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India’s Battlefield Management System Prototype To Be Ready By 2017
February 28, 2015 @ 12:28 PMIndias INR 50,000 crore (US$8.01 billion) Battlefield Management System (BMS) project prototype will be ready by 2017, KK Singh, CMD of Rolta India said during an interview with an Indian News Channel
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Lockheed,Sikorsky JV wins $2 Billion US Navy Helicopter Contract
February 28, 2015 @ 11:31 AMPentagon announced Friday that Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky joint venture, Marine Helicopter support has won a $2 billion contract for servicing the US Navy's H-60 helicopters. The contract covers performance-based logistics on 1,710 assemblies and components, and also includes the repair, modification, overhaul and replacement of hardware for the Navy's fleet of H-60 helicopters, Reuters quoted Pentagon announcement
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India Expands List of Countries For Arms Exports
February 28, 2015 @ 10:53 AMThe Indian MoD has formulated a Defence Export Strategy and also a Standard Operating Procedure for issuing ‘No Objection Certificate (NOC) for export of ‘military stores. Since 2008, the directorate general of foreign trade has empowered the department of defence production to issue the NOC
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BAE Systems Delivers CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicle To Norway
February 28, 2015 @ 10:30 AMBAE Systems has delivered the first series-produced 144 CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) to the Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization. BAE Systems is under contract to upgrade 103 existing Norwegian CV90s and build an additional 41 for a total fleet of 144 under a program understood to be worth $500 million, various media reported
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India Allocates US$40 Billion For 'Make in India' Defence Budget
February 28, 2015 @ 09:51 AMIndian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced today that the government would allocate a budgetary estimate of INR 2.46 trillion (US$40
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Lockheed Martin To Supply C-130J Virtual Maintenance Trainer To Australian Air Force...
February 27, 2015 @ 03:38 PMThe Lockheed Martin Australia has won a contract for supplying a C-130J-30 Virtual Maintenance Trainer and a Multi-Function Training Aid (MFTA) to support aircrew training of Royal Australian Air Force. Through this major upgrade, the RAAF will have a standardized curriculum tailored for its operations and based on decades of C-130 training innovation by Lockheed Martin
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Pakistan Buys Chinese AWACS Aircraft
February 27, 2015 @ 03:38 PMThe Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has purchased the Chinese-made “Karakoram Eagle “airborne early warning aircraft. The aircraft, a variant developed to Pakistani requirements and designated ZDK-03, is equipped a Chinese AESA radar mounted on the Shaanxi Y-8F600 four turboprop transport aircraft
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Northrop Wins $63 Million Advance Acquisition Contract
February 27, 2015 @ 03:36 PMNorthrop Grumman has won a $63 million advance acquisition contract to procure long-lead components, material, parts and associated efforts required for maintaining the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System planned production schedule. Work is expected to be completed in February 2016
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UAE To Receive Three AW139 SAR Helicopters
February 27, 2015 @ 03:35 PMAgustaWestland announced Thursday delivery of the next batch of three AW139 intermediate twin helicopters to the Joint Aviation Command of the United Arab Emirates (JAC). Additional three AW139s are expected to be delivered later this year
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Russia Asked to Prove Single Engine Landing of MiG-29K
February 27, 2015 @ 03:13 PMThe Indian Navy has reportedly asked Russia to prove single engine landing of the MiG-29K on the INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier as a safety measure in case one of the two engine fails on Indias only carrier based fighter. The Hindu newspaper reported last week that the Russian side will be carrying out the proving trials on its own carrier in Russia, Admiral Kuznetsov
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
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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