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Thailand To Buy Three Chinese Subs For $1 Billion

July 1, 2016 @ 06:50 PM

Thailand will buy three Chinese-built submarines for a combined price of $1 billion. The Thai navy's proposal to procure the three Yuan-class S26T subs from China has been put on hold since last year by the then deputy premier who is concurrently defense minister
General Electric, Pratt and Whitney Awarded $2 Billion In USAF Next Generation...

July 1, 2016 @ 05:45 PM

US Air Force has awarded an approximate $2 billion for designing, fabricating, integrating, and testing multiple complete, flight-weight centerline, 45,000 lbs. thrust turbofan adaptive engines to General Electric, Pratt and Whitney in two separate contracts for next generation fighter aircraft
Boeing, Lockheed Martin In Race For Japanese $40 Billion F-3 Fighter Jet

July 1, 2016 @ 02:06 PM

US Boeing and Lockheed Martin will compete in Japans next generation fighter aircraft program worth $40 billion. Japanese defense ministry last week issued a request for information on three alternatives: creating a new fighter type, modifying an existing one or importing a new one to replace its aging Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd
Taiwan Accidently Launches Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile Towards China

July 1, 2016 @ 01:28 PM

A Taiwanese warship mistakenly launched a supersonic "aircraft carrier killer" missile towards China on Friday, hitting a fishing boat and killing one person. The domestically developed Hsiung-feng III (Brave Wind) missile flew about 75 kilometres (45 miles) before hitting the trawler in waters off Penghu, a Taiwanese-administered island group in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese navy was quoted as saying by AFP Friday
Polish-German Submarine Alliance Dubbed ‘Provocation’ By Russia

July 1, 2016 @ 12:47 PM

Moscow has condemned the recent move by Polish and German navies to create a common "Submarine Operating Authority. Poland and Germany on Tuesday signed an agreement to join hands to exercise binational operational control over both German and Polish submarines
Home-grown Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Joins Indian Air Force

July 1, 2016 @ 11:46 AM

The state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) handed over the first two home-grown aircraft to the Air Force as part of a new squadron. This will be the first version of the jets
India Test-Fires Barak Missile Three Times in Two Days

July 1, 2016 @ 11:14 AM

India test-fired new Barak surface-to-air missile, developed jointly with Israel, with a strike range up to 70 km for the third consecutive time in two days. “The test was successful
IAI-Elbit, Mitsubishi-Fuji In Israel-Japan Joint Unmanned Research Pact

July 1, 2016 @ 10:21 AM

Israel Aerospace Industries, Elbit Systems of Israel and Mitsubishi Electric, Fuji Heavy Industries of Japan are the companies included in the joint research on unmanned surveillance airplanes by the two nations. The preparations for the joint research are in the final phase and the two governments have already sounded out the defense industry of the two counties about the feasibility of participating in the project, Japanese government sources and bilateral diplomatic sources were quoted as saying by
General Dynamics Wins US Navy’s $3.1 Billion Worth Fleet Replenishment Oiler Ships...

July 1, 2016 @ 09:56 AM

General Dynamics is being awarded contract for the detail design and construction of six T-AO 205 Class Fleet Replenishment Oilers (lead ship in fiscal 2016 and, if appropriated, one follow ship per year from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2022). The award amount of this contract is $640 million for the lead ship
Germany To Up Defence Spending in Post-Brexit Europe

June 30, 2016 @ 01:11 PM

Germany will increase its military spending exceeding by 1.2 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) following Britains exit from the European Union

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