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Russia Courts Turkey For Defense Sales
March 17, 2017 @ 10:43 AMRussian Rosoboronexport has expressed its desire to renew full-fledged military and technical cooperation with Turkey. The Russian arms exporting agency is participating in the IDEF exhibition in Turkey from May 9-12 this year with an array of defence equipment which it is hoping Ankara will buy given its increasingly strained relationship with the west
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Northrop Grumman Wins $68M US Navy Contract For Littoral Combat Ship Gun...
March 17, 2017 @ 07:09 AMThe US Navy awards a $68 million worth contract to Northrop Grumman to produce gun mission modules of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). “Northrop Grumman Systems Corp
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F-35 Fighter Conducts First Non-US Missile Firing Trials
March 16, 2017 @ 09:52 AMThe F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet has conducted its first firing trials of the MBDA Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM). The trials are the first time a British-designed missile has been fired from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and the first time any non-US missile has been fired from the aircraft, MBDA said in a statement Wednesday
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SpaceX Wins USAF GPS Satellite Launch Contract
March 15, 2017 @ 11:50 AMSpaceX has won a $96.5 million GPS satellite launch contract defeating United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Lockheed Martin Corp
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Used F-16s, Typhoons, Gripens Vie For Bulgarian Fighter Jet Replacement Plan
March 14, 2017 @ 10:22 AMItalys Eurofighter Typhoon, Swedens Gripen and Portugals second hand F-16 are competing for over US$1.7 billion Bulgarian plan to buy eight fighter jets
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India Plans Autonomous Defense Procurement Agency
March 14, 2017 @ 09:08 AMBased on the recommendation of a committee report submitted in February this year, the Indian ministry of defense is likely to set up an independent defense procurement organization. In order to study the setting up of a defence procurement organization, the Ministry of Defence in April 2016 constituted a Committee under the chairmanship of Pritam Singh, Management Expert
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Iran To Mass Produce Home-made Main Battle Tank 'Karrar'
March 13, 2017 @ 10:36 AMIran has unveiled its new home-made main battle tank, ‘Karrar and has announced plans to mass-produce it. “The tank can compete with the most advanced tanks in the world in the three main areas of power, precision and mobility, as well as maintenance and durability in the battleground,” Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan was quoted as saying by FARS news Sunday
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Reliance Defense, L&T To Compete For India's $3 Billion Amphibious Warship Contract
March 10, 2017 @ 02:12 PMIndias firms Reliance defense and L&T are likely to compete for bagging Rs 20000 crore ( US $3 billion) contract from the country's Defense ministry to build four amphibious warships. Commercial bids submitted by the two private firms for the largest defence project under Make in India will be opened in the next three months
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Russia's Aerospace Forces To Get 16 Sukhoi Su-34 fighter Jet This year.
March 10, 2017 @ 11:51 AMRussian Aerospace Forces has plans to receive 16 new Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers by year end and will start modernization process next year. "This year, we expect additional deliveries of four aircraft and the total order volume for the current year is 16 Su-34s", Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuriy Borisov said Friday
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Malaysia Receives Fourth And Final Airbus A400M Aircraft
March 10, 2017 @ 10:32 AMMalaysia has received the fourth and final Airbus A400M aircraft at the Airbus final assembly plant in Seville, Spain. Malaysian deputy Defense Minister DS Johari Baharom signed an acceptance document marking the clearance to embark the ferry flight to Subang on March 12, Malaysian Defence reported Wednesday
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U