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Lebanon Orders Three Bell Huey II Helicopters
March 16, 2016 @ 08:28 AMBell Helicopter has won a foreign military sales contract to provide three Huey II rotary wing aircraft to Lebanon. “Bell Helicopter Textron Inc
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Sukhoi Su-30MKI To Launch Brahmos Cruise Missile In April
March 16, 2016 @ 07:49 AMThe airborne version of BrahMos supersonic missile will be flight-tested from a Sukhoi Su-30 MKI frontline fighter next month. BrahMos chief Sudhir K Mishra who was in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday, told The Indian Express that the missile would be flight-tested aboard a Su-30 fighter in April
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Lebanese AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles Found On Air Serbia Flight
March 15, 2016 @ 01:34 PMA bomb sniffing dog found two AGM-114 hellfire missiles on a passenger flight bound to Serbia from Lebanon. The Lebanese army said that the missiles were being sent to the American company that produced them
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Japan Coast Guard Orders Additional Airbus H225 Helicopter
March 15, 2016 @ 12:52 PMAirbus Helicopters has signed a contract with Japan Coast Guard (JCG) for the purchase of an additional H225. JCG, which already operates five H225s, has ordered this additional aircraft as part of its fleet renewal plans
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Russia To Retain S-400 Air Defense System In Syria
March 15, 2016 @ 12:17 PMRussia will not move S-400 air defense system despite plans to withdraw bulk of Russian armed forces out of Syria. "In order to efficiently ensure security, including from the air, the most advanced air defence systems are needed," Kremlins Chief of staff, Sergei Ivanov was quoted as saying to Ria Novosti when asked if Russia would keep the air defense system in Syria
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Pakistan Considering Russian, French Aircraft To Replace 190 Fighter Planes
March 15, 2016 @ 11:31 AM"Discouraged" by the resistance it was facing in the U.S
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India To Spend $187 Million To Double LCA Production
March 15, 2016 @ 11:03 AMThe Indian Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is working on a proposal to double the production of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) from the current eight to 16 per annum by Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL). An expenditure of INR 1259 Crore (US $187 million) has been proposed for this purpose with 50 percent funding by HAL, 25 percent by IAF and 25 percent by Indian Navy, with timeline of 36 months from the date of sanction, Minister of State for Defense Rao Inderjit Singh said in a reply to the Parliament Tuesday
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Russia Withdraws Fighter Jets From Syria
March 15, 2016 @ 10:03 AMThe Russian Armed Forces have started withdrawing its air group from Syria. “Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered to redeploy main part of the Russian Armed Forces grouping which had been performing tasks on eliminating terrorists in Syria, starting from March 15, 2016,” the
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Chinese Su-35 Fighter Deal Not Closed Yet, Ratification Pending
March 15, 2016 @ 09:15 AMThe Sukhoi Su-35 purchase agreement signed between China and Russia for 24 fighters for an undisclosed sum is yet to be ratified between the two countries. "We have signed, but it hasnt come into effect
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Two UAE Pilots Killed In F-16 Crash
March 15, 2016 @ 08:31 AMTwo Emirati pilots have reportedly died in a crash on Monday after the fighter aircraft went down due to “technical issues” in Yemen, Saudi state television reported. The announcement comes after the state-run WAM news agency of the United Arab Emirates announced the “loss of F-16 fighter aircraft”, which was taking part in operations against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen on Monday
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
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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