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US’ European Missile Shield Goes Live
May 12, 2016 @ 01:02 PMThe European missile shield is all set to go live today to protect NATO members in Europe, Reuters reported. The shield will be declared operational by US and NATO officials at a remote air base in Deveselu, Romania, after years of planning, billions of dollars in investment and failed attempts to assuage Russian concerns that the shield could be used against Moscow amid high tension between Russia and the West
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Lockheed Martin To Provide Engineering Services For Land Attack Projectile Program
May 12, 2016 @ 12:32 PMLockheed Martin has won a $7 million contract for engineering services required to complete component requalification, safety testing, and initial operational test and evaluation support analyses and telemetry development tasks for the Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) program. The LRLAP is the only munition capable for use with the MK 51 gun weapon system aboard the DDG 1000 destroyer
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S. Korean Military Demands Deployment Of 100 More K2 Black Panther Tanks
May 12, 2016 @ 11:43 AMSouth Koreas military is seeking to deploy 100 additional units of the locally built K2 Black Panther tanks to strengthen frontline defense against North Korea. "The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) submitted the request citing the need for 100 or so more K2 tanks in October and the Ministry of National Defense is carrying out a verification of the demand," the military official told Yonhap
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Indo-Russian Fifth Generation Fighter Deal Signing In Months
May 12, 2016 @ 11:16 AMIndia and Russia are likely to ink an agreement to co-develop the fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA). "A research and development (R and D) contract for the FGFA would be inked in the coming months
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Russia To Postpone RS-26 Ballistic Missile Deployment To 2017
May 12, 2016 @ 09:50 AMRussia has postponed deployment of its Ballistic missile RS-26 Rubezh to 2017. The deployment has been postponed several times although it has been said that it is ready for deployment
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Lockheed Martin Wins $40 Million For Undersea Warfare Systems Production
May 12, 2016 @ 09:21 AMLockheed Martin has been awarded $40 million for development, integration and production of future advanced capability build and technical insertion baselines of the AN/SQQ-89A surface ship undersea warfare systems for the US Navy. The AN/SQQ-89A is a surface ship undersea warfare systems combat system with the capabilities to search, detect, classify, localize and track undersea contacts, in order to engage and evade submarines, mine-like small objects and torpedo threats, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Wednesday
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Thales To Supply Scorpion Helmet Display For Spanish EF-18 Fighter Jets
May 12, 2016 @ 09:02 AMThe Spanish Ministry of Defence will equip the Boeing EF-18 Growler aircraft with 80 Thales Scorpion Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (HMCS). These HMCS will be installed in the aircraft during the course of 2016 and 2017, once the operational qualification phase and air-to-air (A2A) and air-to-ground (A2G) tests have been completed
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Raytheon Wins $76 Million To Support Sea Sparrow Missile Production
May 12, 2016 @ 08:45 AMRaytheon has won a $76 million contract for the procurement of long lead material in support of the multi-year Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM) Block I production requirements contract. The ESSM program is an international cooperative effort to design, develop, test, and procure ESSM missiles
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Erapsco Wins $101 Million US Navy Sonobuoy Contract
May 11, 2016 @ 03:59 PMUltra Electronics and Sparton Corporation joint venture, ‘Erapsco has won a $101.1 million contract for the manufacture of sonobuoys for the US Navy
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Jordan To Receive TOW Missiles From US
May 11, 2016 @ 03:30 PMJordan's Ministry of Defence has signed an agreement with the US. Department of Defense to acquire tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided, or TOW, missiles
Diehl Defence to Acquire Explosive Ordnance Disposal Firm, EST Energetics
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Indian Navy to Commission Stealt Frigate, Anti-submarine Craft, Hydrographic Survey Vessel
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles