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Malaysian Navy Launches First Home Made Littoral Combat Ship
August 24, 2017 @ 04:57 PMThe Royal Malaysian Navy has launched first home built Littoral Combat Ship 'KD Maharaja Lela' at the Boustead Naval Shipyard in Lumut Thursday. The RM9 billion LCS took one and half years to complete at the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) base, after its keel was laid down in March of last year,
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Russia To Commence Nuclear Power Plant Construction in Turkey Next Year
August 21, 2017 @ 02:15 PMRussia will start construction of Turkey's first nuclear plant Akkuyu in 2018 once it finalises all necessary licenses and permits by this year end. Contracting parties are working to obtain the last of the licenses for Akkuyu, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told Anadolu Agency Sunday
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Irkut MC-21 Airliner To Get Locally-made PD-14 Engine In 2019
August 17, 2017 @ 11:50 AMIrkut Corporation, the manufacturer of Russias first narrow-body commercial aircraft, confirmed that the first flight model of MC-21 will be equipped with the advanced locally-made PD-14 engine in 2019. "In 2019, well have plane No
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Twin-Prop Engine For European MALE Drone
August 9, 2017 @ 12:01 PMA twin prop engine configuration has been selected for the European MALE RPAS (Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) as the basis for further trade-off studies until the upcoming Systems Requirements Review (SRR). Airbus Defence and Space, Dassault Aviation and Leonardo have provided a substantial set of data that allowed the participating nations including France, Germany, Italy and Spain to agree on the basic remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) configuration and several main design drivers for the system, after an intensive 10 months trade-off period
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Russia To Develop Seven Ton Multipurpose Drones By 2023
August 3, 2017 @ 12:52 PMRussia is planning to design a two-ton multi-purpose drone by 2020 and a seven-ton one by 2023 for reconnaissance and transport purposes at the same time. The seven-ton UAV will be able to fly 3,000 meters even with one ton of cargo
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Boeing Wins $276M US Army Chinook Block II Manufacturing Contract
July 28, 2017 @ 03:52 AMBoeing was awarded a $276 million contract for engineering and manufacturing development for the US Army CH-47F Block II program. Work is expected to be completed by July 27, 2020
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General Dynamics To Provide Training For US, UK Fire Control System and...
July 27, 2017 @ 04:50 AMGeneral Dynamics was awarded $8 million contract modification for sustainment of the US and UK SSBN fire control system and the US SSGN attack weapon control system (AWCS) to include training and support equipment. Also included is missile fire control for the US Columbia-class and UK Dreadnought-class common missile compartment program development, through first unit UK production, and strategic weapon interface simulator, US department of defense said in a statement Wednesday
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Northrop Wins $98M For Maintenance of USSTRATCOM C2 Capabilities
July 18, 2017 @ 04:16 AMNorthrop Grumman has won a $98 million contract for the overall operations and maintenance of command and control capabilities for U.S
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Indian Navy Seeking Ruggedised MiG-29K Fighter Jet
July 17, 2017 @ 02:49 PMIndian Navy is seeking to ruggedise its fighter aircraft MiG-29K for carrying out operations from aircraft carriers which is supposed to be its main role. "The plane needs to be ruggedised further as very frequently after landings, the settings of the plane change and they have to be re-set," the Navy official was quoted as saying by
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Cohort EID To Equip Portuguese Army With Tactical PRC-525 Radio Systems
July 10, 2017 @ 11:55 AMCohort EID has signed a 7.5 million Euro contract with the Portuguese Ministry of Defence to provide software-defined digital multiband, multirole, and multimode tactical PRC-525 radio systems for the Portuguese Army
Dutch Firm to Supply Universal Drone Control Software to Netherlands MoD
Will Indian Air Force buy an Indigenous High Altitude Pseudo Satellite?
Russia’s “Magic Bullet” Against FPV Drones?
U.K. Army, Navy Test Low-cost Attack Drone Developed by BAE Systems Subsidiary...
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