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Lockheed Martin Wins $74 Million To Evaluate Cost Of US Navy’s Freedom...
April 29, 2016 @ 09:48 AMLockheed Martin has won a $74 million contract to assess engineering and production challenges and evaluate cost and schedule risks for US Navys Freedom variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. The contract also includes production challenges, provide engineering and design services, and evaluate the cost and schedule risks from affordability efforts to reduce LCS acquisition and lifecycle costs for Freedom variant LCS program core LCS class services, LCS class services, and special studies, analyses and reviews, US Department of Defense said in a statement Thursday
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IAF To Get $24M Worth Hardware For Russian-made Aircraft In 2016-17
April 29, 2016 @ 09:45 AMRussias Technodinamika Holding aerospace firm said Thursday that it will deliver 1.6 billion rubles ($24
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L-3 Communications To Provide Warfighter Readiness Research For $200 Mn To US...
April 29, 2016 @ 09:25 AML-3 Communications has won $200 million contract to provide warfighter readiness and training research to the US Air Force. The contract includes research, development, evaluation, and validation of training approaches, methods, tool, instrumentation, and enterprise infrastructure for learning and performance, US Department of Defense said in a statement Thursday
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Modi Government Blacklisted AgustaWestland In VVIP Chopper Scam: Defense Ministry
April 29, 2016 @ 09:24 AMRubbishing the previous governments claim that the Anglo-Italian helicopter maker AgustaWestland was blacklisted by the UPA government, the defence ministry said Thursday its the current government that had actually put on hold all procurement and acquisition cases in the pipeline of six companies involved in the VVIP chopper scam. “It is the present Government which through its order dated 03 July 2014, put on hold all procurement / acquisition cases in the pipeline of six companies figuring in the FIR registered by the CBI, namely: M/s Agusta Westland International Ltd
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US Deploys Two F-22 Stealth Fighters To Lithuania
April 29, 2016 @ 09:03 AMThe US has deployed two F-22 stealth fighter jets to Siauliai Air base in Lithuania on April 27.\ The US Embassy in Vilnius tweeted pictures along with a video of two F-22s landing at the main NATO Baltic Air Patrol (BAP) airbase in Lithuania
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PGZ, Airbus Helicopters Begin Industrial Talks On Tiger HAD CHoppers Project In...
April 29, 2016 @ 09:00 AMPolska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) and Airbus Helicopters are hosting a two-day workshop in Radom on the 28 – 29 April to identify potential areas of cooperation around the Tiger HAD project, in the frame of the Kruk attack helicopter project. The event included the global network of Tiger HAD suppliers who took part in the discussions with a number of Polish companies
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Pakistan Sets Up Tactical Nuclear Missiles Base?
April 28, 2016 @ 02:58 PMHas Pakistan set up a base to launch tactical nuclear missiles aimed at India? Reports appearing in the Indian media quoting satellite imagery taken from social media have said the base is close to the Indian border in Punjab province and houses transporter, erecter launcher vehicles as well as short-range nuclear tipped missiles. An Indian Satellite Imagery expert posted satellite images along with his assessment last Sunday on twitter giving details of the Pakistani tactical nuclear deployment
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Rostec Denies Signing Of S-400 Missile Systems Contract With India
April 28, 2016 @ 01:52 PMRussias state corporation Rostec has denied reports that the contract has been signed for the delivery of the Triumph S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to India. “A contract for delivering the Triumph S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to India is not yet concluded,” Sergey Chemezov, director-general of the Rostec State Corporation told journalists on Wednesday, TASS reported
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India Likely To Appoint Independent Defense Regulator For Deals Involving Private Players
April 28, 2016 @ 01:09 PMThe Indian government is likely to institutionalize an independent regulator outside the purview of Ministry of Defense (MoD) to deal with private sector players in major defense manufacturing programs. The Cabinet Committee on Securities (CCS) is expected to finalize the inclusion of Strategic Partners (SPs) model that the government plans to enter into with private firms in critical and high-end defense projects like submarines, helicopters, fighter planes requiring long term commitments,
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India Launches Satellite For Home-grown GPS System
April 28, 2016 @ 12:02 PMIndia launched a satellite today to set up the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), similar to the US GPS with the launch of IRNSS-1G, the last in the constellation of seven satellites. When the IRNSS-1G becomes operational in about a month's time, the IRNSS would offer services like terrestrial and marine navigation, disaster management, vehicle tracking and fleet management, navigation aide for hikers and travellers, visual and voice navigation for drivers
Diehl Defence to Acquire Explosive Ordnance Disposal Firm, EST Energetics
Russian Burevestnik Nuclear-powered Cruise Missile Could Release Radioactive Material During Flight
French DGA to Add Collaborative Combat, ISR Mission Capability to A400M Aircraft...
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