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Korean Aerospace, Thales To Jointly Develop Satellite Based Augmentation System For GPS
October 25, 2016 @ 11:53 AMKorean Aerospace Research Institute will sign a $40 million deal with French Thales for the joint development of a new augmentation system for global positioning systems that will greatly reduce the scope and rate of errors in existing GPS. The signing will be done on Wednesday to jointly develop a new and advanced Satellite Based Augmentation System for GPS by 2021, according to the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Yonhap reported Tuesday
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Surveillance Plane To Libya Crashes After Take Off Killing Five French Military...
October 24, 2016 @ 02:12 PMFive French military officers were killed when a twin-prop Fairchild Metroliner, part of French customs surveillance operation heading for Libyan coast crashed in Safi after developing engine trouble immediately after it took to air from Maltas international airport. Witnesses on site of the rescue described the scene as a pile of charred, black metal parts, owing to the scale of the explosion that ensued as the aircraft, a Fairchild Metroliner MkIII, crashed into the ground,
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Small Private Shipyards In India To Get Navy Ship Building Contracts
October 24, 2016 @ 02:04 PMIndian Navy is likely to award contracts to small and private shipyards to build vessels for defense forces. The Navy is working with the shipping ministry on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Navy and Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL)
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Indian Banks Warned Of Cyber Attacks Originating From Pakistan
October 22, 2016 @ 12:41 PMIndia's various banks are being warned by centre's cyber security that Pakistan based cyber criminals are likely to target their information infrastructure. Computer Emergency Response Team-India (CERT-In), the nodal agency under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, issued that alert on October seven
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Russian Military Launches Secured Intranet
October 19, 2016 @ 02:31 PMRussia has launched Secured Intranet, equipped with a secured email service that allows transmission of classified information and documents for military communications. In every military unit there are servers that encrypt information, divide it into several packages and pass it on
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Pakistani Air Force Pilot Killed In Mirage Jet Crash
October 18, 2016 @ 12:21 PMA Pakistani Air Force pilot was killed as the Mirage aircraft he was in crashed near Karachis Musharraf colony. PAF Mirage jetbearing tale number 921 took off from Masroor Base, before it crashed near Musharraf Colony
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Germany To Nearly Double Defense Spending
October 17, 2016 @ 07:06 PMGermany will be increasing its defense spending to 2 per cent from their economic output in line with an agreement that NATO states reached in 2014. “Germany would drastically increase defense spending in the coming years to move towards the NATO target for member states to spend 2 percent of their economic output on defense,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday
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India Terminates Its Search For Missing AN-32 Aircraft
October 15, 2016 @ 12:45 PMIndia has called off the search for aircraft AN-32, which went missing two months ago over Bay of Bengal with 29 passengers onboard. The search was called off more than a week ago after they searched the seabed in the four locations with the submersible, NIOT director Sateesh C Shenoi was quoted as saying by
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Japan Eyes Djibouti Military Base Expansion To Counter Chinese Influence
October 14, 2016 @ 04:11 PMJapan is eyeing to lease additional land by next year to expand its military base in Djibouti to counter Chinese influence in the region. Japan is considering deploying C-130 transport aircraft, Bushmaster armored vehicles and extra personnel to the base but has not yet decided on how many,
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Russian, India To Co-Develop Miniature Version Of BrahMos Missiles
October 14, 2016 @ 02:05 PMIndia and Russia are likely to sign a formal contract to jointly develop a miniature version of the Brahmos missile that could have multiple capabilities, including agile cross border strikes to destroy infrastructure of terrorists. An agreement for the new version of the missile will be signed at the bilateral meet with Russia in Goa between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin, and it will be the first major upscaling of the Brahmos joint venture signed in 1998
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Russian Drones Destroy US MAAWLR Air Defense System in Ukraine
Russia’s YAK-130M Modernized Combat-Trainer Conducts Maiden Flight
American MAAWLR Air Defense System Seen in Ukraine
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
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