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China To Provide Offshore Patrol Vessels To Sri Lanka
October 21, 2016 @ 11:32 AMSri Lanka has signed defence deals worth 120 million RMB with China that includes provision of Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), during an official visit by the Secretary of Defence to Beijing this week. During the second Defence Cooperation Dialogue co-chaired by Defense Secretary Hettiarachchi and Admiral Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of Joint Staff Department of China's Central Military Commission (CMC), China has also agreed to provide military assistance to the country, Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defense (MOD) said
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Ex NSA Contractor Stole 500 Million Pages Of Sensitive US Records Over
October 21, 2016 @ 09:48 AMFormer National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Harold Martin III has stolen 500 million pages of US government records over 20 years, including details of secret military activities, the US department of Justice stated in a court filing. The defendant violated that trust by engaging in wholesale theft of classified government documents and property throughout his government assignments
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CBI Files Charge Sheet In Indian Embraer Deal, Names Middleman
October 21, 2016 @ 08:12 AMThe Indian Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet against a UK based arms dealer for allegedly taking kickbacks worth over US $5.7 million from the Brazilian Embraer in Indias 2008 three aircraft deal
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Safran’s Sigma 40 Inertial Navigation System Carries Integration Tests With Harpoon Missile
October 20, 2016 @ 04:40 PMSafran Electronics & Defense has carried out integration tests of the Sigma 40 shipborne navigation system with the alignment system on the AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile for Royal Thai Navy's Krabi corvettes and KDX class frigates. This test was carried out within the scope of a contract signed with Korean naval shipyard DSME, which builds warships
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Raytheon Wins $255 Million US Navy Precision Landing System Contract
October 20, 2016 @ 04:10 PMRaytheon has won a $255 million contract from US Navy to complete development of its next generation precision landing system. The Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALs) uses GPS satellite navigation to provide more accurate landing guidance for manned and unmanned aircraft
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BAE System To Ramp Up Laser-Guided Rockets' Production For US, Allied Nations
October 20, 2016 @ 03:42 PMBAE Systems has won a $600 million contract from US Navy to speed the supply of Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rockets. With an initial award of more than $130 million, the three-year contract will help speed the delivery of these precision guidance rockets to meet the needs of the US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Army, and US Air Force, as well as allied nations
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North Korea's Intermediate-Range Missile Launch Fails
October 20, 2016 @ 02:14 PMNorth Korea has test fired probably an intermediate-range missile Musudan which failed immediately following the launch on Thursday. An intermediate-range Musudan missile blasted soon after takeoff at 6:30 Pyongyang time, the US and South Korean military monitors were quoted as saying by various media on Wednesday
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Has India Chosen Government-to-Government Path For ‘Make-In-India’ Fighter Jet Program?
October 20, 2016 @ 01:37 PMThe Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) seems to be keen on approaching foreign governments rather than individual companies to partner it for manufacturing fighter jets under the ‘Make-in-India program. The MoD, earlier this month sent invitations through Indian Embassies to ‘some overseas participants to partake in Indias fresh program to acquire single-engine fighter aircraft to be built in India on the basis of foreign technology transfer and also for export from India, an Indian business newspaper reported last week
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Russian PAK FA Fighters Equipped With Operational Engines To Be Tested In...
October 20, 2016 @ 01:07 PMRussia is planning to test its Sukhoi T-50 (PAK FA) fifth-generation fighters using operational engines in late 2017. Also equipped with advanced avionics and all-digital flight systems, the fighter is set to become the first operational stealth aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces
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Pakistani Paramilitary Soldiers Seize Huge Cache Of Weapons In Orangi Town
October 20, 2016 @ 12:57 PMPakistani paramilitary soldiers, on Wednesday seized a huge cache of weapons that include sub-machine guns, light-machine guns (LMG), rockets, pistols, rifles and bullets in a shop raid in Orangi Town meant to create unrest in the city. The spokesman for the Sindh Rangers, which has been spearheading a targeted crackdown on terrorists, target killers, kidnappers and extortionists in September 2013,
Italy Orders 14 Additional M142 HIMARS Rocket Systems
German Chancellor Blocks €3B Ukraine Aid with IRIS-T Systems Ahead of Elections
Ukraine to Get Thousands of Drones Worth Over $125M
Serbia Cancelling Arms Contracts with Russia, Preferring Chinese Weapons Instead
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