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Bureaucratic Headwinds Spook Shinmaywa US-2 Aircraft Procurement in India
March 30, 2016 @ 12:41 PMThe procurement of 12 amphibious Aircraft from Shinmaywa of Japan which has been held up due to bureaucratic procedures in India could face further headwinds following the release of new defence procurement procedures(DPP). The procurement proposal had gone up to the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), India's supreme defence purchase body chaired by the defence minister, which delayed an expected go-ahead to the deal last year for reasons not disclosed
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Thales Wins French MoD’s Telecom Network Upgrade Contracts
March 30, 2016 @ 11:47 AMThales has won two contracts to upgrade French Ministry of Defense data and telephony infrastructure networks under the DESCARTES program. The French Defence Procurement and Technology Agency (DGA) has awarded Thales two key contracts: the upgrade of the SOCRATE resilient network and deployment of the POINCARE network to interconnect MoD sites in metropolitan France and overseas, the company said in a statement Wednesday
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Saab, Ashok Leyland Team Up For Producing Truck Simulators in India
March 30, 2016 @ 11:26 AMSaab and Ashok Leyland have joined hands to manufacture Truck Simulators in India under the Make in India concept. The two companies signed a teaming agreement in the end of 2015
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Russia Readies Draft Agreement For S-400 Missile Sale To India
March 30, 2016 @ 11:25 AMRussia has prepared the draft copy of the agreement for the supply of S-400 air defense missile system. Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical co-operation Deputy Chief, Vladimir Drozhzhov told media persons at DefExpo Tuesday that, " The FSMTC has prepared a draft agreement on the supply of S-400 systems to India and also passed it to our partners
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UK Air Force Tests Finmeccanica’s New-Gen Anti-Missile Countermeasure
March 30, 2016 @ 11:15 AMThe UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has successfully carried out its initial evaluation of Finmeccanicas BriteCloud decoy - a new-generation anti-missile countermeasure. The RAF purchased a number of decoys and has carried out trials against a range of simulated threats featuring real radar systems
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Bharat Forge, AM General Collaborate For India’s Light Specialist Vehicle Project
March 30, 2016 @ 11:08 AMBharat Forge Limited and AM General LLC have announced today at DEFEXPO 2016 that they teaming to bid for India's Light Specialist Vehicle (LSV) program. AM General's battle-tested HMMWV is offered as the LSV's base platform -- with final build and production to take place in India
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India To Get Six C-130J Transport Aircraft In 2017
March 30, 2016 @ 08:32 AMLockheed Martin will be delivering the new batch of C-130J transport military aircraft in 2017, Abhay Paranjape, Business Development Director of C-130 said today. “We will deliver all 6 C-130J Super Hercules in 2017 to the Indian Air Force,” Paranjape told at the press conference today on sidelines of the DefExpo 2016
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Croatia Probes Faulty MiG-21 Purchase From Ukraine
March 30, 2016 @ 06:32 AMThe Croatian military police has launched a corruption probe in the July 2013 purchase of 12 Mikoyan MiG-21 fighter jets after they found five of the aircraft actually belonged to Yemen Air Force. Five of the aircraft purchased were quickly removed from service due to technical problems
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Australian Destroyer Begins Testing Lockheed Martin’s Aegis Weapon Systems
March 30, 2016 @ 06:16 AMThe Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has begun testing Lockheed Martins Aegis battle management system in preparation for deployment, Lockheed Martin announced in a press release. The Australian destroyer is equipped with vertical rocket launchers, which when directed by Aegis will be "capable of delivering missiles for every mission and threat environment in naval warfare"
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Lockheed Martin Opens Test Site To Monitor Objects In Space
March 29, 2016 @ 05:11 PMLockheed Martin officially opened up a test site to monitor objects in space by a radar array for the US Air Force Space Fence at New Jersey. There is also a test site under construction in Kwajalein Island and will be used for early validation of hardware, firmware and software that will enable the Space Fence to detect, track, and catalog orbital objects more than 1
Israel’s Rafael, SpearUAV to Develop Anti-FPV drone Interecptor, Iron Wasp
Leonardo’s M-346 Fighter and Bayraktar KIZILELMA Drone Perform Joint Autonomous Flights
MBDA’s Low Cost, Long Range Missile, ‘Crossbow’ Could Head to Ukraine
China Tests DF-17 Hypersonic Missile for the First Time Under "Battlefield Conditions"
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