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Armenia Receives First Of New Su-30SM Jets
December 27, 2019 @ 11:22 AMArmenia received first of the Su-30SM fighter jets it ordered from Russia earlier this year, on Friday. "Our most important acquisition this year," Armenias Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan posted on his Facebook account, along with a video showing two Sukhoi jets flying above
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Fourth Irkut MC-21 Plane Completes Maiden Flight
December 27, 2019 @ 10:06 AMThe fourth Irkut MC-21-300 test airliner completed its maiden flight on Wednesday, December 25. The aircraft, with test registration 73056, departed from the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant, located in the city of Irkutsk in Siberia, Russia
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Boeing To Remanufacture 47 Apache Helicopters of Unnamed “Allied Countries”
December 27, 2019 @ 08:41 AMBoeing has won a contract valued over $560 million to remanufacture 47 existing AH-64D Apache helicopters of three unnamed allied countries. “Boeing and the US Army have finalized orders from three nations to provide their armed forces with the new, more capable AH-64E Apache model
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Turkish Aerospace Inaugurates First Office in Pakistan
December 26, 2019 @ 01:05 PMTurkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has set up a new office in Pakistan, weeks after Islamabad hosted a Turkish defense exhibition on its soil for the first time. "We have launched our new office at Pakistan's National Science & Technology Park
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Turkish Military Gets New Anti-tank Vehicles
December 26, 2019 @ 11:53 AMThe Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have taken the delivery of two weapon carrier vehicles, Kaplan and Pars, at a ceremony held at FNSS Defense Systems facility in the Gölbaşı district, Ankara, on Wednesday. The Turkish Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) awarded FNSS Defense Systems a contract for 260 vehicles- 76 Pars 4×4 and 184 Kaplan ATVS, in June 2016
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Algeria In Talks With Russia for a Dozen Su-57 Jets
December 26, 2019 @ 10:47 AMAlgeria is likely to buy 12 Su-57 fighters with an option to procure 12 more, from Russia. “Algeria is currently in fairly active negotiations with Russia to acquire 12 Su-57 fighters with the possibility of increasing the order to 24 combat aircraft,” sources were quoted as saying by Russias
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Deliveries of Su-57 To Russia in 2020 Despite Crash
December 26, 2019 @ 10:08 AMRussian Aerospace Forces will receive a “large” number of Su-57 stealth fighters in 2020 as per schedule, brushing aside speculations that the first Su-57 crash on Tuesday could derail the delivery schedule. "The first large-scale deliveries of the fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft will begin in 2020
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New Russian Air Defense System Gibka-S Works against Ultra-low Flying Threats
December 26, 2019 @ 09:30 AMRussia has finished state trials of a new close range air defense mobile system, Gibka-S which uses missiles from Verba or Igla man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) installed on Tiger
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Raytheon Wins US Navy’s Miniature Air-Launched Decoy Contract
December 26, 2019 @ 08:57 AMThe US Navy has awarded Raytheon a $112 million modification contract for Miniature Air-Launched Decoys (MALDs), capable of duplicating combat flight profiles and signatures of US and allied aircraft. “This modification provides non-recurring engineering support throughout the engineering and manufacturing development phase as well as through payload integration and transition to production for the MALD-N,” Raytheon said in a statement Monday
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US Missile Defense Agency Awards Raytheon $1B Standard Missile-3 IIA Deal
December 26, 2019 @ 08:45 AMThe US Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon a Standard Missile-3 Block contract worth $1 billion, the company
Pentagon to Arm Warfighters with ‘Made in America’ Low-Cost Drones
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South Korea’s DAPA Finishes Incheon Class Frigate Search Radar Upgrade
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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...