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Belgium Navy’s Latest Vessels Fitted With Bruntons Sterngear Packages
February 10, 2015 @ 11:52 AMThe Belgium Navys latest vessels are fitted with Bruntons Propellers propeller and stern gear packages, according to the company press release. The first ship, the ‘Castor, has already been launched and during trials demonstrated exceptional performance for a steel hulled displacement vessel of her size
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Lockheed Martin-Team Lays Keel For US Navy’s Thirteenth Littoral Combat Ship
February 10, 2015 @ 09:09 AMThe Lockheed Martin has laid the keel for the US Navy's thirteenth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), USS Wichita in a ceremony held at Marinette Marine Corporation Monday. The Lockheed Martin-led LCS team includes ship builder Marinette Marine Corporation, a Fincantieri company, naval architect Gibbs & Cox, as well as nearly 900 suppliers in 43 states
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Rockwell Collins Develops Advanced Remote Secure Receiver For Soldiers
February 10, 2015 @ 08:46 AMRockwell Collins has developed the Remote Secure Receiver (RSR) that features smallest, lowest power, protected, secure and trusted Selected Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) GPS solution for the soldiers. The RSR which was recently ordered by the Battlefield Airmen Office of the Air Force Special Operations Command, offers the warfighter assured PNT information, enabling increased situational awareness, and the ability to support highly effective fires missions that reduce fratricide and collateral damage
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Europe To Launch Car-Sized, Wingless Spacecraft
February 9, 2015 @ 02:58 PMEurope has planned to launch a car-sized experimental wingless space plane on a 100-minute unmanned mission, AFP reported Feb 5 2014. The European Space Agency's two-tonne, 5m-long Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) is scheduled to be blasted into space on a Vega rocket from a space pad
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Decision On Indian Air Force’s Avro Replacement In A Couple Of Days...
February 9, 2015 @ 02:54 PMIndian defense ministry is likely to decide on the sole Airbus-Tata joint bid to replace Indian Air Forces (IAF) fleet of 56 Avro aircraft fleet with C-295 military transport carrier in the coming week. Defense ministry sources said the next meetings of the defense acquisition council (DAC) would deliberate on the bid worth multi crore rupees
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Rolls-Royce Wins $442 Million Contract For F-35 Lift Fan
February 9, 2015 @ 01:43 PMRolls-Royce has won a contract worth $442 million for initial production of 17 lift systems to be used in a US fighter jet, F-35B. Rolls-Royce said on Monday it agreed the contracts with Pratt & Witney, which builds the engine for the jet, in a deal which complied with a plan to reduce the cost of building the aircraft, according to Reuters
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French Banks Might Finance Egyptian Rafale Fighter Purchase
February 9, 2015 @ 01:09 PMFrench banks and an insurance company are expected finance the approximate Euro 6 billion required to purchase 24 Dassault Rafale fighters and a DCNS frigate. Half the amount could come from Coface (French Insurance Company for Foreign Trade) and the rest as loan from a consortium of banks, according to a report in Les Echos publication last Friday
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Iran Unveils Fighter Trainer
February 9, 2015 @ 12:53 PMIran has launched indigenously-built combat fighter, Saeqeh 2 (Thunderbolt 2), on Monday for training purposes. "The double-cockpit supersonic fighter jet which has been designed and built by the defense ministry's aerospace industries organization in cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran's Air Force will do close-range cover and backup in tactical missions as well as advanced pilot training missions," Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami was quoted as saying by Fars News Agency
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Indian Navy Likely To Get Two Midget Subs Worth $482 Million Each
February 9, 2015 @ 12:45 PMIndian Navy is likely to get two strategic operating vessels (SOVs) also known as midget submarines on Hindustan Shipyard Limited that can boost the underwater capability costing an estimated $482 million each, the Hindu reported today. According to the report, the Request for proposal (ROP) will be notified in a couple of months
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Lebanon Receives 70 Howitzers, 26 Million Rounds Of Ammunition From US
February 9, 2015 @ 11:43 AMLebanon has received shipment of the $25 million worth equipments that includes more than 70 M198 howitzers and over 26 million rounds of ammunition on Sunday at Beiruts port. US provided weapons for helping the Lebanese army to fight against IS militants who have staged incursions from Syria
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