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France Tests Nuclear-capable Missile On Rafale Fighter
February 7, 2019 @ 01:06 PMFrance has tested a missile capable of carrying a nuclear payload on the Rafale Fighter jet, the Air Force announced Tuesday. The nuclear strike mission lasted 11 hours and included aerial refuelling of the Rafale
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HAL Dhruv’s Army Variant “Rudra” Makes Emergency Landing In India
February 5, 2019 @ 06:12 PMAdvanced Light Helicopter Dhruvs army variant Dhruv Mk IV “Rudra” made an emergency landing on Tuesday after taking off from HAL Airport in Bengaluru located in Southern India. The helicopter landed in a potato field in the outskirts of the city around 1
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US Orders Small Reconnaissance Drones For Army
February 4, 2019 @ 05:46 PMThe United States (US) has ordered small reconnaissance drones for its army from FLIR Systems. The contract for Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance Drones is worth $39 million, the company said in a statement
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Airbus Asked to Manufacture Aircraft Components, Tyres in Indonesia
February 4, 2019 @ 02:44 PMIndonesia has asked Airbus to manufacture aircraft components in the country in order to make optimal utilization of the raw materials available in the country. "We requested Airbus to plan and produce aircraft components with Dirgantara Indonesia (Indonesian aerospace manufacturing company) and urged them to make their aircraft tyres here," Antara quoted Indonesian Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan as saying during a meeting with Airbus President of Asia-Pacific Jean-Marc Nasr on Monday
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US Started Producing Intermediate-range Missiles 2 Years Before it Pulled out of...
February 4, 2019 @ 01:51 PMRussia released satellite images to prove the United States violated Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty two years back, after the US President Donald Trump recently announced that they are pulling out of the arms control agreement. An exclusive satellite footage published in Ruplty, released by the Russian defense ministry, shows a Raytheon Corporation plant located in Tucson, Arizona, preparing for the production of missiles prohibited under the arms control agreement
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US, 7 Other Nations join forces To Take On China In Cyberspace
February 4, 2019 @ 01:38 PMThe "Five Eyes plus 3", an alliance of five English speaking nations- US, Australia, UK, Canada, New Zealand plus Germany, France and Japan have launched a new information sharing structure to take on malicious cyberspace activity from countries such as China. Japan has decided to stop using Chinese-made telecommunications products for governmental use
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India To Acquire 73,000 Sig Sauer Rifles to Replace INSAS Rifles
February 2, 2019 @ 03:37 PMIndia has recently approved the purchase of 73,000 SIG716-G2 rifles from the US in a deal valued at $97 million (INR 700 Crore) to replace the aging INSAS rifles. The deliveries of the rifles are likely to take place within a year, according to Press Trust of India
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HAL-Upgraded Mirage 2000 Jet Trainer Crashes In India, Two Pilots Dead
February 1, 2019 @ 07:51 AMA Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter of the Indian Air Force crashed Friday morning near HAL Airport in Bangalore, India. The two pilots inside the jet ejected before the crash
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Lockheed-Raytheon Javelin JV Wins Contract For 2,100 F-model Missiles
January 30, 2019 @ 05:35 PMLockheed Martin and Raytheon's Javelin Joint Venture has won a contract for 2,100 F-model (FGM-148F) missiles. The contract was awarded after the JV passed qualification test program that included 21 flight tests, Lockheed Martin said in a statement Wednesday
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India's Tejas Fighter Jet To Get Advanced Laser Pod
January 24, 2019 @ 09:24 AMIndia has developed an advanced laser targeting system for indigenously-made Tejas fighter jet. State-funded Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed the cost-effective Laser designator pod (LDP), Sputnik reported, quoting sources as saying Monday
Milrem Robotics, Hanwha Aerospace Partner to Develop Robotic Combat Vehicles
Teledyne FLIR’s Black Hornet 4 Drone Approved for U.S. Military Use
Rheinmetall Secures Contract to Supply Training Simulators for German Navy
Chinese Helicopter Flies Within 3 Meters of Philippines Aircraft Carrying Journalists
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