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Greece Receives First Three Boeing CH-47 Chinook Helicopters From US
November 14, 2016 @ 02:12 PMGreece has received the first three Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopters following an agreement with the United States signed earlier this year. The parts of the choppers arrived Friday from the US to Piraeus port on the Endurance ship, owned by American company ARC
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Britain Plans Deployment Of Drones, Missiles, Typhoon Jets, Tanks In Estonia
November 14, 2016 @ 01:54 PMBritain is readying to deploy batteries of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS), drones, RAF Typhoon jets and Challenger 2 tanks on Russia-Estonian border to counter Russian aggression. UK will be sending the rockets to Estonia next year in the wake of fear that Putin is considering to invade the country due to increasing tension in Baltic region,
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Pakistani Pratt & Whitney Turboshaft MRO Facility Nears Completion
November 14, 2016 @ 01:49 PMThe Pratt & Whitneys PT6 turboshaft maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Pakistan is nearing completion. The Chairman of Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) in his presentation to the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), Air Marshal Arshad Malik has now invited the Pakistani private sector to invest and were offered opportunities as joint venture to augment the existing T-56 (Rolls-Royce) engine facility at PAC Kamra and develop new PT6 engines for aircraft,
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Belgium Joins Netherlands In Frigates, Minesweepers Purchase For Euro Two Billion
November 14, 2016 @ 01:28 PMBelgium accompanied by Netherlands will purchase four warships and twelve minesweepers for an approximate two billion euros. Belgium will buy four frigates and twelve minesweepers along with Netherlands
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Rolls Royce, Finnish VTT Partnership To Design First Generation Remote And Autonomous...
November 14, 2016 @ 12:38 PMRolls-Royce and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have announced a strategic partnership to design, test and validate the first generation of remote and autonomous ships. Rolls-Royce is developing remote controlled and autonomous ships and believes a remote controlled ship will be in commercial use by the end of the decade, the company said in a statement Monday
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Pakistan Invites Private Players To Undertake Defense-Aviation Development Projects
November 14, 2016 @ 12:31 PMThe Pakistan Aeronautical Complex is eyeing for new design and development programs that include parts for JF-17 Thunder, upgrading Mushshak aircraft, drones and has invited private sector to undertake these ventures in the country. “The PAC Kamra is looking for new design and development programmes like upgrading Super Mushshak aircraft, development of unmanned aerial and many more
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Russia Eyes To Renew Helicopter Project With US
November 14, 2016 @ 11:26 AMRussia is considering the possibilities of renewing a helicopter project and other forms of cooperation with US and NATO on Afghanistan. The changed approach of Russia towards US comes after Donald Trumph elected as US President for 2016 election
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Russia Likely To Restart Negotiation With Iran On Hamadan Airbase Use
November 14, 2016 @ 11:26 AMRussia would likely to resume negotiation with Iran on use of Hamadan airbase for anti-terror operations in Syria. Iran allowed Russia's Aerospace Forces to operate from the base in the mountainous western Hamadan province in mid-August
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India Requests US To Procure EMALS For Its Naval Carriers
November 14, 2016 @ 10:45 AMThe Indian Navy has sent letters of request (LoR) to the Pentagon under government-to-government deals to acquire Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for its carriers. The LoRs contain price and availability for 22 Guardians and three EMALs catapults and are now under consideration by the US department of defense for clearance under the Foreign Military Sales,
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First Woman To Fly Chinese J-10 Fighter Killed In A Crash
November 14, 2016 @ 10:07 AMThe first woman to fly Chinas J-10 fighter plane was killed after she hit the wing of another jet during a training exercise Monday. Yu Xu, a member of the Chinese air forces ‘August First aerobic display team was killed in a crash during an aerobatics training exercise, Global Times reported
DARPA-backed Startup Speeds Up Production for Radar, Electronic Warfare Amplifiers
Poland to Deploy 96 'Tarantula' Robots in New Unmanned Troop Units
U.K. Orders 1,500 Sig Sauer MCX Rifles for Royal Marines
Indonesia Eyeing Italy's Retired "Garibaldi" Aircraft Carrier, Harrier Jets
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