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South Korean DAPA, KAI Sign Formal Agreement For KF-X Fighter Aircraft Program
December 28, 2015 @ 12:34 PMSouth Koreas Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) have formally signed an agreement to develop KF-X fighter aircraft. According to the agreement signed today, DAPA will finance 60 per cent of the 8 trillion won (US$6
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Saab Pitches Joint Production Of Naval Gripen Fighter Jet With India
December 28, 2015 @ 10:34 AMSaab has offered to jointly develop a naval version of its fighter jet Gripen with transfer of technology. “We have a great opportunity for technology transfer,” said Ulf Nilsson, head of Saab aeronautics division was quoted as saying by Press Trust of India Sunday
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Russian Air Force To Receive First T-50 Fighter In 2017
December 28, 2015 @ 10:08 AMRussian Air Force will receive the first of its newest fighter T-50 in 2017 after the final tests are completed. Russian Air Force commander in chief, Colonel General Viktor Bondarev in an interview with TV channel Russia 24 Sunday said that the air force will start receiving T-50 fighter aircraft in 2017
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Israeli Air Force Aircraft To Receive Elbit Electronic Warfare Systems
December 28, 2015 @ 09:20 AMElbit Systems has won $70 million contract for the supply of Electronic Warfare systems to Israeli Air Force. The contract was awarded by the Directorate of Production and Procurement of the Israeli Ministry of Defense ("IMOD")
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Philippines Saves $16 Million On Defence Procurement
December 28, 2015 @ 08:59 AMThe Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) claims to have saved more than P765 million (US $16 million) in defense procurement in 2015, double the savings recorded last year. In a statement, AFP Procurement Service chief Brig
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New Missile Ready For Buk-M3 Air Defense Systems
December 28, 2015 @ 08:29 AMRussian-built Buk-M3 medium-range air defense missile system will get a new cutting-edge missile that will further boost the capability of the system. "The self-propelled systems transport and firing boxes are designed to hold six missiles
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Indo-French Draft Contract On Rafale Purchase Ready
December 28, 2015 @ 08:18 AMA draft contract between India and France for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jet is ready, according to local media reports. According to the draft contract, the first fighter jet must be supplied in the first three years after the deal has been finalized, local media reported Sunday
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A 1000 Chinese Private Firms Allowed To Develop Weapons
December 28, 2015 @ 08:06 AMThousand private companies have received permission to develop and produce weapons or other military equipment, accounting for about 40 percent of defense equipment contractors in China. Xu Dazhe, director of the State Administration of Science Technology and Industry for the National Defense, said in July that the government would open more fields in the defense sector to private enterprises and lower the entry threshold for them, Xinhua reported Sunday
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10 Killed In Russian Mi-8 Helicopter Crash
December 26, 2015 @ 12:05 PMAt least 10 people were reported killed in a Russian Mi-8 helicopter crash in the countrys northern Krasnoyarsk region Thursday. "Latest data showed that 10 people have died in the crash and 15 others have been taken to hospital," the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office said in a statement
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DARPA Plans GPS Replacement With Atomic Clocks For Military Applications
December 26, 2015 @ 11:33 AMThe US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to replace Global Positions Systems with Atomic Clocks with Enhanced Stability (ACES). “All of our modern communications, navigation and electronic warfare systems, as well as our intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, depend on accurate time-keeping,” said Lutwak, who will oversee the new program, called Atomic Clocks with Enhanced Stability (ACES) Wednesday in an official press release
Norway Receives Three More F-35 Fighters
Morocco Receives First AH-64E Apache Helicopters
EU Unveils €800 Billion 'ReArm Europe' Defense Plan
First French-made Griffon Armored Vehicles to Belgium in July
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U