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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
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Turkey's Havelsan To Acquire US Based Quantum3D
May 5, 2015 @ 10:27 AMTurkey's Havelsan will acquire flight simulation assets of Quantum3D that has US government units and civil companies as its customers, in order to increase simulation and training abilities. The deal with Quantum3D will likely to be finalized this year and its products will continue to be sold under the Quantum3D brand name like before, various media reported last week
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36 Rafale Jets To Be Inducted Into Indian Air Force In 2...
April 11, 2015 @ 10:34 AMIndia after confirming the possible deal with France to buy 36 ‘ready–to-fly Rafale fighter jets on Friday, will induct the jets into the Air Force within a span of two years, Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar said today. “I have asked President (Francois Hollande) to supply 36 ready-to-fly Rafale jets to India
French KNDS to Acquire Texelis, Maker of SERVAL Armored Vehicles
Netherlands Helping to Train 26 Ukrainians to Become Crew Chiefs for F-16
Trump's First Diplomatic Victory- Panama Abandons China for Better U.S. Ties
Missile Falls in Russian Territory from a Tu-22M3 Bomber on Way to...
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U