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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
Airbus Plans European Fighter Jet To Replace Eurofighter, Rafale

June 12, 2017 @ 01:03 PM

Airbus has revealed plans to manufacture a new fighter jet, replacing military aircraft systems such as the Eurofighter and Dassault Rafale. The plan seeks to do away with the F16 and possibly the F-35 for European allies
Argentina Modernizes Elta Radar System With Wireless Communication Capability

June 8, 2017 @ 04:50 PM

Argentina's Ministry of Defense has upgraded an Elta radar systems with ability of wireless communication between the transceiver and the processor, permitting the system to record plots, and remember plots represented on the screen. The Air Force personnel has upgraded a single unit to use as a prototype in order to test the upgrades to fulfill operational requirement for more flexible display systems
Japan Plans To Donate Decommissioned P-3C Patrol Aircraft To Malaysia

May 5, 2017 @ 01:32 PM

Japan is looking to gift its decommissioned military patrol aircraft P-3Cs to Malaysia to help the South East Asian country effectively guard the South China Sea. Japan's parliament is currently weighing revisions to the foundational law of the Ministry of Defense that would permit equipment supply to other nations at no cost
Bertin-Made Chemical Detectors Selected For Australian Defence Force

May 2, 2017 @ 03:23 PM

Australian Defence Force (ADF) has selected Bertin Technologies second Sight MS standoff detector of chemical threats to equip its troops. “The Second Sight is composed of different modules, providing it with unrivalled flexibility of use and versatility as well as compactness, deployability and operability,” said Romain Verollet, Manager in charge of the Defence & Security product range in a statement last week
Kalashnikov's AK-12, AK-15 Field Tests To End In July

April 24, 2017 @ 11:23 AM

Russia's Kalashnikov Concern will conclude field tests of fifth-generation AK-12 and AK-15 assault rifles by end of June. "Military trials of AK-12 and AK-15 will be completed in the second quarter of 2017," Abramov, head of Rostec's armaments cluster, was quoted as saying by
China Deploys J-11 fighter jet On Artificial Island In South China Sea

April 7, 2017 @ 03:30 PM

A Chinese fighter jet, J-11, has been detected on a Beijing-controlled island in the South China Sea for the first time in a year, according to a US think tank. "More fighters were believed to be in hangers nearby, US think tank Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) which is part of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies," was quoted as saying by various media Thursday
Lockheed Martin's CH-53K Helicopter Okayed For Low Rate Initial Production Funding

April 5, 2017 @ 08:51 AM

Lockheed Martins CH-53K King Stallion program has passed its Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) review and achieved a Milestone C decision that enables low rate initial production funding. Numerous, completed pre-requisites preceded the Milestone C decision
Malaysia Plans Aerobatics Team, May Seek Help From 'Russian Knights'

March 27, 2017 @ 01:55 PM

Malaysia is looking at launching its own aerobatics team for the Langkawi International Maritime Aerospace (LIMA) Exhibition in 2019 and may seek help from ‘Russian Knights team for the purpose. Indications to this effect were available during the last day of LIMA 17 where the defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein said at the closing ceremony turning to the South Korean and Indonesian aerobatics teams, ?What you have done is a challenge to all of us “now the Russian Knights want to work with the Malaysian aerobatics team
China J-20's Engines to Incorporate Powder Metallurgy Superalloys

March 22, 2017 @ 03:02 PM

China is planning to equip J-20 stealth fighter jets with home-made engines that incorporate Powder Metallurgy superalloy turbine disks. China intends to replace the current Russia-produced Saturn AL-31F engines between 2018 and 2019,

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