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Indian Army To Use Home-Made Weapon Locating Radars
March 30, 2015 @ 09:44 AMThe Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) of the ministry of defence has cleared the acquisition of 30 weapon locating radars – Swati – from Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) at a total cost of Rs 1,605 crores ($256 million). These radars will be used by the artillery wing of the Indian army
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India Okays Airbus 330 Based AWACS Project
March 28, 2015 @ 06:40 PMThe Indian MoD today cleared the purchase of two Airbus A330 aircraft for mounting an indigenously developed radar system. Costing INR 5,100 crore (US $ 840 million), the airborne warning and control system (AWACS) system will add to Indias early warning assets which consist of two IL-76 aircraft mounted with an Israeli Phacon radar
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Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi Delivers C-27J Spartan Aircraft To Peruvian Air Force
March 28, 2015 @ 10:38 AMFinmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi has delivered the first C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft to Peruvian Air Force. The delivery of the tactical transport aircraft is the result of an agreement between Alenia Aermacchi and the Peruvian Air Force made of two contracts, the company announced in its press release on Friday
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Indian Army To Get Akash missiles Next Month
March 28, 2015 @ 10:37 AMThe Indian army will be getting the Akash "area defence" missile systems, which have an interception range of over 25 km in all weather conditions, from next month. "The fully-automated Akash system is designed to defend the country's vital and vulnerable areas against medium-range air targets penetrating from low, medium and high altitudes
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USAF Test-launches Minuteman Missile
March 28, 2015 @ 10:29 AMThe US Air Force has test-launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 missile that carried reentry vehicle on Friday. The missile blasted off at 3:53 a
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Royal Navy Conducts Sea Trials Of Merlin Mk3 Aircraft
March 27, 2015 @ 04:13 PMThe Green Merlin Mk 3, new addition to the Royal Navy's Merlin family of aircraft, has been conducting sea trials onboard the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Lyme Bay. It is operating daily from the Fleet Air Arms West Cornwall Base, the Royal Navy announced in its press release on Friday
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Myanmar To Buy JF-17 Thunder Fighters From Pakistan: Media
March 27, 2015 @ 04:11 PMMyanmar has signed deal with Pakistan to Buy JF-17 Thunder multirole fighter, jointly developed by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. The fighter is also known as the FC-1 Xiaolong, Naypyidaw, Islamabad's Capital Television reported on March 18
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Franco-British MMCM Contract Awarded For Naval Drone System
March 27, 2015 @ 04:07 PMIndustrial consortium of Thales, BAE Systems and ESA Group has won Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) contract from France and UK. The contract covers the definition, implementation and qualification of two prototypes of a system of naval drones, both surface and underwater, by 2019, the French ministry of Defense announced on Friday
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ENAER, Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi Sign MoU For C-27J, M-345 HET Logistics Support
March 27, 2015 @ 02:46 PMThe ENAER Chile and Italy's Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi have signed Memorandum of Understanding in the logistical support of medium tactical transport aircraft C-27J, and the new M-345 HET (High Efficiency Trainer). The MoU was signed under the first visit to Chile Defence Minister Italy, Roberta Pinotti, the company announced in its press release on Friday
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StandardAero Acquires DutchAero For F100, F135 Aircraft Engine Maintenance
March 27, 2015 @ 01:30 PMStandardAero has acquired DutchAero Services (DAS) from GE/Avio and will take over the existing operations to establish a European Support Center providing military MRO services for Pratt & Whitney F100 and future F135 engines. DAS will be branded as StandardAero Defense Services Europe and will become StandardAeros second MRO operation in the country, the company announced in its press release on Thursday
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Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles