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Alpha To Build Three Simulators For Indian Air Force
October 13, 2016 @ 02:58 PMAlpha Design has plans to build three hi-tech simulators for the Indian Air Force (IAF) to train its pilots to fly fighters and helicopters. The contract is being awarded to the electronic devices manufacturer to build, operate and manage the simulators on its air bases at Adhampur near Jallandhar in Punjab, Sarsawa near Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Bagdogra near Darjeeling in West Bengal, Alpha Chairman and Managing Director Colonel H
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Bangladesh To Acquire Single Airbus C295 Medium Airlifter
October 13, 2016 @ 10:08 AMBangladesh is set to acquire a single Airbus C295W medium airlifter for its Army Aviation. The aircraft, in transport configuration, will be delivered in the second half of 2017 under a contract that also includes customer support and training, Airbus said in a statement Tuesday
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India To Launch Civilian version Of Dornier 228 Utility Aircraft By 2017
October 12, 2016 @ 12:06 PMIndia's Hindustan Aeronautics limited (HAL) has considered launching the civilian version of Dornier 228 short take-off and landing aircraft by June 2017. The made-in-Indian civilian aircraft Dornier 228 is a 19-seater, aircraft
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Norway Plans To Buy 12 F-35 Jets In 2019-2020
October 11, 2016 @ 01:55 PMNorway is planning to purchase 12 Lockheed Martin-built F-35 joint strike fighters in 2019-2020. Norways defense department submitted a 2017 budget proposal in parliament recently which outlined the countrys plans to purchase 12 planes in the 2019 and 2020 “block buy,”
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Russia To Develop Crawler-Mounted Pantsir Air Defense System By Early 2017
October 7, 2016 @ 12:32 PMRussia has plans to develop Crawler-mounted Pantsir air defense system by early 2017 for replacing the Tunguska self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon. "The first prototype will be completed in about three months, in early 2017," head of the Sheglovsky Val company, part of the Rostec Corporation, Vladimir Popov was quoted as saying by
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Joint Declaration Signed By 45 Nations On Exports And Usage Of Armed
October 6, 2016 @ 03:46 PM45 countries signed a joint declaration for the export and subsequent use of armed or strike-enabled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS). The joint declaration will establish a set of rules for the sale, transfer and subsequent use of military UAVs
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Russia Initiates Work On Fifth Gen Nuclear Submarine Development
October 5, 2016 @ 11:53 AMRussia's United Shipbuilding Corporation (UAC) has initiated preliminary work on construction of fifth-generation Husky class nuclear submarine to replace exiting Yasen class boats. "The results of this work will determine the construction schedule," Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov in an interview with the Moskovsky Komsomolets
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US Army To Complete MUM-TX Tests For Boeing Apache Attack Helicopters
October 5, 2016 @ 10:54 AMThe US Army will continue testing of enhanced manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-TX) capabilities for its Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopter and hopes to complete them by this year. It will also carry out tests on a host of upgrades known as Version 6 for the helicopter, US Army programme manager Colonel Jeffrey Hager was quoted as saying by
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Indian MoD RFI For Light Armored Vehicles For IAF
October 4, 2016 @ 12:59 PMIndian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has issued a Request for Information to procure approximate 160 to 200 Light Bullet Proof Vehicles from Indian vendors for the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the next financial year. The vehicles are required by IAF for Quick Reaction Team to counter sub-conventional threats to IAF in real time, the RFI stated Tuesday
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ULS Wins $860 Million For US Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles Contract
October 3, 2016 @ 02:23 PMUnited Launch Services has been awarded an $860 million contract for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle launch capability for the Delta IV and Atlas V families of launch vehicles. Contractor will provide launch capability options, including launch capability, mission integration, base and range support, maintenance commodities, Delta depreciation, and Atlas depreciation, US department of defense said in a statement last Saturday
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