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F-35 Fighter Jet Price Drops Below US$100 Million A Piece
February 6, 2017 @ 02:49 PMThe next lot of F-35 aircraft (LRIP 10) reflects a $728M reduction in the total price when compared to Lot 9 and marks the first time the price for an F-35A is below $100M. A Lockheed Martin statement said over the weekend that this lot includes 90 aircraft total - 55 jets for the U
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India To Install 'Smart Fencing' Along Its Border With Pakistan
February 3, 2017 @ 11:23 AMIndia has planned to start work on installing 'smart fence' along 3,323-km-long the border that it shares with Pakistan soon. The testing for the fence is in final stages and soon work for erecting it along the Indo-Pak border will begin, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said in New Delhi today, NDTv reported The new fencing is likely to have a multi-tier security ring comprising an alarm to security force personnel in case of any infiltration bid or attempts to cut the fence
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China Likely To Receive 10 Russian Su-35 fighter Jets This Year
February 2, 2017 @ 02:57 PMRussia will possibly supply second batch of ten Su-35 fighter jets to China this year and similarly another ten in 2018. Already the first four vehicles were supplied in late last year,
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Raytheon Wins $202 Million To Provide Patriot Weapon System Engineering Services
February 2, 2017 @ 01:20 AMRaytheon was awarded a $202million contract for engineering services for the Patriot weapon systems contract to Germany, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Netherlands, Qatar, Spain, and Taiwan. Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received
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Syracuse Research Gets US Army Counter-Drone Systems Contract
February 1, 2017 @ 03:33 PMUS defense firm Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC) has won a $65 million contract from US Army for up to 15 unmanned aerial system (UAS) systems to identify and counter hostile unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones. The Defense Department identified the UAS defeat system as a counter-unmanned aerial system solution required to meet the mission requirements of what it described as an “urgent operational need
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BAE Systems To Upgrade USS Roosevelt Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer
February 1, 2017 @ 11:36 AMBAE Systems has won a $51.3 million US Navy contract for the maintenance and modernization of the USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer
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Belarus Donates Eight MiG-29 Fighters, Two BUK Missiles To Serbia
January 31, 2017 @ 02:17 PMThe government of Belarus has announced donating eight MiG-29 fighter jets and two BUK missiles to Serbia by 2018. The announcement was made by the Serbian Defense Minister Zoran Dordevic following the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic visit to Belarus last week
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India's HTT-40 Basic Trainer To Be Equipped With Harzell Propeller
January 31, 2017 @ 12:17 PMHindustan Aeronautics Ltd has planned to equip HTT-40 two-place turbine basic trainer aircraft with Hartzell Propeller's four-blade lightweight aluminum propeller. The new indigenous HTT-40 is designed and built by HAL under the country's Make In India initiative
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Russia To Get Advanced MiG-35 Fighters Next Year
January 27, 2017 @ 02:58 PMRussia has plan to equip its Aerospace Forces with advanced MiG-35 multirole fighters by 2018. "We are starting a big testing program, and I plan that a year from now this aircraft will enter into direct service with the Russian Aerospace Forces," MiG Director General Ilya Tarasenko said
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India to Buy 200 Missiles For Russian Kvadrat Self Propelled Air Defence
January 26, 2017 @ 11:50 AMIndia has planned to buy hundreds of Missiles for Russian Kvadrat Self Propelled Air Defence System, which is designated for air defense of the manpower and objects, against enemy aircraft. The Kvadrat air defense system provides defense against aircraft flying at low and middle heights both at subsonic and supersonic speeds,
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