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BAE Systems To Provide Anti-Fraud Solutions To NFU Mutual
December 5, 2016 @ 12:56 PMBAE Systems has received a contract to help NFU Mutual develop a system for the insurance company to protect customers against fraud and financial crimes. The teaming up of the insurance composite with BAE is aimed at utilizing external and internal data sources to identify fraudsters at the point of sale, BAE announced Friday
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Saab Announces Carl-Gustaf M4 Order, Refuses To Name Customer
December 5, 2016 @ 12:20 PMDefence and security company Saab has signed a contract for the Carl-Gustaf M4 multi-role weapon system, but declined to name the customer. This is Saab´s fourth customer for the system since its launch in late 2014
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Raytheon’s Work On Satellite Control Station Making Progress: Pentagon
December 5, 2016 @ 12:16 PMRaytheon is making headway with its delayed work on new ground control stations for next-generation GPS satellites. During the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in southern California, Defense Undersecretary Frank Kendall confirmed that the company's work on ground control stations is progressing
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US Navy To Buy Boeing's Super Hornet Fighter Jets
December 5, 2016 @ 11:10 AMUS Navy has plans to buy dozens of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jets to deal with shortage of strike fighters aboard carriers. The US Navy also has decided to get rid of its older F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets in coming years,
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Russian Navy’s Su-33 Multi-role Aircraft Crashes During Flight Operations
December 5, 2016 @ 11:00 AMRussian Navys Su-33 carrier-based multi-role aircraft has crashed during flight operations from Admiral Kuznetsov Saturday. According to the report, the combat plane crashed at its second attempt to land on the aircraft carrier in good weather conditions (visibility +10 kilometers, Sea State 4, wind at 12 knots): it seems that it missed the wires and failed to go around falling short of the bow of the warship, unnamed military sources were quoted as saying by
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Japan Likely To Buy US Thaad Missile System
December 5, 2016 @ 10:30 AMJapan is considering buying the US Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) advanced anti-missile system to counter North Koreas Nuclear threat. The government plans to allocate around 200 billion yen ($2 billion) in the third supplementary budget for fiscal 2016 after the first
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General Atomics To Develop Protector Remotely Piloted Air System For UK Air...
December 5, 2016 @ 10:28 AMGeneral Atomics will develop their current drone technology into new unmanned aerial vehicles for use by the Royal Air Force. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has agreed £100 million (US$ 127 million) contract to develop Protector Remotely Piloted Air System especially for RAF
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Indian Air Force, Naval Mi-17V5 Choppers To Conduct Surveillance Sorties Over Temple...
December 5, 2016 @ 09:34 AMThe Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Navy have deployed Mi-17V5 helicopters to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance sorties over the Southern temple town of Sabrimala from Monday. “Intelligence reports that extremist elements could use forest routes to asail the temple or pilgrims groups had prompted the unusual move
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Indian Navy Junks Home-grown Light Combat Aircraft, Will Look For Foreign-made Plane
December 5, 2016 @ 08:49 AMThe Indian Navy has junked aircraft carrier version of the home-grown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas and will look for a foreign made plane as the LCA did not meet the requirements. Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba announced that the Naval LCA did not meet his forces requirements and would look for a Foreign-made plane
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S Korea Increases Defense Budget By 4% For Next Year
December 5, 2016 @ 06:39 AMSouth Korea has increased its defense budget to 40.34 trillion won (US$34 billion) for 2017 from 38
U.K. Navy's New Drones Can Trick Sea Mines into Exploding Harmlessly
Turkey’s ASELSAN Demonstrates Laser Defense System Against Infrared-Guided Missiles
Russia Targets Patriot Battery in Kyiv as Germany Pushes for New U.S....
Dutch Intelligence: Russia Using WWI-Era Chemical in Ukraine
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...
