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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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S. Korea Launches Eighth KSS-II Submarine
November 8, 2016 @ 08:51 AMSouth Korea today unveiled its eighth submarine in an effort to reinforce its maritime combat capability in the face of North Koreas growing threat. Built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co
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BAE Systems Wins $192M US Navy Contract For Zumwalt Combat Systems
November 8, 2016 @ 07:22 AMBAE Systems has been awarded a US Navy contract worth $192 million to complete the installation and combat systems activation for two Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers. “BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, California, is being awarded a maximum value $192,682,485 cost-plus-award-fee, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for post-delivery execution yard efforts to accomplish post-delivery industrial availabilities including but not limited to post-delivery availabilities, mission systems activation, and post shakedown availabilities (PSA) of USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) and USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001),” the US Department of Defense announced Monday
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Montenegro To Strengthen Security Following Election Day Cyber Attacks
November 7, 2016 @ 08:55 PMMontenegro has considered strengthening cyber security, police capabilities and intelligence services to prevent hacking attacks amid reports that Russian hackers had a role in downing several websites on Election Day, October 16. The government is also establishing a national council for online security, forming a special unit to combat high tech crime within the police and by buying new equipment and modern software, according to the action plan discussed last week during the government's session, which was seen by Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)
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China's Cyber Security Law To Take Effect From June 2017
November 7, 2016 @ 02:31 PMChinas cyber security law is set to take effect in June 2017 to counter hacking and terrorism threats. The legislation is an "objective need" of China as a major internet power, a parliament official said
Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Tested in Secretive U.S. Launch from Cape Canaveral...
Kim Jong-un Attends Launch of 5,000-Ton Destroyer at North Korean Naval Shipyard
India Closer to Hypersonic Weapon: DRDO Conducts Second Test of Scramjet Engine
Poland’s First Locally Built AW149 Helicopter Takes Flight
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...
