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UN To Cut Costs On Flight Logistics

The United Nations has planned to reduce fleets, limiting passenger movement to essential needs and cutting the number of non-mission passengers traveling on UN flights, and reducing the number of special flights in a move to cut costs on air assets in its missions. Secretary-General António Guterres today launched an initiative to boost efficiency of United Nations planes and flights, as it was revealed that the Organization spent close to $750 million from 2015 to 2016 on air assets in its peacekeeping and political missions

Nuclear Arsenals Decline Globally Primarily Due To Cuts Made By Russia, US:...

Russia and the United States are slowly reducing their nuclear arsenals but are modernizing their capabilities according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) annual report. The SIPRI said that there were 455 fewer nuclear warheads at the start of 2016 among nine nuclear states than a year earlier

Lockheed Martin Demonstrates CTE Utilizing Long Range Discrimination Radar

Lockheed Martin announces new Solid State Radar Integration Site that will significantly reduce risk before the missile defense radar is constructed in Alaska Lockheed Martin utilized a scaled Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) system to successfully demonstrate Critical Technology Elements (CTEs) in a relevant end to end environment, the company said in a statement Thursday. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in 2015 awarded the $784 million contract to Lockheed Martin to develop, build and test LRDR, and the company is on track on an aggressive schedule to deliver the radar to Clear, Alaska

Indian Navy To Approach Government For Second Home-grown Aircraft Carrier

The Indian Navy is likely to approach the government with a proposal to build the second aircraft carrier in a couple of months. "Lots of discussions are right now on within the Navy what type of an aircraft carrier we want, right from the tonnage, type of propulsion

Russian Delegation To Visit Egypt To Negotiate Mistral Equipment Deal

A Russian delegation has left for Egypt to negotiate delivering communications and control equipment for the Mistal-class helicopter carriers France sold to Cairo after it cancelled their sale to Moscow. "Negotiations continue, the Russian delegation has left for Egypt to discuss with the Egyptian side the parameters of the potential deal with the available technical proposals on the communications and control equipment,"

Iran Needs No Permission To Build Missiles: President

Iran does not need “permission to build missiles,” in an apparent response to recent sanctions by the United States on the Islamic Republics ballistic missile program. “Iran will ask no souls permission to build missiles,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was quoted as saying by Press TV on Saturday

DARPA, SSL Agreement On Satellite Servicing Program Completed Despite Lawsuit

US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has completed an agreement with the Space Systems Loral (SSL) for s satellite servicing program that Orbital ATK was contesting against DARPA. DARPA had filed a motion in the federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed in February by Orbital ATK about the award to SSL in regard to the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program

Indo-Russian Su-30 Spare Parts Deal Excludes Technology Transfer

Indias Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Russian manufacturers of Sukhoi-30 aircraft have signed an agreement for the supply of spares that does not involve any technology transfer. HAL signed agreements with United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and United Engine Corporation (UEC) for long-term support on after sales service of Su-30 MKI aircraft,

Russia’s Tu-160M2 Blackjack Supersonic Bomber To Enter Serial Production In 2022

Indian HAL Ready To Go Public By August This Year

Indias Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) will be ready to launch by July or August this year. The state-owned aerospace and defense company will wait for the results of the past financial year that are to be audited