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India's INS Vikrant To Be Relaunched On May 28
May 25, 2015 @ 09:01 AMIndias indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, will be re-launched on May 28 at Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi, marking the completion of the critical stage of phase II. “All major equipment has gone into the vessel, which has now acquired the shape of an aircraft carrier, with a finished hull
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Lockheed Martin Selects Thales Surveillance System For Royal Navy’s Merlin Airborne Surveillance...
May 23, 2015 @ 08:29 AMLockheed Martin has selected Thales surveillance system for providing the Navy with an airborne surveillance and control capability (ASaC). Lockheed Martin is the prime contracor for the Royal Navy's Merlin ASaC helicopter project
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ThalesRaytheonSystems To Upgrade NATO's Missile Defense Capabllities
May 19, 2015 @ 10:14 AMThalesRaytheonSystems announced Monday that it has won a US$104 million contract from NATO to upgrade the Alliances current missile defense command and control capability. The contract signed on 11th May will strengthen and expand the functionality of NATOs existing missile defense command and control system
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GE Aviation Wins $2 Billion Contract To Support Taiwan, US Military Services
May 12, 2015 @ 11:08 AMGE Aviation has won a $2 billion contract from the US Department of Defense (DoD) for supplying helicopter engines to Taiwans government and to support various US military services. The location of the labor and funding will be decided with each order and the expected date of completion is Dec
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RAAF Spends US$1.2 Billion To Renovate F-35 Base
May 6, 2015 @ 04:11 PMRoyal Australian Air Force (RAAF) announced on Wednesday that it has spent US$1.2 billion to upgrade F-35 base to support the introduction, operation and deployment of the F-35A Lightning II Fighter
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Meteor Long-Range Guided Missile Successfully Fired From Rafale
May 1, 2015 @ 09:08 PMThe French Ministry of Defense (MoD), Dassault Aviation and MBDA carried out first guided firing of the long-range Meteor missile against an air target from Rafale combat aircraft on 28 April 2015, MBDA said in a press release. The firing, from a Rafale prepared at the DGAs Cazaux Flight Test Centre (near Bordeaux, S
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Thales, Dutch MoD Partner For Air Defense Systems And Services
April 23, 2015 @ 03:47 PMThales announced Wednesday its partnership with the Netherlands Ministry of Defense (MOD) for the service of four SMART-L Early Warning Capability (EWC) radars for the nations Navy and delivery of two SMART-L EWC Ground Based systems (GB) for the Airforce. “These are unique contracts in which the services for both ground based and naval systems have been aligned and the MOD has involved a private party,” says vice-admiral Borsboom, Director of the Defense Materiel Organization in The Netherlands
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Indian Navy’s Newly Launched Stealth Destroyer INS Visakhapatnam 65 Percent Indigenous
April 20, 2015 @ 11:45 AMIndian Navy's new enhanced nuclear, biological and chemical capability destroyer, Visakhapatnam has been launched in Mumbai on Monday. The ship (Project 15 B) is 65 per cent indigenous and has a number of weapon systems which have been made at home
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Oshkosh P-19R Aircraft Rescue, Fire Fighting Program Enters Production Phase
April 14, 2015 @ 07:23 AMOshkosh Defense will begin the production and deployment phase of the P-19 Replacement (P-19R) Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicle program for the US Marine Corps. Oshkosh was awarded a delivery order under the P-19R contract to supply the first LRIP vehicles to support Production Verification Testing (PVT)
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CAE Wins $175 Million Simulation And Training Contracts
April 9, 2015 @ 09:44 AMCAE today announced that it has won approximately C$220 million worth of Defence and Security contracts during its fourth quarter to provide simulation products and upgrades as well as training services for global military customers. Some of the key contracts include providing a C-130J simulator to the United States Air Force; a range of C-130J training systems and upgrades for the Royal Australian Air Force; simulator upgrades and training services for the Royal Air Force; M-346 simulators for the Italian Air Force; in-service support for the British Army's Warrior infantry fighting vehicle training systems; and support services for the NATO Joint...
Japan to Explore Airbus’ Eurodrone as Maritime Surveillance Anti-submarine Warfare Craft
After Germany, UK Changes Warship Acquisition Plans
UK Army Unveils Challenger 3 Tank to Rival Russian Armata
Poland to Acquire Three A26 Submarines from Saab for $4.8 Billion
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