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Leonardo Wins UK MoD £271 Million Wildcat Helicopters Support Contract
January 10, 2017 @ 10:15 AMLeonardo-Finmeccanica has been awarded £271 million contract to support and provide training of 62 AW159 Wildcat helicopters operated by the British Army and Royal Navy. The deal is an important part of the Governments ten-year £178 billion plan to provide its Armed Forces, according to Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin
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S. Korea Rejects Trilateral Anti-Submarine Drill With US, Japan
January 10, 2017 @ 10:05 AMSouth Korea has rejected US and Japanese proposal to conduct trilateral anti-submarine warfare exercise aimed at countering North Koreas submarines, Japanese media reported Tuesday. South Korean side opposed the suggestion saying that it was not the right time for the drills, the
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AAI Corp Wins $475M Surveillance Drones Contract
January 10, 2017 @ 09:55 AMAAI Corp. has won a contract worth $475 million to produce surveillance drones for the US Special Operations Command
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Finland Plans Defence Tax To Net 500M Euros A year
January 10, 2017 @ 09:04 AMThe Finnish government is mulling a ‘defence tax to net 500 million Euros a year for funding the purchase of four warships and fighter jets worth an approximate 10 billion Euros. The political leaders in Norway had a closed-door meeting in late December to discuss plans for financing new naval vessels and a fleet of new fighter aircraft that could include a special, temporary defense tax, Finnish Broadcasting News reported today
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Pakistan Test Fires Nuclear-capable Submarine-launched Cruise Missile
January 9, 2017 @ 03:42 PMPakistan on Monday test fired a Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM) Babur-3 capable of carrying a nuclear warhead from an undisclosed location in the Indian Ocean. The missile, with a range of 450 kilometers, was fired from an underwater, mobile platform and it has hit its target with precise accuracy
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Kelvin Hughes Trumpets Benefits Of SBS-900-4 SharpEye Radar System
January 9, 2017 @ 03:16 PMKelvin Hughes has trumpeted benefits of its SBS-900-4 SharpEye radar system. Selecting the right radar sensor for a Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) or Coastal Surveillance application can be challenging and trying to balance the correct radar sensor technologies with budgetary restrictions, often leads to compromising on the radar frequency band selected (X or S-Band)
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India's First Rafale Fighter Jet Squadron To Replace MiG-27s In Eastern Sector...
January 9, 2017 @ 02:56 PMIndia has planned to base its first squadron of Rafale fighter jets in the eastern sector as part of policy to eventually build nuclear and conventional deterrence against China. The IAF has now already confirmed its plans for the first 18 Rafales to be stationed at the Hasimara airbase in Bengal from late-2019,
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Russia To Replace CCTV With Electromagnetic System To Detect Intruders
January 9, 2017 @ 02:43 PMThe Russian Defense Ministry will receive new Redan-125 electromagnetic security systems that can resist any kind of intruders from sneaking into military facilities. The Redan-125 consisting of modules, which resemble lanterns, would be put on the facility or hang on the wall, creating an electromagnetic barrier capable of detecting intruders even underground,
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Nigerian Air Force Receives Two Russian Mi-35M Helicopters
January 9, 2017 @ 01:48 PMThe Nigerian Air Force has acquired two Russian Mi-35M attack helicopters to tackle the menace of insecurity across the country due to Boko Harams terrorist group. At a media briefing in Abuja on Friday, January 6, the Chief of Air Staff Sadique Abubakar was quoted as saying by
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India Offers Akash Surface-To-Air Missile Systems To Vietnam
January 9, 2017 @ 01:18 PMIndia has offered to sell its home-made Akash Surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems to Vietnam threby elbowing into to the Asian arms market. The South-East Asian nation has in the past purchased ships from India and is averse to China making it easier for New Delhi to sell its defence equipment there
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