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China Drafts Arms Export Control Laws
December 24, 2019 @ 08:56 AMChina has drafted an arms export law that will regulate weapons technology outgo as well as countries to which it exports amidst growing international arms sales. Goods, technology or services "related to fulfillment of international obligations or national security," will come under Beijing's list of export-controlled items, now submitted to the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress, for deliberation
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Sweden Awards Gripen Support Contract To Saab
December 23, 2019 @ 04:51 PMSaab received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) on behalf of the Swedish Armed Forces to provide support and maintenance services for Gripen during the first half of 2020. The order's total value amounts to approximately SEK 450 million (around $48 million)
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Rheinmetall to Modernise 21 Dutch Army Recovery Vehicles
December 23, 2019 @ 04:39 PMNetherlands has awarded Rheinmetall a contract to upgrade the Army's fleet of 21 Bergepanzer-3 armoured recovery vehicles to the latest technological and tactical standard. "The Royal Netherlands Armed Forces have awarded Rheinmetall an order for the second phase of the modernization of their fleet of 21 Bergepanzer 3-Büffel/Buffalo armoured recovery vehicles," Rheinmetall said in a statement late last week
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Raytheon Wins $250M for Additional SPY-6 Radars for US Navy Destroyers
December 23, 2019 @ 03:53 PMRaytheon will build two additional shipsets of SPY-6 next generation, integrated air and missile defense radars for the US Navy's DDG-51 Flight III destroyers under a $250 million contract. "The company is now contracted to deliver a total of nine radar shipsets to DDG-51 Flight III destroyers," Raytheon said in a statement Friday
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Kuwaiti Eurofighter With E-Scan Radar Makes First Flight
December 23, 2019 @ 03:00 PMThe first Eurofighter jet equipped with Captor E-Scan Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar made its first flight at the Flight Test Centre of Leonardo Aircraft Division in Turin-Caselle, on Monday. "On the 23rd December 2019 at the Flight Test Centre of Leonardo Aircraft Division in Turin-Caselle, the first Instrumented Series Production Aircraft (ISPA 6) equipped with the Kuwait Air Force configuration has successfully completed its first flight," Eurofighter announced
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India Tests Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile System
December 23, 2019 @ 01:55 PMIndias Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the fourth test of Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) System from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) on the Chandipur coast, Odisha state, on Monday. The weapon systems were tested in final configuration with a radar mounted on a vehicle and missiles on the launcher
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Dutch Cabinet Greenlights Combat Support Ship Project
December 23, 2019 @ 01:17 PMThe Dutch Cabinet has given its approval on building a new Combat Support Ship (CSS) for the navy, Zr.Ms
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Turkey Launches Submarine with Air-independent Propulsion
December 23, 2019 @ 11:59 AMTurkeys first home-made Type 214-class submarine ‘TCG Piri Reis entered water on Sunday in the northwestern province of Kocaeli district. TCG Piri Reis, the first vessel of Turkeys New Type Submarine Project, is planned to start operating in 2020 followed by 5 more vessels delivered to the Turkish Navy, local media reported
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New Russian Rifles to Operate on Land & Underwater
December 23, 2019 @ 10:51 AMRussian combat divers have received the batch of new ADS 5.45mm "amphibious" assault rifles, that will enable them to shoot both on land, as well as underwater
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Brahmos Missile for More Su-30MKI Jets Following Successful Integration
December 23, 2019 @ 10:21 AMWith Brahmos missile Integration into Indian Air Force (IAF) SU-30MKI ‘Complete, following the third test launch last week, the IAF may begin equipping more such aircraft with the heavy supersonic cruise missile. The December 17 test launch of the BrahMos-A missile in user configuration took place off the coast of Odisha
Serbia Cancelling Arms Contracts with Russia, Preferring Chinese Weapons Instead
Anduril Acquires Numerica's Radar and Command & Control Businesses
Northrop to Develop New Target Vehicle to Support Next Generation Interceptor Testing
Frozen Russian Assets Fund €390M for Ukrainian Defense Industry
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U