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Lockheed Martin Plans to Manufacture 30 F-16 Jets A Year In Proposed...
November 8, 2016 @ 01:19 PMLockheed Martin has offered to manufacture over 30 aircraft a year in its proposed Indian facility, one of its most ambitious fighter aircraft production ventures outside the United States. Lockheed executives briefing
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India Clears US$2 Billion Worth Deal To Procure 464 Russian T-90 tanks
November 8, 2016 @ 01:08 PMIndia has cleared more than 13,448 Crore (US$2 billion) worth defense proposal to procure more than 400 tanks. An initial approval has been given for the procurement of 464 T-90 tanks under the Modi governments Make in India initiative
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France Opens New International Helicopter Training Centre
November 8, 2016 @ 01:02 PMFrances Défense Conseil International (DCI) is inaugurating new facilities at International Helicopter Training Centre (CIF-H) and has acquired three EC120 helicopters for reinforcing training capacities. The CIF-H is the second pilot school created by DCI, and the first in France
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IAF To Modify Medical Norms For Pilots, New Applicants
November 8, 2016 @ 12:40 PMThe Indian Air Force is modifying its medical norms for pilots and new applicants by striking off a number of abnormalities or ailments from the list that deemed pilots to be medically unfit for flying. Speaking on the sidelines of the 64th International Congress of Aviation and Space Medicine on Monday, Air Marshal Pawan Kapoor, Director General Medical Services (Air), said no evidence was found that spinal deformities like Schmorl's nodes affect flying, though it was earlier thought that it may lead to fracture in case of ejection or other such situations, PTI reports
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India clears US$7.5 Billion Worth Proposal For 83 Tejas Aircraft
November 8, 2016 @ 12:11 PMIndia has cleared Rs 50,025 crore (US$7.5 billion) worth defense proposal to procure 83 LCA Tejas fighter jets
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Corrupt Defence Firms To Be Blacklisted For One Year Only: New Indian...
November 8, 2016 @ 11:44 AMIndias defense ministry approved a new liberalised blacklisting policy on Monday where armament companies suspected of corruption will be blacklisted for one year at a time, instead of the existing norm of 10 years at a go. The defence acquisitions council (DAC), chaired by defence minister Manohar Parrikar, approved the new guidelines for suspension or banning of business dealings with arms companies, which will be made public in the next few days, Economic Times reports
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China Developing Cargo Jet Based on Y-20 Military Transport
November 8, 2016 @ 11:24 AMChina is developing a civil variant of its Y-20 heavy strategic transport aircraft, the Y-20F-100, to boost its civilian sector. Designers at the Aviation Industry Corp of China are doing preliminary research on the Y-20F-100 and they will redesign the airframe and cargo loading system, China Daily reports citing a statement issued by the State-owned defense technology giant
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Russia Develops Advanced Anti-Radar Missile For 5th-generation PAK FA Jet
November 8, 2016 @ 10:28 AMRussias Tactical Missiles Corporation has developed an advanced anti-radar missile Kh-58UShK for the fifth-generation T-50 PAK FA (Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation) fighter jet. Now the advanced Anti radar missile can be carried by T-50 PAK FA fighter jet,
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Anti-Hacking Center To Monitor 20% Of Rostec Business Units By 2017
November 8, 2016 @ 09:25 AMRostec's newly launched anti-hacking center RostecInform (RT Inform) to monitor 20 per cent of the Russian firm's major businesses by 2017-end, including helicopter and missile manufacturing business units. By 2020, RT Inform plans to increase this coverage to 30 percent,
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British Typhoon Jets To Take Part In South Korean Air Exercise
November 8, 2016 @ 09:12 AMFour Eurofighter Typhoon jets have arrived in Seoul Tuesday morning to take part in the first-ever trilateral combined air exercise with South Korea and the US. This aerial drill marks South Korea's first domestic air combat maneuver with a foreign country other than its main ally, the United States
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German Army Invites Patria to Bid for Future Armored Troop Transport Project
Damen Delivers FCS 3307 Patrol Vessel to Nigeria
Iran Shoots Down Bunker Busting Bomb in Exercise to Protect Nuclear Facility
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