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Sri Lanka To Call International Bids For Buying Eight Multi-role Fighter Aircraft
August 13, 2016 @ 04:11 PMSri Lanka plans to invite proposals from international fighter aircraft manufacturers to buy eight multi-role fighter aircraft to replace a largely grounded fleet of its air force. Quoting cabinet minister Rajitha Senaratne, Sri Lankan publication Economynext said on August 10 that the multi-role fighters would be used for national defence and maritime protection requirements
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Leonardo-Finmeccanica Resumes Flight Tests Of AW609 Tiltrotor Prototypes
August 12, 2016 @ 11:33 AMLeonardo-Finmeccanica has resumed flight testing of its AW609 tiltrotor prototype following the fatal October 2015 crash in Italy. AW609 titlrotor prototype AC1 arrived in Philadelphia Thursday, the company said in a statement
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Russia To Turn Syrian Base To Fully Operational Facility
August 11, 2016 @ 12:39 PMRussia plans to turn the Hmeymim base in Syria into a fully operational facility for its armed forces. "After an agreement on its legal status, Hmeymim will become a base of Russian armed forces, all the appropriate infrastructure will be built there and our servicemen will live in decent conditions," Franz Klintsevich, the first deputy chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Federation Council (the upper house of Russia's parliament) was quoted as saying in an interview with the Russian Izvestia newspaper
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Malware Called 'South China Sea RAT' Spied on Philippines, Other Targets
August 9, 2016 @ 02:48 PMA malware known as NanHaiShu or “South China Sea Remote Access Trojan (RAT)” in Mandarin was discovered to have gathered intelligence related to the South China Sea arbitration case from the Philippines and organizations involved in assisting the South East Asian country which won an international arbitration case against China. Hackers believed to be from China have attacked government and private-sector organizations linked to the row over the key waterway, a Japan Times report said quoting an analysis by Finnish cybersecurity firm F-Secure
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Kuwait Orders 30 Caracal Helicopters From France For Over Billion Euros
August 9, 2016 @ 12:24 PMThe French Department of Defense has confirmed that Kuwait has placed an order for 30 Caracal helicopters for over one billion euros. "The Ministry of Defence of the State of Kuwait signed a contract with Airbus for the acquisition of Helicopters 30 Caracal helicopters for the Kuwait army and the national guard in the presence of French Defense Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian,” the french Defense ministry said in a statement Tuesday
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Egypt Commissions Russian Missile Corvette
August 9, 2016 @ 10:42 AMEgypt has commissioned a Molnya-class missile corvette received from Russia last year. The Egyptian Ministry of Defence announced on August 4 that a Molnya-class missile corvette has been commissioned into service,
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US Army To Discuss New Light Tank Construction Next Week
August 6, 2016 @ 08:52 AMThe US Army will discuss construction of a new light tank with mobile protected firepower capabilities next week. The Army will hold an industry day on Tuesday at Fort Benning, Georgia, to discuss requirements for a light-armored vehicle, and how it could perform in the areas of mobility, protection, sustainability, energy use, cyber capabilities and transportability,
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Rheinmetall Weapon And Ammo Orders Intake Reaches 1.7 Billion Euros In First...
August 4, 2016 @ 03:04 PMRheinmetalls defence sector posted a high order intake of €1,751 million in the first half of 2016, considerably exceeding the prior-year figure (H1/2015: €1,235 million) with growth of 42 percent. The sectors order backlog reached a new record value of €6,905 million (June 30, 2016)
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Russia's Rostec Beats Sanctions With 18% Growth in Income During 2015
August 3, 2016 @ 09:27 AMRussias defence and high technology holding company, Rostec declared 18% increase in consolidated revenues, amounting to 1 trillion and 140 billion rubles in 2015, despite the sanctions regime imposed against the firm. "Against the sanctions pressure, the general decline of the Russian economy and fall of industrial production index by more than 3 %, we managed to increase the revenue of the State Corporation to 1 trillion 140 billion rubles, demonstrating a growth by 18 % compared to 2014", said CEO of Rostec,Sergey Chemezov during the meeting with the President of Russia Vladimir Putin
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Raytheon Wins $524 Million To Deliver 47 SM-3 Block IB Missiles
August 3, 2016 @ 07:16 AMRaytheon is being awarded a $524 million contract to procure material, fabricate, test and deliver 47 SM-3 Block IB missiles for fiscal 2016. This contract action is an option exercise that was previously announced on Dec
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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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
