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Airbus, Ilyushin To Have Boeing As Competitor In Indian MRTT Contest
November 16, 2016 @ 07:47 AMBoeing is likely to compete with its new multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) KC-46A Pegasus alongside Airbus and Russian Ilyushin for the Indian MRTT requirement. India has called off the MRTT contest twice so far
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Lockheed Martin To Upgrade M1A2S Advanced Gunnery Training System For Saudi Arabia...
November 16, 2016 @ 07:34 AMLockheed Martin has been awarded a foreign military sales contract worth $48 million to upgrade the M1A2S Advanced Gunnery Training System for Saudi Arabia. “Lockheed Martin Corp
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K-Max UAS, Optionally Piloted Choppers Jointly Demonstrate Firefighting, Search-and-Rescue Operations
November 16, 2016 @ 05:58 AMLockheed Martin demonstrated for the first time the optionally piloted Kaman K-MAX and the Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft (SARA) performing collaborative fire fighting and search-rescue with the Indago quadrotor and Desert Hawk 3.1 fixed wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS)
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China's First Aircraft Carrier 'Liaoning' To Start Training With New Capacity
November 15, 2016 @ 05:46 PMChina's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning has recently left East Chinas Shandong province to start a new training mission. The Liaoning is the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Surface Force
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RUAG Australia Wins Lead F-35 Sustainment Assignments
November 15, 2016 @ 05:44 PMRUAG Australia has won 10 of the initial 11 component categories available to partner countries for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter regional sustainment. Starting in 2025, the company will have lead responsibility within the Pacific Region for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of Joint Strike Fighter components in four Repair Technology Groups - Valves (RTG F), Auxiliary Power Systems (RTG G), Landing Gear Components (RTG L) and Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Pneudraulics & Hydro-Mechanical (RTG H) – all of which are consistent with RUAG Australias core capabilities, the company announced Monday
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Poland To Build Territorial Defense Force By 2019
November 15, 2016 @ 05:41 PMPoland will build a 800 million Euros worth new territorial defense force of 53,000 volunteers by 2019 in order to guard against threats from Russia. The force will be similar to the US National Guard in that it is comprised of civilians who undergo military training, Defense Minister Atoni Macierewicz said Monday
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Russian Frigate Targets Terrorists With Kaibr Cruise Missile In Syria
November 15, 2016 @ 01:23 PMRussia has started using its Admiral Grigorovich frigate carrying Kalibr cruise missiles targeting terrorists in Syria. "Today, we started a large-scale operation on launching massive strikes on Daesh and al-Nusra Front targets in the Idlib and Homs provinces [in Syria]," Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying by
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Russia To Modernize T-80 Main Battle Tanks With New Engines, Fire-Control Systems
November 15, 2016 @ 01:00 PMThe Russian Defense Ministry, Omsktransmash and tank repair factory at St. Petersburg have completed all the procedures for signing a contract to modernize the main battle tank (MBT) T-80BV
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Iran Negotiating $10 Billion Arms From Russia, But Needs UNSC Permission
November 15, 2016 @ 12:43 PMRussia and Iran are in talks over an arms deal worth around $10 billion that would see Moscow deliver T-90 tanks, artillery systems, planes and helicopters even as Tehran needs permission from the United Nations Security Council to buy weapons. Viktor Ozerov, head of the defense and security committee in the Russian upper house of parliament, or Federation Council, told reporters talks on the potential deal were under way during a parliamentary visit to Iran, the RIA news agency reported Monday
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Indian Navy To Receive P8I Submarine Killer, Reconnaissance Aircraft In 2020
November 15, 2016 @ 11:57 AMThe Indian Navy will start to receive additional P8I submarine killer, maritime reconnaissance aircraft from July 2020. The work of providing India with an updated version of the combat plane is being initiated at the Boeing facility in USA,
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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