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Norway To Get New AW101 Helicopters By 2017
December 20, 2013 @ 03:27 PMAgustaWestland has won a contract for 16 AW101 helicopters estimated €1.15 billion, to meet the Norwegian All Weather SAR Helicopter (NAWSARH) requirement, with an option for six further aircraft
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Fifth Generation Russian Attack Helicopter To Be Developed By 2017
December 20, 2013 @ 09:08 AMRussia is planning to test a prototype of a fifth-generation attack helicopter by 2017, a defense industry official was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. The Mi-28NM, a modernized version of the Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopter that is being upgraded to standards of a fifth-generation aircraft, has been in development since 2008
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Astrium, Safran To Build Propulsion Systems For New Ariane 5 Launchers
December 19, 2013 @ 03:29 PMAstrium today signed contracts with Snecma (Safran) and Europropulsion for the production of the cryogenic rocket engines (liquid oxygen and hydrogen) and solid rocket motors for 18 new Ariane 5 launchers. These contracts extend the agreements signed by Astrium and Safran in 2009 for the production of propulsion system and equipment on the PB batch of 35 Ariane 5 launchers
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Astrium To Supply More Ariane Launchers Worth €2 Billion
December 16, 2013 @ 03:24 PMAstrium has won a contract worth more than €2 billion for 18 additional Ariane 5 ECA launchers with Thales selected to supply 23 electronic equipments for each launcher. These latest Ariane 5 launchers, which follow an order for 35 launchers in 2009 (PB batch), will be launched from 2017 onwards
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Sikorsky, Aurora To Work On DARPA VTOL X-PLane Project
December 16, 2013 @ 08:37 AMSikorsky Aircraft and Aurora Flight has won contracts worth $28 million to develop high-speed vertical takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft with the hover capability of a helicopter that can fly nearly 50 percent faster than the Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. In November, Sikorsky won a $14
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Sikorsky Wins Phase 1 DARPA X-Plane Program Contract
December 13, 2013 @ 07:23 AMSikorsky has won a contract for Phase 1 of the Vertical Take-Off and Landing Experimental Aircraft (VTOL X-Plane) program by the U.S
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IAF Resume Negotiations On Rafale Deal
December 12, 2013 @ 09:50 AMThe Indian Air Force is negotiating with French aviation major Dassault Aviation's Rafale for 126 medium fighter jets in a multi-billion dollar deal, Chief of Air Staff of IAF, Air Chief Marshall N A K Browne was quoted as saying by Business Standard. A new Joint Secretary has joined last week to take the negotiations forward, Browne said
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Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems Wins Contracts Worth $283 Million
December 9, 2013 @ 03:35 PMLockheed Martin has been awarded up to $169 million not-to-exceed firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of 18 C-130J aircraft. Work is expected to be completed by Oct
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MBDA Wins MMP Medium-range Missile Contract
December 5, 2013 @ 01:45 PMMBDA has won a contract for the development and production of the Missile Moyenne Portée (MMP) medium-range missile. This program is one of the new generation of weapon projects intended to modernize the French army, and included in the future multi-year Program Law
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Korea To Buy Aerial Refueling Tanker Next Year
November 28, 2013 @ 03:19 PMKorea will pick an aerial refueling aircraft next year with a goal of deploying it by 2017 with the tender to be announced in January, 2014. The total cost will be about $1 billion (W1 trillion) for four refueling tankers between 2017 and 2019
Dutch Firm to Supply Universal Drone Control Software to Netherlands MoD
Will Indian Air Force buy an Indigenous High Altitude Pseudo Satellite?
Russia’s “Magic Bullet” Against FPV Drones?
U.K. Army, Navy Test Low-cost Attack Drone Developed by BAE Systems Subsidiary...
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles