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Vietnamese Airbus CASA 212 Goes Down With Nine Servicemen
June 17, 2016 @ 02:01 PMThe debris of the Vietnamese Airbus CASA 212 coast guard plane along with nine people was found by the military rescue forces Friday. The turboprop plane was in a search operation for an Air Force pilot missing from another crashed aircraft a few days earlier
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Saab Receives Additional BT46 Training Systems Order From Finnish Army
June 13, 2016 @ 03:54 PMSaab has signed a contract with the Finnish Defence Forces for the delivery of BT46 training systems to the Finnish Army. In 2015 the Finnish Defence Forces ordered 100 Leopard 2A6 MBTs from the Dutch Army which included BT46 training systems from Saab Training & Simulation
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BAE Systems To Convert 36 M88 Recovery Vehicles To HERCULES Configuration For...
April 27, 2016 @ 10:23 AMThe US Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract modification worth $109.7 million to convert 36 M88A1 recovery vehicles to the M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation Systems (HERCULES) configuration
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Russia Test-Fires 'Iskander' Tactical Ballistic Missile
April 18, 2016 @ 08:41 AMRussia's Central Military District last week test-fired a cruise missile of the Iskander tactical missile system from the Kapustin Yar practice range in the southern Astrakhan Region as part of drill. "A missile brigade of the Central Military District has live-fired a cruise missile from the Iskander tactical missile system at the Kapustin Yar practice range in the Astrakhan Region today against a simulated enemys command post at a distance of about 200 km," TASS reported citing a press statement by the Central Military Districts press office on Friday
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UK Completes AJAX Live Firing Tests
April 13, 2016 @ 02:06 PMThe UK Armys new Armored Fighting Vehicle, ‘AJAX has completed its early live firing test program.\ This early live firing involved testing the main 40mm stabilised cannon and chain gun while the vehicle was static, and is being used to de-risk the formal firing programme that will take place later this year
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General Dynamics To Assemble UK’s First Fully Digitized Ajax Armoured Vehicle In...
March 8, 2016 @ 09:08 AMGeneral Dynamics will begin assembling and testing UK Armys first fully digitised Ajax armored Vehicle in 2017. Following a £390 million commitment to the Ajax armoured vehicle by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), General Dynamics has decided to turn the former Linde Forklift Truck Factory into an assembly, integration and testing center for Ajax in Merthyr Tydfil, the
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Singapore Army Commissions Battlefield Internet
March 7, 2016 @ 07:36 AMSingapores Ministry of Defence commissioned the Army Battlefield Internet (ABI) enhanced by the Software Defined Radio (SDR) at Stagmont Camp, held in conjunction with the Signal Formation 50th Anniversary Parade on March 4. Speaking at the parade, Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen noted that with the SDR, soldiers will be able to get a more accurate and timely battlefield picture, and be able to target with greater precision
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US Army Issues Notice To Upgrade Styker Vehicle Fleet
March 3, 2016 @ 03:28 PMA “Sources Sought Notice” was issued today by the US Army for the next major upgrade to the entire Stryker Family of Vehicles, focused mainly on lethality improvements. These improvements will encompass both the flat-bottom hull and double v-hull platforms, and will not be limited to cannon application and improvement
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Nigerian Army Inducts Combat Motorbikes Battalion To Fight Boko Haram
February 29, 2016 @ 08:02 AMThe Nigerian Army has inducted combat motorbikes unit at the Headquarters of 25 Task Force Brigade, Damboa, Borno State to fight rising threat of Boko Harams terror outfits in the country. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt
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China Develops Ability To Detect US F-22, Other Stealth Fighters
February 22, 2016 @ 08:33 AMChina has developed a new type of Phased Array Radar that can detect US F-22 and other stealth fighters. According to a report on PLA Daily published earlier this month, Several fighters from East China Sea Fleet patrolled around the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea after receiving orders that unidentified tracking occurred near the ADIZ on the morning of Feb
South Korea Bolsters Space Surveillance with Fourth Military Satellite Launch
U.A.E.'s Caracal Set Up Small Arms Factory in Hyderabad With India’s ICOMM...
AV Secures $46.6M Contract with Italian MoD for JUMP 20 VTOL Drones
China, Indonesia Hold First Meeting of Foreign and Defense Ministers
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...
