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) for the production, development and sustainment of Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems (MIDS JTRS) terminals, Rockwell Collins announced Thursday
Israel’s Rafael, SpearUAV to Develop Anti-FPV drone Interecptor, Iron Wasp
Leonardo’s M-346 Fighter and Bayraktar KIZILELMA Drone Perform Joint Autonomous Flights
MBDA’s Low Cost, Long Range Missile, ‘Crossbow’ Could Head to Ukraine
China Tests DF-17 Hypersonic Missile for the First Time Under "Battlefield Conditions"
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
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