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US Navy Test Fires Raytheon Built SM-6 Missile
December 20, 2016 @ 01:12 PMUS Navy has test-fired Raytheon developed two Standard Missile-6 Dual I guided missiles, intercepting a medium-range ballistic missile target at sea in its final seconds of flight. The SM-6 is the new Sea-Based Terminal variant of the company's versatile missile portfolio
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China Offers Philippines $14M Worth Small Arms, Boats To Fight Drugs
December 20, 2016 @ 12:40 PMPhilippines has been offered guns and equipment worth US$14 million (RM62.6 million) by China to fight against drugs and terrorism
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Maldives, Azerbaijan Ready To Buy Pak Mushshak Trainers: Defence Production Minister
December 20, 2016 @ 12:08 PMPakistan is in talks with foreign customers to export its Super Mushshak trainers. Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain told Pakistani daily, Nation on Monday that the government is in contact with certain countries for the export of its trainers, and that Maldives and Azerbaijan are ready to buy it
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Defence Sales Bonanza For France With US$55 Billion Deals In 2016
December 20, 2016 @ 12:01 PMFrance has signed more than US$55 billion in large defence deals this year making one of the most lucrative periods in the countrys history of defence exports. State owned firm DCNS today signed US$ 37 billion contract with Australian government in industrial town of Adelaide for 12 diesel-electric submarines
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Saudi-led Coalition Admits To Dropping Cluster Munitions in Yemen
December 20, 2016 @ 09:19 AMThe Saudi-led coalition has admitted to using banned Britain-supplied BL-755 cluster munitions in its war against Shia rebels in Yemen, the UKs defense minister Michael Fallon said on Monday. In a statement issued on Monday, coalition said that it used ‘the BL-755 cluster munitions sometime between December 2015-January 2016
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Australia, France Seal A$50 Billion Submarines Deal
December 20, 2016 @ 08:41 AMAustralia today sealed a 50 billion Australian dollars ($37 billion) submarines deal with France, termed the “largest defense procurement program in Australias history”. The inter- governmental agreement (IGA) signed by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, is for 12 sophisticated submarines to be built by French defence major DCNS
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Huntington Ingalls Wins $1.5B Worth US Navy Contract For Amphibious Transport Dock...
December 20, 2016 @ 06:50 AMThe US Navy has awarded a contract worth $1.5 billion to Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) for the detail design and construction of USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship
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US Navy Awards $88M Trident II Missile Contract To Lockheed Martin
December 20, 2016 @ 06:39 AMLockheed Martin has been awarded a $88 million contract by the US Navy for Trident II (D5) missile field processing and deployed system support. “Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co
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Czech Republic Purchases Israeli Radar Systems
December 19, 2016 @ 03:59 PMCzech Republic has purchased eight Israel made multimission Radar (MMR) systems—used in Iron Dome and David's Sling missile-defense systems, to replace its Soviet-era radar systems. The IAI Elta Systems made systems estimated to cost CZK2
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Romania Receives Three More Portugese F-16 Jets
December 19, 2016 @ 03:37 PMPortugals Air Force last week officially transferred three more F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft to Romania. On December 13, 2016, at the Air Base No
Eurofighter to Receive New Cockpit, Computers, Communication Devices & Weapons Control
Czech PBS Group Tests First Jet Engine Assembled in U.S.
Spain Adds 25 Eurofighter Typhoon Jets Under Halcon II Program
Four Patriot Missile Defense Systems Destroyed in Ukraine
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
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...