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Closure In Sight For India's Rafale Aircraft Purchase?
April 15, 2016 @ 02:08 PMA deal appears to be sight for Indias purchase of 36 Dassault Rafale aircraft following a comment by the Indian defence minister that the deal “should be finalized soon.” Defence minister Manohar Parrikars comments were reported in several Indian media who quizzed him regarding the deal during a maritime summit in Mumbai yesterday
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Mexico Orders Seven Sikorsky Black Hawk Helicopters Worth $54 million
April 12, 2016 @ 08:52 AMSikorsky Aircraft has secured a foreign military sales contract worth $54 million from the US Army to provide seven UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Mexico. “Sikorsky Aircraft Corp
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US Deploys B-52 Bombers In Qatar To Fight IS
April 11, 2016 @ 03:57 PMUS Air Force (USAF) has deployed its B-52 Stratofortress aircraft in Qatar to counter Islamic State (IS) threat in Iraq and Syria. "The B-52 will provide the coalition continued precision and deliver desired airpower effects,” said Lt
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Is US Trafficking Arms To Syrian Rebels?
April 11, 2016 @ 02:32 PMThe US may have helped Syrian rebels by delivering Russian origin weapons from Romania to Turkey and Jordan late last year. The US governments Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website had solicited bids to transport a number of weapons and ammunition being sent to from a port in Romania to Turkey and Jordan
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Pakistan Plans to Produce 24 JF-17 Thunder Fighter Aircraft This year
April 11, 2016 @ 11:27 AMPakistan plans to increase the rate of manufacture of the JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft from 17 in 2015 to 24 in 2016. The countrys Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman expressed determination to produce up to 24 jets in 2016
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Iran Confirms Receiving First Batch Of Russian S-300 Defense Missile System
April 11, 2016 @ 11:19 AMIran has confirmed receiving first batch of S-300 air defense missile systems from Russia. “We had already announced that despite several changes in time of delivery, the deal is on its path of implementation
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Egypt To Get Mistral Helicopter Carriers By September
April 11, 2016 @ 09:56 AMEgypt will receive the French-made Mistral-class helicopter carriers in June-September 2016, the French ambassador in Cairo said Sunday. "The delivery of Mistrals will take place between June and September this year, " Sputnik reported quoting Andre Parant as saying during a press conference in the Egyptian capital
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Russia Concludes S-300 Missile Systems Contract To Iran
April 9, 2016 @ 09:13 AMRussia has concluded the deliveries of S-300 antiaircraft missile systems to Iran, Russian Vice-Premier Dmitry Rogozin said. "There are no problematic issues in this sphere and the contract has been concluded," Rogozin told TASS Friday
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Boeing Wins $922 Million Apache Helicopters Contract
April 8, 2016 @ 07:45 AMBoeing has won the US Army contract worth $922 million for production of 117 AH-64E remanufactured Apache helicopters. Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2018, the US Department of Defense announced Thursday
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Chinese C28A Corvette Tests Anti-ship Missiles
April 6, 2016 @ 03:49 PMA C28A class corvette conducted a test launch of anti-ship missiles recently. The ship, with 3,000-ton displacement, is a Chinese-built new generation of warship exported to Algeria
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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...
