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CACI Wins $1.7 Billion To Support Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization
November 1, 2016 @ 01:40 AMCACI International has been awarded a $1.7 billion contract to provide the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO) with deployable analytical operations, intelligence, and training services to support JIDOs Focused Support/Decisive Effort (FS/DE) mission anywhere in the world
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Inmarsat, Honeywell Collaborate To Provide High Speed Communication Capabilities For Military Purpose
October 31, 2016 @ 06:28 PMInmarsat's Global Xpress "SATCOM as a Service" in-flight broadband service and Honeywell's JetWave satellite communications hardware will work together to provide a consistent, high-speed, high-bandwidth connectivity experience for military users worldwide The communication capabilities improve overall situational awareness and safety while allowing troops to communicate more effectively,the company announced today. Honeywell recently achieved type approval from Inmarsat for JetWave aeronautical terminals, which enable access to the Global Xpress network and provide a more connected flying experience while over land or sea
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Government Proposes To Buy 200 Fighter Planes Only If Manufactured In India
October 31, 2016 @ 06:28 PMIndia is offering to buy hundreds of fighter planes from foreign defense firms provided that they are manufactured in the country, with a local partner. A deal for 200 single-engine planes produced in India could cost about $13 to $15 billion
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Turkey Develops High-Tech 'Drone Killer' Defense system
October 31, 2016 @ 03:45 PMTurkey's ASELSAN domestic defense firm has developed an integrated air defense system to detect, track and disrupt small and micro unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) against any threat on public and commercial settlements. The Air Defense System (İHTAR) uses radio beams to freeze drones in midair by interfering with their control channels,
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Russia To Develop Miniature Reconnaissance Drone
October 31, 2016 @ 11:50 AMRussia is developing a low cost pocket-size reconnaissance drone and other miniature UAVs that can be easily replaced, if shot down on the battle field. “Right now we are working on several types of UAVs,” Russias United Instrument Corporation said in a statement Saturday
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S Korea Plans US$9.6 Billion Naval, Civilian Orders For Shipbuilders
October 31, 2016 @ 11:07 AMSouth Korea has planned ordering 250 vessels, including Naval and Civilian, worth about $9.6 billion (11 trillion won) for shipbuilders by 2020
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Chinese AH-4 Howitzer Wins First Middle-East Export Order
October 31, 2016 @ 10:31 AMChinas indigenously built AH-4 155mm Light-weight Howitzer has secured its first export order from an unidentified Middle-East customer. According to the current issue of Modern Weaponry magazine, the AH-4 was able to beat out BAE Systems M777 howitzer (a 155mm 39 caliber towed gun) for its first win,
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Russia To Construct Six Diesel-electric Submarines By Nov-end
October 31, 2016 @ 10:06 AMRussia will be building a set of six Varshavyanka diesel-electric submarines by end of November. "In late November, the construction of the series of six new Project 636
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Indonesia To Spend More Than $20 Billion On Defence Procurement
October 31, 2016 @ 09:35 AMIndonesia will be the fifth fastest-growing defence budget in the world between 2016 and 2025, growing at a compound annual rate of 4.7 percent and spending more than $20 billion on procurement, according to an analysis from IHS Markit
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Russian Aerobatic Team Gets Four Su-30SM Jets
October 31, 2016 @ 08:37 AMRussias famous aerobatic team, the Russian Knights acquired the first batch of Su-30SM fighters in mid-October. Famous Russian aces received an upgrade of four Su-30SM fighters to its fleet of Su-27s on October 14
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