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Poland Likely To Buy Patriot Missile Defense System From Raytheon For $5
July 5, 2016 @ 02:55 PMPoland has made significant progress in its talks with Raytheon over a $5-billion missile defense system. "Indeed, the recent talks between Raytheon (and Poland) are very, very promising and one may say that a breakthrough has taken place," Polish Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz was quoted as saying by Reuters Monday
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Israel To Lease Combat Heron Drones To Germany For 600 Million Euros
June 29, 2016 @ 02:15 PMThe German has signed an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to lease up to five Heron TP (Eitan) drone systems for a total of 600 million euros. The German Chief of Staff, General Volker Wieker, who visited Israel a few weeks ago, preferred the Israeli ‘Heron drone over its American competitor - the ‘Predator and the [Reaper] - both of which were created by the CIA and the Pentagon and which are used by the US to eliminate targets from the air,
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India Eyeing Twin-Engine Fighter Aircraft As Rafale Follow-on?
May 27, 2016 @ 02:51 PMIndia is looking for a foreign manufacturer to partner with an Indian firm for the manufacture of second twin-engine fighter aircraft in India. The Defense Minister, Manohar Parrikar in an interview with
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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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Turbomeca Arrano Engine Powered H160 Helicopter Completes First Flight Test
January 28, 2016 @ 06:41 AMTurbomeca (Safran) completed the first flight test of its Arrano engine, powering the Airbus Helicopters H160. The Arrano engine met the performance expected for the first flight, during the flight of the second H160 flight test vehicle (PT2), which took place yesterday at the manufacturers Marignane plant
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Not Sure Of Rafale Deal During Hollande Visit: French Envoy
January 22, 2016 @ 02:38 PMThere is no certainty that the Indo-French Government to Government multi-billion dollar Rafale fighter deal will be signed during the French Presidents visit to New Delhi next week. "The discussions are taking place at present
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France Doubles Arms Sales to Euro 16 Billion in 2015
January 20, 2016 @ 01:23 PMFrance doubled its arms sale to 16 billion euors in 2015 as against 8.3 billion in 2014 and may be a close third behind Russia as the worlds largest arms exporter for the year
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Lockheed Partners Swedish, UAE Firms in Advanced Machining Tech
November 4, 2015 @ 10:22 AMLockheed Martin is partnering Sweden's Exechon AB and Abu Dhabi based Injaz National to set up a joint venture in the UAE for advanced machining technology. The Abu Dhabi-based joint venture, Exechon Enterprises will establish an engineering and manufacturing center for Parallel Kinematics Machining (PKM) in the aerospace, defense and automotive sectors, as well as other industrial areas
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Was Saudi Prince Part of Syrian Militants' Drug Supply Network?
October 27, 2015 @ 11:23 AMA Saudi Arabian Prince was detained along with four others in Lebanon while attempting to smuggle about two tons of Captagon pills. The Saudi Prince Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz was detained in Beirut International Airport while allegedly trying to smuggle 15 million capsules of amphetamine phenethylline (Captagon)- a synthetic stimulant- in huge quantity by the airport authorities
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France Cancelled Mistral Deal Under Pressure From Poland, East-European NATO Allies
September 30, 2015 @ 02:33 PMPoland and other East-European NATO allies threatened to cancel defence deals with France if it sold the Mistral Warship to Russia. This information has been revealed in recently released transcripts from the French Senate's International Affairs Committee that Eastern European NATO member states have put "significant pressure" to scrap the USD$ 1
Portugal Orders Sixth KC-390 Aircraft Contract
Korea Aerospace Unveils Design of New Electronic Warfare Aircraft
Israel Completes Iron Beam Laser Weapon Development, IDF Delivery Imminent
Canada Receives First CT-102B Astra II Training Aircraft
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...