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Russia To Manufacture Two More Prototypes Of PAK FA Stealth Fighter This...
July 4, 2017 @ 10:26 AMRussian Sukhoi aircraft company will produce two more prototypes of PAK FA (T-50) fighters this year. "The work on PAK FA is now at the final stage, and this year we receive the 10th and the 11th planes, which will be tested, and in the future state armament program for 2018-2025 we plan first purchases of T-50 fighters," Russias Defense Minister Yuri Borisov was quoted as saying by Tass during a visit to the Gagarin aircraft plant in Komsomolsk-om-Amur Monday
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Russia Launches New Corvette 'Gremyashchiy' Equipped With Kalibr-NK Missiles
June 30, 2017 @ 07:32 PMRussia's Severnaya Verf Shipyard has launched the corvette 'Gremyashchiy' armed with the Kalibr-NK missile. The corvette, from the shipyard in St
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Germany, Norway MoU For NATO Tanker Fleet To Reduce Over-reliance On US...
June 30, 2017 @ 11:28 AMThe Memorandum of Understanding for European multinational fleet of Airbus tanker transport aircraft signed by Defense Ministers from Germany and Norway will reduce overall European shortage in air-to-air refuelling and the over-reliance on U.S
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New UAS System Improves Situational Awareness and Mission Performance: US Army
June 29, 2017 @ 03:50 PMThe US Army Aviation Development Directorate (ADD) has developed a system enabling an Air Mission Commander to manage multiple unmanned aerial systems simultaneously, resulting in faster completion of mission tasks without increasing operator workload. The program is called Supervisory Controller for Optimal Role Allocation for Cueing of Human Operators, referred to as SCORCH, the army press release said Wednesday
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France, Belgium To Reinforce Bilateral Defense Partnership On Land Mobility
June 29, 2017 @ 03:27 PMFrance and Belgium signed a statement of intent on Thursday in a bid to reinforce their bilateral defence partnership in the context of high terror risks in the two countries. French Defence Minister, Florence Parly and her Belgian counterpart, Steven Vandeput, signed the document to cement cooperation in defence, mainly on land mobility, the French Defence Ministry said in a statement
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South Korea To Begin Mass Production Of Upgraded 105mm Howitzer In 2018
June 29, 2017 @ 03:20 PMSouth Korea has completed the development of an upgraded 105 mm howitzer featuring increased agility and automated firing control and will start mass producing in 2018. The self-propelled artillery system combines the existing 105 mm towed howitzer with a five-ton truck as its bed
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Saab Wins Swiss Army Next-Gen Anti-Tank Weapon System Contract
June 28, 2017 @ 03:09 PMSaab has received an order from the Swiss Federal Office for Defence Procurement, armasuisse, for deliveries of the Next generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon system (NLAW) to the Swiss Army. The order value amounts to BSEK 1
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Russia begins Designing Helicopter Carrier ‘Priboy’
June 28, 2017 @ 01:36 PMDesign work on the Russian Priboy advanced helicopter carrier has started, United Shipbuilding Corporations (USC) Vice President for Naval Construction, Igor Ponomaryov, told TASS in St.Petersburg today
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Rheinmetall Wins €370 Million Order To Supply Soldier Systems To Germany
June 28, 2017 @ 01:10 PMRheinmetall has won a contract with a gross value of €370 million (net value: €310 million) to supply enough “Future Soldier – Expanded System” (IdZ-ES) soldier systems to equip German Bundeswehr's 68 infantry platoons. The new systems will be delivered between 2018 and late 2020, the company said in a statement Wednesday
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Pakistan Likely To Test Ukrainian Oplot MBT
June 28, 2017 @ 12:13 PMUkraines Oplot main battle tank which will soon be taken into service by the countrys army is likely to be tested by Pakistan. Ukrainian news portal,
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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