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UAE To Buy Ground Tactical Data Link Systems

August 28, 2014 @ 02:35 PM

Tactical Communications Group (TCG) won a contract to provide its Ground Tactical Data Link Systems (GTS) hardware and software components, as well as engineering and operational TDL services, training, and system maintenance, to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces. The award is the first Direct Commercial Sale between the UAE Armed Forces and TCG
India’s Indigenous Scorpene Submarine Construction 'On Schedule'

August 28, 2014 @ 01:21 PM

Defense Minister Arun Jaitley Wednesday reviewed the progress of the indigenous Scorpene submarine construction and other ongoing warship building projects, including the P-15B Class stealth destroyers, Press information Bureau reported. "With all the impediments and material hurdles resolved, the construction of the submarines is progressing on schedule to meet the planned delivery schedule of September 2016," the report said
New F-35 Hangar To Cost $34.4 Million

August 27, 2014 @ 02:32 PM

The US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast announced the first task order from a $240 million indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) multiple award design-build construction contract Aug 26. Carothers Construction Inc
Northrop Grumman, Partners Win $2.5 Billion CANES Shipboard Networks Contract

August 22, 2014 @ 09:09 AM

Northrop Grumman has won a contract along with four others to upgrade cybersecurity, command and control, communications and intelligence (C4I) systems for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) of the US Navy. The contract is valued at $2
Guatemalan Military Chief Rudy Ortiz Dies In a Chopper Crash

August 21, 2014 @ 10:07 AM

The head of the Guatemalan military's Joint Chiefs of Staff General Rudy Ortiz along with four other military officers died in a helicopter crash Wednesday near the border with Mexico, media reports citing Government officials said. Interior Secretary Mauricio Lopez told local media that the helicopter went down in a mountainous area of the western province of Huehuetenango
India to Substitute Crashed C-130J With A New Aircraft

August 20, 2014 @ 10:09 AM

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will buy a new C-130J Super Hercules heavy-lift aircraft in addition to the existing order of 12 to replace the lost aircraft, Indian news agencies reported. Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said that the induction of C-130Js and heavy-lift Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIs had “brought a paradigm shift in airlift capabilities”
QinetiQ Unveils Airborne Communications Surveillance Systems

August 11, 2014 @ 09:06 AM

QinetiQ has unveiled a new range of airborne communications surveillance systems. The ASX system is modular with a range of configurations allowing it be used on large, medium and small manned or unmanned aircraft
Indian Air Force Grounds Dhruv Chopper Fleet

August 5, 2014 @ 12:17 PM

The Indian Air Force has grounded its fleet of about 40 indigenously-developed Advanced Light Helicopters Dhruv after a recent crash that killed seven personnel, the Press Trust of India reported Monday. The IAF choppers will not fly until thorough checks are carried out on them, IAF sources told PTI
BrahMos Aerospace To Showcase Entire Range Of Missiles At Oboronexpo 2014

August 4, 2014 @ 10:01 AM

BrahMos Aerospace will display its entire missile family at the Oboronexpo 2014 weapons exhibition, according to various reports. The range of missiles, which can be launched from the air, land, sea surface, or underwater, will be showcased at the exhibition that will be held near the Russian capital on August 13-17
CBI To Continue With Finmeccanica Chopper Scam Probe

July 30, 2014 @ 11:06 AM

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said that it would go ahead with its probe into a scrapped helicopter contract with Finmeccanica on Wednesday, a day after prosecutors in Italy agreed to settle legal proceedings against the defense group. Kanchan Prasad, a spokeswoman for CBI, told Reuters the development in Italy did not affect India's probe of the deal

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