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China To Raise Defense Budget By 10 Percent
March 4, 2015 @ 06:10 PMChina will raise its defense budget by about 10 percent this year, compared to last year's 12.2 percent, Xinhua reported Wednesday
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India’s First Public Funded-Privately Executed Defence R& D Project Gets Underway
February 26, 2015 @ 03:22 PMIndian Government will be funding its first “Make” contract that involves two private consortia (BEL-Rolta and Tata Power and L&T) for a battlefield management system development project of the Indian armed forces. The government will be funding 80 percent of the prototype cost and the remaining 20 percent will have to be borne by the consortia
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Indian MoD, Dassault May Have Reached an Understanding on Rafale Deal
February 25, 2015 @ 10:57 AMIndian MoD and Dassault Aviation may have arrived to an understanding regarding the guaranteeing, costs and man hour issues in the $20 billion Indian MMRCA deal to buy 126 Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Air Force. This follows a meeting yesterday between French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his Indian counterpart, Manohar Parrikar
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No Headway In Rafale Deal Despite Indian, French Defence Ministers' Meeting
February 24, 2015 @ 01:02 PMFrench Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian met his Indian counterpart, Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday in what is being described as a "last ditch" attempt to sell 126 Dassault Rafale jets estimated at US$20 billion. The absence of an official comment from Paris or New Delhi about the meeting has allowed speculation to gain ground about what transpired, prominent among which is that the stalemate continues
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LRASM Completes Third Flight Test
February 20, 2015 @ 09:00 AMLockheed Martins Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) achieved a third air-launched flight test, with the missile performing as expected during low altitude flight. The test, conducted on Feb
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Exelis Wins 10.7 M Contract From DARPA To Develop Next-Generation Communications Capability
February 20, 2015 @ 07:22 AMExelis has won a $10.7 million contract from the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) to develop a new multifunctional chip for airborne radio applications
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KRET To Introduce Modern Radio-Electronic Solutions At Aero India 2015
February 18, 2015 @ 01:10 PMConcern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET), a part of the Rostec, will introduce modern radio-electronic solutions for the Indian Air Force at Aero India 2015 The foreign partners are to become familiar with the latest achievements in a field of the identification friend or foe, special electronics, electronic systems for aviation and radio-electronic solutions within the Russian stand,. The Concern is ready to export both the latest complexes for EW solutions and the latest avionics
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Asia Spending More Than NATO on Defence: Singapore Def Minister
February 8, 2015 @ 08:48 AMAsia is spending more than NATO in absolute terms and the rate of increase has even surpassed Europe. Singapore Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen commented during a speech at the 51st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Germany on Saturday
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Israeli Defense Minister Ya’alon To Visit India For The First Time
February 6, 2015 @ 10:41 AMIsraeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon is on his first visit to India after assuming office since bilateral relations were established in 1991. Yaalon will be meet senior Indian counterparts and will visit Aero India exhibition starting February 18
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US Military Explores Behavioral Biometrics To Develop New Identity Verification System
January 30, 2015 @ 12:18 PMThe US military is developing a new identity verification system that could replace passwords, fingerprints and iris recognition systems for web users. The system uses “cognitive fingerprints” instead of physical characteristics such as palms, face, DNA or iris recognition, according to Sky News
Egypt Chooses Russian Antey-2500, KA-52 Helicopters to Guard its New “Octagon” Military...
NATO Special Forces Select Thales-Leonardo Consortium to Deliver Communication System
Ukraine Blames Lack of Patriot Interceptors as Russian Missiles Rain Down on...
Ammunition Factory of Indonesian PT Pindad Breaks Ground
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