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South Korean Apache Helicopters Debut In Live-Fire Exercise
April 26, 2017 @ 01:36 PMTwo South Korean Armys AH-64E Apache attack helicopters made their public debut during a live-firing exercise along with US M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) at a training range in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province. The live-fire drill featured around 30 fighter jets, 90 battle tanks and armored vehicles, 30 choppers and 100 heavy guns,
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Indonesia Orders Lockheed Martin’s Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod For F-16 Falcons
April 26, 2017 @ 09:39 AMIndonesia will equip its F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets with Lockheed Martins Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod under an agreement signed during the US Vice President Mike Pence visit to Jakarta last week. According to a statement released by the U
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Airbus Safran Launches Ariane 6 Ground Qualification Models Production
April 25, 2017 @ 02:05 PMAirbus Safran has launched production of Ariane 6 ground qualification models, under contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) following review from Maturity Gate 6.1 industrialization
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Rheinmetall, KMW Gain Due To Increased German Military Spends
April 25, 2017 @ 12:46 PMGerman defense manufacturers are gaining due to increased spending by German military in the wake of Russias incursions in Ukraine and its military stance on the NATOs eastern border. Most equipment orders for new equipment and upgrades of existing armor are going to Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann,
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Denmark Accuses Russia Of Hacking Into Defense Ministry Emails
April 25, 2017 @ 11:07 AMDenmark has accused Russia of hacking into the emails accounts of the nations defense ministry. A Sunday report published by the Centre for Cyber Security claimed that a group of pro-Kremlin hackers had infiltrated into the emails of defense ministry employees in 2015 and 2016, Danish news agency Ritzau reported Monday
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Lockheed Martin's MUOS Satellite Terminals To Connect Beyond Line-Of-Sight
April 25, 2017 @ 10:54 AMLockheed Martin's fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite will support US Naval troops with ultra high frequency communications. The MUOS-5 satellite has completed Global Military Cellular Network as spare for next-generation capabilities
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Iranian Navy Gets New Anti-ship Cruise Missile ‘Nasir’
April 24, 2017 @ 10:31 AMIranian Navy received a first unit of new anti-ship missile on Saturday, state-run media reported. Called Nasir, the cruise missiles range or the size of its warhead were not mentioned in the Press TV report on Saturday but it said that it can only be fired from land or ship-based launchers
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Raytheon Wins Sidewinder Missile Support Contract For US, 20 Other Nations
April 22, 2017 @ 12:27 PMRaytheon has won a $79 million contract for engineering services and training for AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II tactical missiles for the US Navy, Air Force and the governments of 20 nations. "Services to be provided by Raytheon worth $78,723,292 include repair of AIM-9X Block II tactical missiles, captive air training missiles and special air training missiles, and integrated product support, such as training, in-service software support, depot management and material shortages monitoring," The US department of defense announced Friday
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UAVT To Equip NASC's TigerShark Drones With Turboprop Engine Propulsion Systems
April 21, 2017 @ 02:34 PMNavmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC) and UAV Turbines (UAVT) plan to demonstrate NASC's TigerShark aircraft with a UAVT micro-turboprop propulsion system by year end. "NAVMAR and UAVT join for flight demonstration of UAVT's turboprop engine on NAVMAR's TigerShark Group 3 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
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Boeing Not To Participate In Belgian F-16 Replacement Program
April 21, 2017 @ 01:08 PMBoeing has pulled out of Belgian F-16 replacement program and also informed the government that it will not participate in the bidders conference nor respond to the request for proposal (RFP). “We regret that after reviewing the request we do not see an opportunity to compete on a truly level playing field with the extremely capable and cost-effective F/A-18 Super Hornet, the company said in a statement Thursday
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