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Lack of US-made Components May Delay South Korea's Newest Missile System
October 26, 2017 @ 11:28 AMCompletion of South Korea's home-made short-range missile system, KTSSM could be delayed by four years because the United States is yet to approve the export of components essential to make the missile operational, local newspaper Hankyoreh and news agencies reported Wednesday. The KTSSM surface-to-surface missile was successfully test-launched on Tuesday, the media reports said quoting the South Korean Military
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New Marines Command to Protect South Korean Border Islands
October 20, 2017 @ 07:08 AMThe South Korean Marine Corps has announced plans to establish a new command dedicated to protect border islands against North Koreas attacks and infiltration attempts. The new command will be built around 2020 and based on the current Northwestern Island Defense Command, The Marine Corps was quoted as saying during the parliamentary audit by Korea Herald Thursday
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BAE Systems Teams Up With Local Shipbuilder For UK Type 31 Frigates
October 18, 2017 @ 01:41 PMBritish firm BAE Systems has teamed up with Cammell Laird, the local shipbuilder, to provide warship design, engineering capability and combat systems in response to the UK Royal Navy's Type 31e frigate programme. Under the teaming agreement, BAE Systems will partner with Cammell Laird, who would Prime, build and assemble the vessels
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Construction of Turkey's First Nuclear Plant to Start in Six Months
October 11, 2017 @ 02:45 PMTurkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) is working on a detailed study for the construction permit for Akkuyu nuclear power plant (NPP). The NPP is to be constructed by Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom within the next six months, Anadolu Agency reported Wednesday
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Pentagon Awards Contracts Worth Over $1.1B For Two Littoral Combat Ships
October 7, 2017 @ 11:17 AMThe Pentagon has awarded multiple contracts worth more than $1.1 billion to build two littoral combat ships to shipbuilders – Austal USA and Lockheed Martin
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S&K Wins $559 Million Contract To Supply Consumables for Saudi Arabian F-15...
September 23, 2017 @ 12:30 AMS&K Aerospace has been awarded a $559 million contract for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) supply services effort. This program is comprised of logistical in-Kingdom support, supply consumables for F-15 C/D/S/SA fleets, and operation and maintenance of print plant and print on demand facilities for the RSAF F-15 program, the US department of Defense said in a statement Friday
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US Marine Management Wins $36 Million to Maintain 7 USNS Bob Hope
September 19, 2017 @ 01:57 AMUS Marine Management has won a $36 million contract for the operation and maintenance of seven USNS Bob Hope class surge large, medium-speed roll-on/roll-off vessels. This contract includes a 12-month base period, four 12-month option periods and a six-month option, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $196 million, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Monday
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British Govt Unveils Warships Construction Strategy
September 6, 2017 @ 04:32 PMBritish government is planning to purchase at least five frigates, and share the work between shipyards around the UK. A new fleet of multimillion-pound warships could be built in blocks across several British shipyards and then assembled at a central hub, the Defence Secretary has announced
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Northrop Grumman to Maintain E-11A Battlefield Airborne Comms Node For USAF
September 5, 2017 @ 02:43 PMThe U.S
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Japan Seeks US Spy-6 Radar To Boost Capabilities of Aegis Missile Defense...
August 31, 2017 @ 02:54 PMJapan is seeking new powerful radar, known as Spy-6 from the United States to boost the range of its interceptor missiles to add a new layer of defense to help counter North Koreas missile advances. Reuters quotes government sources as saying that Spy-6 radar is capable of detecting threats faster at better range than their existing technologies
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Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
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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