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India-Japan Defense Ministers 'Commend' New Delhi’s Amphibious Aircraft Purchase

July 15, 2016 @ 09:13 AM

Indias long-due purchase of 12 Amphibious Aircraft from Japans Shinmaywa found mention in the recent interaction between the two nations defense ministers in New Delhi Thursday. The Defense Minister of Japan Gen Nakatani is paying a bilateral visit to India at the invitation of Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar
Russia To Develop New Ballistic Missile To Overcome US Missile Defense Systems

July 15, 2016 @ 08:49 AM

Russian VP Makeyev State Rocket Center has begun development of a new ballistic missile aiming to overcome the US missile defense systems. It is no coincidence if the information about it appeared after the NATO - Russia Council and the Summit in Warsaw
Honeywell, IAI To Jointly Develop Sense-and-Avoid Capability For Heron Drones

July 15, 2016 @ 08:21 AM

Honeywell is partnering with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to jointly develop a sense-and-avoid capability for IAI's Heron family of unmanned aerial systems (UASs). Selected for funding from the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation, the system will be demonstrated for the first time on the Heron medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAS platform in 2018
China To Target Missiles At South Korean THAAD System To Neutralize Potential...

July 15, 2016 @ 08:05 AM

China has sharply reacted to South Korean announcement of deploying Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system in the south-eastern county of Seongju. THAAD will pose strategic threats to China
India’s DRDO Conducts Proof Firing Of Indigenous Towed Artillery Gun System

July 15, 2016 @ 07:08 AM

Indias Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) have conducted the proof firing of Armament system for 155 mm x 52 calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) during the technical trials conducted recently at Proof & Experimental Establishment (PXE), Balasore. ATAGS is fully indigenous towed artillery gun system project undertaken in mission mode by DRDO as a part of artillery modernisation programme of Indian Army
MBDA Brimstone Missile Successfully Tested On Apache Helicopter

July 14, 2016 @ 01:25 PM

MBDA and Boeing have successfully completed a series of physical trials and firings of Brimstone missile from the AH-64E attack helicopter. These trials were conducted to validate the feasibility of integrating the missile with the United Kingdoms future Apache AH-64E fleet and hence it confirmed that integration was expected to be low risk
Rheinmetall To Supply Decoy Ammunition To Canadian Navy

July 14, 2016 @ 01:10 PM

Rheinmetall recently signed a licence agreement with the Canadian government, General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems–Canada to produce Omnitrap decoy ammunition for the Canadian Navy. Signed at the recent CANSEC show in May 2016, the contract is worth a mid-range eight-figure euro amount with thirty-year agreement term
Tata, Bell Helicopters Sign Agreement To Develop Helicopter Market In India

July 14, 2016 @ 12:54 PM

Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Bell Helicopter have signed an agreement to develop both commercial and government (including military) rotary wing markets in India in the Light Utility and Reconnaissance segments. The scope of this agreement is intended to include potential production and assembly capabilities, certain training and maintenance, repair and overhaul requirements, as well as research and development programs and technology sharing that will grow industrial capabilities and result in innovative solutions, TASL said in a statement Thursday
Schiebel To Deliver 100 Miniature Mine Detectors To Czech Republic

July 14, 2016 @ 11:50 AM

Schiebel will deliver 100 MIMID Miniature Mine Detectors to the Czech Ministry of Defence. The recent order for 100 additional units of the one-piece, man portable light-weight mine detector placed by the MoD was not the first of this kind
Russian Helicopters' Mi-38 To Seat 29 Passengers in Airline-like Configuration

July 14, 2016 @ 11:31 AM

The Russian Mi-38 medium multirole helicopter, fully assembled using Russian components, made its first flight as part of additional tests aimed at widening its range of applicability. The passenger modification of Mi-38 is designed to transport 29 passengers accompanied by one flight attendant

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