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Chinese PLA Orders Massive Audit to Unearth 'Little Coffers'
February 12, 2015 @ 01:01 PMHundreds of thousands of accounts belonging to Chinese PLA personnel of all departments, and ranks will be audited to unearth stashed money or ‘Little coffers, PLA daily reported Wednesday. According to the report, President Xi Jinping headed Central Military Commission (CMC) will be investigating military personnels income and expenses for the past couple of years in a massive drive to curb corruption
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Argentina Likely To Buy More Russian Mi-171E Helos
February 12, 2015 @ 12:35 PMArgentina is likely to buy more Russian Mi-171E helicopters, Russias Ambassador to Argentina Viktor Coronelli said Wednesday. “In 2011, two Mi-171E helicopters, modified for civilian use, were delivered here, which were bought by Argentinas Defense Ministry in order to participate in and support the Antarctic campaigns
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Tiger Helicopter Crews To Be Trained With Rheinmetall Simulation Technology
February 12, 2015 @ 11:04 AMThe Düsseldorf-based Group recently signed a contract to continue training the crews of the Franco-German Tiger multi-purpose attack helicopter with Rheinmetall simulation technology. In December 2014, the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière dArmement) signed a modernization program contract with ARGE TATM (ARGE Tiger Aircrew Training Means) - a cooperation between Thales and Rheinmetall
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Indian Army's Dhruv Helicopter Crashes, Two Officers Killed
February 12, 2015 @ 10:19 AMThe Indian Armys Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv yesterday crashed in Bandipore district of Jammu and Kashmir, reportedly killing two officers. The Army Aviations chopper was on a night flying training mission, took off from Manasbal base at about 7 pm and crashed within about an hour after taking off
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DRDO To Put Up Simulators Of LCA Tejas And Su-30MKI At Aero...
February 12, 2015 @ 10:07 AMThe DRDO exhibit will put up three real-time simulators of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas and the Sukhoi-30 MKI at the Aero India 2015, scheduled to begin on February 18. PS Subramanyam, programme director (Combat aircraft) and director, Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), was quoted as saying by Bangalore Mirror that the two simulators would be for professional pilots as well as the public to use
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US Air Force, Army Release Names Of Superior Suppliers
February 11, 2015 @ 04:11 PMThe US Air Force and Army have released the names of the top companies under the Pentagon's Superior Supplier Incentive Program (SSIP), categorizing the top 25 largest industry partners for each service into three tiers of performance. Among the top tier suppliers for the Air Force are the business units behind the F-35 joint strike fighter, while major firms such as Boeing military aircraft and Northrop Grumman's aerospace system were listed as Tier 2
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Air Force Theater Security Package Deploys to Europe in Support of
February 11, 2015 @ 04:10 PMThe U.S
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AM General Submits Final Proposal For JLTV Program
February 11, 2015 @ 04:10 PMAM General has submitted the final proposal for its Blast Resistant Vehicle-Offroad (BRV-O) entrant into the US governments Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program, Wednesday. The BRV-O is a combat system designed and built with a total focus on Warfighter needs, by a team whose sole calling is fielding the worlds best light tactical vehicles, said AM General President and CEO, Charlie Hall in the statement
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AgustaWestland To Skip Aero India 2015, Finmeccanica Group To Attend
February 11, 2015 @ 04:10 PMItalys Finmeccanica will be present at the Aero India show in Bengaluru, a year after being asked to leave the military exhibition Defexpo, whereas AgustaWestland will be skipping the show. Secretary for defence production G
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Lockheed Martin Proposes Radar System For UK Royal Navy’s ASAC Programme
February 11, 2015 @ 02:37 PMLockheed Martin UK Integrated Systems (UKIS) has proposed radar/mission system for the UK Royal Navy's (RN's) Crowsnest airborne surveillance and control (ASaC) programme. The proposed radar system offers a 'future-proofed' solution exploiting the capability of IAI Elta's EL/M-2052 active electronically scanned array (AESA) multimode radar, according to the report published on Tuesday
Back to War? U.S. Strikes Iranian Missile Positions After Tehran Attacks Cargo...
Iran Warns Against Israeli Aircraft Approaching it from Neighbouring Countries
Russia Attacks Ukrainian Gas Facilities in Response to Drone Attacks on its...
Russian Weapons Secrets Offered for Free by Ukraine to Allies
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