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ThalesRaytheonSystems To Upgrade NATO's Missile Defense Capabllities
May 19, 2015 @ 10:14 AMThalesRaytheonSystems announced Monday that it has won a US$104 million contract from NATO to upgrade the Alliances current missile defense command and control capability. The contract signed on 11th May will strengthen and expand the functionality of NATOs existing missile defense command and control system
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Russia To Begin ‘Sosna’ Short Range Air Defense System Trials This Summer
May 19, 2015 @ 10:10 AMRussia will start trials of its new short range air defense system, Sosna capable of eliminating all types of air threats including high-precision weapons such as Cruise missiles and guided aircraft missiles in summer 2015. The defense system is expected to replace Strela-10M air defense systems, Sputnik reported Tuesday
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South Korea Avoids Discussion On Purchase Of THAAD System
May 18, 2015 @ 03:32 PMSouth Korea has not discussed the possibility of purchasing the advanced missile defense system during Lockheed Martins visit last week. Senior Lockheed Martin officials visited Seoul last week and asked if the government intended to buy its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, Yonhap news agency reported
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GE, Pratt & Whitney Win $210 Million Adaptive Engine Tech Development Contracts
May 18, 2015 @ 03:32 PMGeneral Electric and Pratt & Whitney have won contracts worth $210 million for Adaptive Engine Technology Development order. Both the companies will share 50% of the total money
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France, Germany, Italy Confirm Joint MALE Drone Development Program
May 18, 2015 @ 02:53 PMFrance, Germany and Italy issued a joint statement to confirm their support for the implementation of MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) drone by 2025. The joint proposal was issued by the defense ministers of the three nations, French Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Ursula Von Der Leyen and Italian Roberta Pinotti and has officially announced to jointly conduct a developmental phase study of the drone
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Russia To Develop New Home-made Drones For Transportation By 2025
May 18, 2015 @ 02:36 PMThe Russian military will focus on the production of hundreds of indigenous drones, which can be used for transportation. An United Industrial Corporation executive told RIA Novosti Monday that Russia has realized strategic and military benefits of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
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Obama Scraps Some Military Equipment For Police
May 18, 2015 @ 02:07 PMThe US Federal government will no longer provide military equipment to local law-enforcement, President Barack Obama announced Monday. According to the announcement, the local departments will not have armored vehicles that run on a tracked system instead of wheels, weaponized aircraft or vehicles, firearms or ammunition of
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Pilatus PC-12s Accumulate 5 Million Flight Hours Worldwide
May 18, 2015 @ 01:14 PMThe global fleet of over 1,300 Pilatus PC-12 aircraft has accumulated 5 million flight hours since the first aircraft was delivered in October, 1994, the company announced today. Ignaz Gretener, Vice President of the General Aviation Business Unit of Pilatus said, “The fleet is extremely active, notching up over half a million hours per year, with some individual PC-12s flying more than 2,000 hours annually
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Heckler & Koch Spied On German Media Amid Fears Of Takeover in
May 18, 2015 @ 12:52 PMHeckler & Koch (HK) has admitted to using Germanys counter-intelligence service, MAD to spy into negative press coverage on G36 assault rifles amid possible takeover in 2013, German media reported. According to the reports, the German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen had asked to investigate the links between officials from the Defense Ministry and HK
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Russia To Deliver Seven Mi-171Sh Military Transport Helicopters To Peru By May...
May 18, 2015 @ 09:54 AMRussia will deliver another batch of Seven Mi-171Sh military transport helicopters to Peru by the end of this month, Sergei Ladygin Deputy General of Rosoboronexport was quoted as saying by Ria Novosti Monday. “At the end of May this year Russia will put Peru on the contract next batch of seven cars," Ladygin said
American MAAWLR Air Defense System Seen in Ukraine
Russian MS-21-300 Airliner Demonstrates 3800 km Range, Single Engine Take-off
KNDS Announces Initial Pubic Offering to Sell 20% of Existing Share Capital
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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