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Rheinmetall To Modernize Bundeswehr’s Boxer Command Vehicles

July 4, 2017 @ 12:22 PM

Rheinmetall has won $23.8 million contract to upgrade 38 Boxer multipurpose armoured transport vehicles for the Bundeswehr, all of them configured for a command role
India To Re-Test Nirbhay Cruise Missile After December Failure

July 3, 2017 @ 03:19 PM

India plans to conduct a second test launch of its 'Nirbhay' long rage sub-sonic cruise missile by this month-end following the failure of the earlier launch in December last due to a 'recycled component'. The fourth test of Nirbhay designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), failed on December 21 last year because of use of faulty material, said Chairman of the DRDO and Secretary of Department of Defence R&D S
Indian Air Force Plans Building 108 Hardened Aircraft Shelters

July 3, 2017 @ 10:54 AM

Indian Air Force is proposing to construct 108 new generation hardened aircraft shelters at a cost of more than Rs 5,000 crore (US$772.1 million) to protect its fleet of fighter jets
Huntington Ingalls Wins US Navy LPD 29 Amphibious Transport Dock Contract

July 1, 2017 @ 09:53 AM

Huntington Ingalls Industries has won a $218 million advance procurement contract from the US Navy to provide long-lead-time material and advance construction activities for LPD 29, the 13th amphibious transport dock of the San Antonio (LPD 17) class
China Enraged Over Taiwan Arms Sales, US Sanctions

June 30, 2017 @ 10:28 AM

China has condemned US arms sales to Taiwan and sanctions against some Chinese entities and individuals. US arms sales to Taiwan and sanctions against some Chinese entities and individuals undermine the mutual confidence between China and the United States, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai was quoted as saying by
France, Belgium To Reinforce Bilateral Defense Partnership On Land Mobility

June 29, 2017 @ 03:27 PM

France and Belgium signed a statement of intent on Thursday in a bid to reinforce their bilateral defence partnership in the context of high terror risks in the two countries. French Defence Minister, Florence Parly and her Belgian counterpart, Steven Vandeput, signed the document to cement cooperation in defence, mainly on land mobility, the French Defence Ministry said in a statement
Israel Intelligence Agency Offers Grants To Develop New Espionage Techniques

June 28, 2017 @ 11:12 AM

Israels Mossad intelligence agency is offering grants up to 2 million shekels ($570, 000) per project as part of an investment fund to help develop new espionage techniques. Mossad was seeking technologies in various fields that include robotics, miniaturization and encryption and automated methods of gleaning information from documents, according to a government statement released Tuesday
MBDA Unveils New-gen Guided Weapons

June 20, 2017 @ 02:34 PM

MBDA has introduced its new SmartGlider family of guided weapons, optimised to counter anti-access strategies and other emerging battlespace threats. Planned to become available for fast jets no later than 2025, SmartGlider forms a family of all-up-round glider weapons, with folding wings and a range of over 100 km
Raytheon-built Small Diameter Bomb II Completes Wind Tunnel Tests

June 20, 2017 @ 02:28 PM

The US Air Force completed a series of wind tunnel tests of Raytheon-built Small Diameter Bomb II with F-35 the Joint Strike Fighter. SDB II can destroy moving targets in all weather conditions at ranges greater than 40 miles
Thales Expands Capabilities Of Laser-guided BAT-120 Weapon For French Mirage Jets

June 20, 2017 @ 12:37 PM

Thales, in coordination with the French defence procurement agency (DGA), has developed the capabilities of the BAT-120, a combat proven weapon system already qualified on the Mirage 2000 fighter jet. The laser-guided BAT-120 is a precision strike weapon, reasonably sized that can be carried in large numbers on the aircrafts wing pylons to fight all types of fixed or mobile targets (lightly armoured or unarmoured vehicles, go-fast vessels)

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