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India Unlikely To Buy Additional Rafale Fighter Jets
March 13, 2017 @ 11:58 AMIndia is unlikely to place a follow-on order to purchase twin engine Rafale fighter planes manufactured by French Aerospace Dassault Aviation in spite of the countrys airforce fleet being depleted. The Indian government signed a contract to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets in fly-away condition on September 23 for $8
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India, Saudi Arabia Mull Joint Production In Defence
March 13, 2017 @ 10:56 AMIndia and Saudi Arabia are considering possibilities of joint production in defence industry. As India is readying itself to receive King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud later this year, Secretary (Economic Relations) Amar Sinha, at an event today, said India-Saudi Arabia relations were growing rapidly beyond the field of energy with both countries in talks to explore joint production
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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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Bangladesh Eyes Self-Reliance In Building Warships: Prime Minister
March 13, 2017 @ 10:07 AMBangladesh has taken a project to construct frigates at Chittagong Dry Dock run by its navy and will achieve self-reliance in building warships, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said. The present government has already taken various short and long-term plans to build Bangladesh Navy as an effective “three-dimensional force”
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China Unable To Achieve Quality In Stealth Fighter Jet Engine Production
March 13, 2017 @ 09:46 AMChina has a long way to go before it can product world-class jet engines for fighter aircraft, Chen Xiangbao, vice-president of the AECC Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials has been quoted as saying. "For instance, we are able to develop the two most important components in an advanced engine — the single crystal superalloy turbine blades and powder metallurgy superalloy turbine disks — but in mass production, the products' quality is not very satisfactory," he said
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Bangladesh Commissions Two Subs Bought From China
March 13, 2017 @ 09:46 AMBangladesh has commissioned two submarines bought from China for $203 million. The submarines, “Nabajatra” and “Joyjatra” will be used to secure Bangladeshs territories in the Bay of Bengal by neighbouring Myanmar and India,
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Pakistan Army Inducts LOMADS For Defence Against Combat Aircraft, Cruise Missiles
March 12, 2017 @ 01:54 PMPakistan Army has inducted a Chinese-made Low to Medium Altitude Air Defence System (LOMADS) system, designated LY-80 which can intercept fighter jets and cruise missile up to an altitude of 12 KM. A statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Sunday, “LY-80 is a Chinese mobile air defence system, capable of tracking and destroying variety of aerial targets at longer ranges flying at low and medium altitude
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Australia's GSTG To Partner With Grollo Aerospace For Supersonic Aerial Target System
March 11, 2017 @ 02:46 PMAustralia's Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) has decided to collaborate with local company Grollo Aerospace to support further development of the Evader autonomous supersonic aerial target system. The collaboration would provide the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with a cost-effective means to test the performance of modern weapon systems targeted at ADF aircraft, Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne announced on 10 March
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Russia To Receive Three T-50 Fifth-Gen Fighter Jets This year
March 11, 2017 @ 02:45 PMRussias Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant, a subsidiary of Sukhoi will deliver three T-50 (PAK FA) fifth-generation multirole fighters to Russia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) in 2017. "The work on the T-50 aircraft will be continued and three aircraft will be built
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Kordia To Provide Satellite Automatic Identification System To Australian Maritime Safety Authority
March 11, 2017 @ 02:45 PMORBCOMMs Partner Kordia has won a Multi-Year Contract from Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) to provide satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) data used for ship tracking and other maritime navigational and safety efforts. ORBCOMM, a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, announced Friday the award of a multi-year contract with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) through ORBCOMMs partner Kordia Pty Ltd (Kordia)
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