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Russia To Manufacture Glonass Satellites With Indigenous Parts By 2020

September 26, 2016 @ 03:19 PM

Russia has plans to build Glonass K-2 Satellites with its home made components by 2020 as part of governments efforts to substitute imports amid sanctions. “We are also going to start mass producing them before 2020,” Nikolai Testoyedov, chief designer at Reshetnev Information Satelllite Systems JSC, Russias number one satellite maker, told the media
South Korean Guided Missiles Shooting Off The Mark

September 26, 2016 @ 04:40 AM

Amidst heightened tension with North Korea, it has been revealed that only five of the nine South Korean guided missiles test-fired this year struck the intended target. A South Korean lawmaker raised concerns over the militarys guided missile systems that showed poor accuracy in test launches as well as the countrys aged computerized command and control system,
Boeing Wins US Contract To supply Harpoon missiles To India

September 24, 2016 @ 10:47 AM

Boeing has been awarded $81 million contract by US States department to provide all-weather, over-the-horizon, Harpoon anti-ship missiles to India. The missiles are expected to be ready in June 2018
Boeing Wins $99 Million USAF Infrared Countermeasures For Large Aircraft Contract

September 16, 2016 @ 02:22 PM

Boeing has been awarded a $99 million contract for the acquisition of Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) Block 30 hardware as contractor furnished equipment. The contractor will provide LAIRCM Block 30 hardware for low-rate initial production Lot 1 and Lot 2 aircraft, to include the non-recurring engineering required to account for known and future diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages issues and Block 30 common configuration for entire aircraft fleet, US department of defense said in a statement Thursday
Raytheon Wins $63 Million To Deliver 18 AESA Radars For US Naval...

September 16, 2016 @ 02:14 PM

Raytheon has won a $63 million contract for the manufacture and delivery of 18 AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars for the US Navy F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft. In addition, this order provides for the procurement of two AN/APG-79 AESA radars in support of testing associated with the AESA configuration D upgrade, and one AN/APG-79 radar for the government of Australia, US department of defense said in a statement Thursday
Indian Navy To Induct First Locally-Made Aircraft Carrier By 2018

September 15, 2016 @ 09:34 AM

The Indian Navy intends to induct its first home-grown aircraft carrier by 2018 and is considering building a second such ship. Indian navy has set the target of having 212 ships in its fleet by 2027 which will be a "real challenge" and there is a need to work "very hard" for it, Vice Admiral (Controller Warship Production and Acquisition) G S Pabby told reporters Wednesday
Indian LUH completes First Flight With Safran's Ardiden 1U Engine

September 13, 2016 @ 11:39 AM

The Indian Light Utility Helicopter powered by Safrans Ardiden 1 U engine took its first flight on september six. The Indian LUH designed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), completes its first flight in a South Indian city Bangalore
Indian Army To Develop Command Level War Game Software With US

September 9, 2016 @ 02:06 PM

The Indian army, with the assistance of the US, has plans to develop a simulated command post exercises (CPX), a training software tool. The computer-driven CPX involving the participation by command, staff, and communication personnel will be a high point of the upcoming India-US joint Army exercise between 14-27 September at Indian Army's Chaubatia military station in Uttarakhand's Ranikhet in India, officials at the Army headquarters said
Lockheed Wins Support Contract For US Presidential Helicopter

September 8, 2016 @ 11:58 AM

Lockheed Martin has won $8.2 million US Navy contract for avionics work supporting the VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Program
Russia To Receive First Batch Of Improvised Mi-38 Helicopters

September 7, 2016 @ 03:35 PM

Russias Defense Ministry will receive the first batch of 10-20 improved Mil Mi-38 multipurpose helicopters. “The relevant contract may be signed in 2016 or 2017,” Russian Helicopters Group Deputy CEO for Marketing and Business Development Alexander Shcherbinin was quoted as saying by Tass Wednesday

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