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Antonov Offers Air Force One Aircraft Replacement
December 8, 2016 @ 03:22 PMUkranian aircraft manufacturer Antonov has offered to sell one of its aircraft as a replacement for Air Force one plane after the newly elected US President Donald Trump said that brand new Boeing 747 is outrageously expensive. In a tweet on Tuesday, Trump said that Air Force one aircrafts development costs are ‘out of control
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S Korea Wants To Prevent 60 Submarine Components From Reaching North
December 8, 2016 @ 02:13 PMSouth Korea has unveiled a list of 60 submarine components Thursday that need to be banned from reaching North Korea. This is a follow-up step after the United Nations adopted a new round of sanctions over Pyongyang's latest nuclear test,
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Bohemia Interactive Simulations Develops Flight Training Technology For Super Hornets
December 8, 2016 @ 12:58 PMBohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) has developed a prototype, VR technology-based F/A-18 Super Hornet training system under a contract from the US Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD). Integrated with the VBS Blue whole-earth rendering engine, the solution drives an Oculus Rift CV1 to produce a 360-degree field-of-view immersive environment and an integrated Leap Motion sensor to track hand and arm movements, enabling natural interaction with a highly detailed, virtual crew station
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Taiwan To Locally Upgrade MICA Missiles in ITS Mirage 2000 Jets
December 6, 2016 @ 02:56 PMThe Taiwan Air Force has asked National Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology to help extend the lifespan of the MICA missiles installed on its Mirage 2000 fighters Deputy National Defense Minister Lee Hsi-ming at the Legislature's Foreign and National Defense Committee. The institute is capable of doing so, he was quoted as saying by various local media Monday
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Brazil To Invest $5 Billion In Gripen NG Project
November 30, 2016 @ 09:41 AMBrazil is likely to invest $5 billion in the Gripen NG project that includes the procurement of 36 Gripen NG fighter aircraft to equip the Brazilian Air Force. The NG project has already secured $413
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Singapore To Increase Aerial, Maritime Surveillance Capabilities With Aerostat System
November 30, 2016 @ 04:37 AMSingapore Armed Forces (SAF) has begun local tests of a 55 m tethered aerostat system that was acquired to enhance the republic's continuous airborne radar coverage and maritime surveillance capabilities. The system, which can detect aerial and seaborne threats at distances of up to 200 km, will be operated by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) at the Choa Chu Kang Camp, which is located in the western part of the island,
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Fulcrum Wins $168 To Support JIDO’s Global Situational Awareness Mission
November 29, 2016 @ 07:40 AMFulcrum IT Services has been awarded a $168 million contract to provide the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO) with strategic planning, research, analysis, and training services in support of JIDOs Global Situational Awareness (Global SA) and Communities of Action (CoA) missions. The Global SA task order will provide JIDO, the intelligence community, military service partner organizations, and other Department of Defense (DoD)/federal agencies with professional services that sense, research, and analyze the global operational environment to enhance combatant commands ability to combat improvised threats to the warfighter and partner organizations through advanced situational awareness services and training
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Ukraine To Hold Missile-Firing Exercise Over Crimea
November 26, 2016 @ 07:57 AMUkraine has taken a unilateral decision to organize missile-firing exercises over Crimea, which Russia claims to be the Federation's sovereign airspace. Missiles would be fired in regions where civil and state aviation flights run, Russias Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsiya reported
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Complete List Of 36 Indian Defense Ministry Approved FDI, JVs For Equipment
November 25, 2016 @ 06:56 PMIndia has so far approved 36 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)/ Joint Venture proposals in defense sector for the manufacture of defense equipment, both with Indian Public and Private Companies as on March 2016. This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre in the parliament Friday
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Sharif Invites Foreign Defense Firms To 'Make In Pakistan'
November 22, 2016 @ 02:35 PMPakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif invited foreign companies to expand their business linkages with Pakistan in the field of defence production. “Pakistan was committed to discouraging arms race and promoting “the motto of arms for peace, which has always been the tagline of IDEAS,” Sharif was quoted as saying by
Minor Incident Sparks Major Clashes between Thai and Cambodian Forces
Turkey, U.K. Sign Eurofighter Deal Framework after Germany Lifts Block
French Mirage 2000 Crashes in Ukraine after Reported Equipment Failure
Australia Issues $16.9M in Contracts under Project LAND 156 to Counter Drone
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...