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Taiwan Eyes New Defense Tech Wing Similar To US DARPA

October 17, 2016 @ 12:32 PM

Taiwan will establish a new defense technology department with an allocation of NT $3 billion on the lines of US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to boost indigenous capabilities. The new military department, to be officially established next January, will be responsible for developing "groundbreaking" and "innovative" technologies for national defense and to drive development of the industry, Col
S-400 Air Defence System Can Be A Game-changer For India

October 17, 2016 @ 11:31 AM

India and Russia last week signed a $5 billion deal to acquire five new generation Russian S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems along with other defense equipment. The deals were announced following talks held between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit on Saturday
Russia Deploys Armed Pick-Up Trucks In Syria

October 17, 2016 @ 10:56 AM

Russian Defense Ministry has deployed a group of UAZ Patriot trucks equipped with Kord 12.7 mm heavy machine guns and AGS-17 grenade launchers to Syria
Russia To Display Tiger Class Corvette, 130 Naval Hardware At Euronaval 2016

October 17, 2016 @ 10:40 AM

Rosoboronexport will be displaying more than 130 Naval products, including the advanced Tiger-class corvette, equipped with Club-N integrated missile system and vertical launchers at the EURONAVAL 2016 exhibition, held from 17-21 October in France. The display at International Naval Defense and Maritime Exhibition & Conference also includes frigates that are being currently supplied to India, offshore patrol vessel, Tornado-class missile ships and their derivatives armed with missile systems, the Russian state intermediary agency announced today
China Launches Spacecraft Carrying Two Astronauts In Space

October 17, 2016 @ 10:40 AM

China has launched manned spacecraft Shenzhou-11 that will dock with the space lab Tiangong-2. Shenzhou-11 is carrying two male astronauts on board and was launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi desert at 7:30 a
British Army Eyes Buying £3 Billion 800 Military Vehicles From Germany

October 17, 2016 @ 09:39 AM

The British Army is eyeing to buy 800 infantry vehicles for £3 billion from Germany at £4 million apiece. The British ministry of defense (MoD) is desperate to upgrade its existing armored fleet and wishes to sign a contract with German ARTEC consortium as quickly as possible to rule out competition,
China Displays Decommissioned Nuclear Submarine

October 17, 2016 @ 09:01 AM

China is displaying its newly decommissioned nuclear-powered submarine at the Chinese Navy Museum in Qingdao, a port city in East China's Shandong Province. The first nuclear-powered submarine was towed to a wharf of the museum on Saturday for public display, China Military Online reports
India, Russia sign Deals For Kamov, S-400 ‘Triumf’, Stealth Vessels At Brics...

October 15, 2016 @ 11:27 PM

India has signed various defense deals with Russia at Brics summit 2016 today, including the one to buy US$5 billion worth S-400 Triumf anti aircraft weapon system. Russia will start supplying advanced anti-aircraft defense system S-400 Triumph from 2020 to India, according to an agreement signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin at BRICS Summit,
India To Constitute Integrated Control Centers In Defense Ministry To Meet Urgencies

October 15, 2016 @ 12:45 PM

Indian has considered constituting integrated control centers (ICC) in the home ministry as well as defense ministry to get real time information of any urgent need and respond quickly to it. The integrated control centre (ICC) will be having nodes from the key agencies and departments like Central Water Commission, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Geological Survey of India (GSI) Army, Navy, Air Force and national disaster response force (NDRF),
Royal Navy Demonstrates REMUS 600 UUV At 'Unmanned Warrior 16'

October 15, 2016 @ 12:45 PM

Uk Royal Navy has transported a REMUS 600 unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to take part in Unmanned Warrior (UW), a research and training exercise. The REMUS 600 AUV / marine robot was designed to support the Navy's increasing need for operations that require extended endurance, increased payload capacity, and greater operating depth

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