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US Navy Approves $362 Million LCS Construction Contract To Lockheed Martin
April 2, 2015 @ 11:48 AMLockheed Martin announced on Wednesday that it has won a $362 million contract modification from the US Navy for fully funded 2015 Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), along with $79 million in advanced procurement funding for a second ship. The balance of the second ship will be funded by Dec
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General Dynamics Wins $610 Million US Navy DDG 51 Class Destroyer Contract
April 1, 2015 @ 04:25 PMGeneral Dynamics announced today that it has won a $610 million US Navy Contract for the construction of DDG 51 Class Destroyer. The contract is part of the contract that was awarded in 2013 as part of a multi-ship competition for DDG 51 class destroyers
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Damen Shipyard Delivers Final Patrol 4207 Vessel To Bahamas
April 1, 2015 @ 03:19 PMThe Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) has taken delivery of the fourth and final Stan Patrol 4207, named HMBS Rolly Gray, Damen Shipyard said in a statement Wednesday. The four Stan Patrol 4207s form part of the six-year Sandy Bottom project
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Japan, India Decide To 'Enhance' Defence Equipment And Technology Cooperation
March 31, 2015 @ 10:14 AMDefence minister, Manohar Parrikar, is on his maiden visit abroad to Tokyo for holding defence dialogue with his counterpart General Nakatani since Sunday. The two held the detailed dialogue yesterday, defence ministry said here in New Delhi
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IAI To Supply Four Super Dvora Mk3 Patrol Boats To An African...
March 31, 2015 @ 09:41 AMIsrael Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced today that it has won a contract to supply four Super Dvora Mk 3 Fast Patrol boats to an African military customer. The contract is worth tens of millions of dollars and all four boats will be built in IAI Ramtas facilities in Israel
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Lockheed Martin To Build Precision Weapons For USAF For $485 Million
March 30, 2015 @ 11:14 AMLockheed Martin has won a $485 million contract to supply precision weapons targeting pods to US Air Force, according to a statement issued by the US Department of Defense (DoD) last Friday. The Sniper is an electro-optical and infrared imaging targeting system that comes encased in a lightweight pod compatible with the latest precision-guided weapons, according to Lockheed Martin
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Indian Army To Get Akash missiles Next Month
March 28, 2015 @ 10:37 AMThe Indian army will be getting the Akash "area defence" missile systems, which have an interception range of over 25 km in all weather conditions, from next month. "The fully-automated Akash system is designed to defend the country's vital and vulnerable areas against medium-range air targets penetrating from low, medium and high altitudes
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Airbus Delivers UH-72A Lakota Helicopter To US Army
March 27, 2015 @ 01:25 PMAirbus Group on Wednesday delivered the first UH-72A Lakota helicopter to the US Army, as the service's initial-entry training helicopter. The aircraft will join seven Lakotas already modified to Training Configuration in preparation for the Lakota's formal introduction into the training curriculum in early fiscal 2016, the company announced in its press release on Thursday
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US Army Test Fires Missiles From Multi-Mission Launcher
March 26, 2015 @ 04:06 PMThe US army successfully launched three missiles from the Multi-Mission Launcher(MML) Launch Demonstration Unit. The Army's Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-Intercept Product Office conducted the launches with support from the Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), the US army announced in press release on Monday
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Russia’s RS-26 Ballistic Missile Test Fired
March 26, 2015 @ 12:52 PMRussia has successfully test-fired an RS-26 Rubezh ballistic missile that can penetrate the sophisticated missile defenses. The missiles dummy warhead hit its target at the Sary Shagan range in Kazakhstan just minutes after takeoff from the Kapustin Yar rocket launch and development site in the southern Astrakhan region on March 18, Kommersant newspaper reported Thursday
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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