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Dassault To Deliver 9 Rafales, 45 Falcons In 2017
March 8, 2017 @ 03:00 PMDassault plans to deliver 45 Falcon and nine Rafale fighter jets in 2017 and expects to increase 2017 net sales given the Rafale export net sales. Of the nine Rafales, one will be delivered to France and the rest to Egypt, Dassault mentioned as part of the forecast in the financial press statement released Wednesday
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Thailand’s Deal To Buy Three Chinese Yuan-class Subs Progressing: Minister
March 8, 2017 @ 02:39 PMThailands navy is currently coordinating process for a government-to-government purchase of three Chinese-built Yuan-class submarines, Thailand's Deputy Premier Prawit Wongsuwan said. Prawit, who is concurrently the defense minister, declined to tell how soon the coordinating process for the submarines purchase deal will be completed but confirmed that a regular budget for the navy to procure the first of the three Yuan-class S26T subs within this year has already been earmarked and approved for current fiscal year, Xinhua reported Tuesday
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Fokker To Provide Service To Dutch Air Force Aircraft Fleet
March 8, 2017 @ 12:05 PMGKN Aerospaces Fokker business and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) have signed a multi-million Euro total support agreement for a five-year period, covering standard parts supply and services for all of the RNLAFs aircraft, helicopters and multiple support systems. After the five year period the contract can be extended twice with a period of one year
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Turkish Aerospace Industries Supplies T-129 ATAK Attack Helicopters To Armed Forces
March 8, 2017 @ 11:25 AMTurkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has delivered two T-129 ATAK attack helicopters to the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK). The 20th and 21st T-129s are expected to be in TSK service by the end of this month,
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Rheinmetall To Supply Ammunition For F-35 Fighter Jet
March 6, 2017 @ 01:33 PMRheinmetall has won a US$6.5 million (6
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North Korea Launches Missiles Into Japanese Waters
March 6, 2017 @ 12:45 PMNorth Korea has launched four missiles, which flew more than 600 miles across the country before splashing into the sea between Japan and the Korean Peninsula. The four missiles were fired from a known launch site on North Koreas west coast, not far from the border with China, at 7:36 a
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Global Companies Scramble To Bid In Poland’s Combat Drone Tender
March 4, 2017 @ 08:10 AMAbout 15 companies, including Israel's Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries, Frances MBDA, and Italy's Leonardo have bid for tender issued by Polish Ministry of Defence to supply combat UAVs to the countrys armed forces. The firms have submitted their applications to take part in the technical dialog
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Pro-India Senators 'frustrated' Over Pentagon's Reluctance To Sell Guardian Drones to Delhi
March 4, 2017 @ 08:07 AMA top US Senator has pressed for selling guardian drones to India, which would be next major part of defense partnership between both the country. Democrat Senator Mark Warner and his Republican colleague in the Senate Dan Sullivan, during a program in Washington has asserted that the former Obama Administration and the US Congress designating India as a major defence partner is a major step forward in taking the India-US relationship to the next level
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Boeing Challenges Denmark In Court Over Its F-35 Fighter Jet Selection
March 3, 2017 @ 01:52 PMBoeing has lodged legal action against Denmark Defense officials for refusing to fully disclose documents, showing how it evaluated competing fighter jets before it selected Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jet. “Its been almost six months since we requested the documents, and the ministry has not responded as required,” said Tom Bell, a senior vice-president of global sales and marketing with Boeing's Defense, Space and Security unit
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Lockheed Martin In Talks With Spain, Switzerland, Belgium To Sell F-35 Fighter...
March 3, 2017 @ 07:58 AMLockheed Martin is in talks with the governments of Spain, Switzerland and Belgium to sell its F-35 fighter jets. "We are talking to several other countries - Switzerland, Belgium, Spain," Jeff Babione, Lockheed Martin's F-35 programme leader, told reporters at the Avalon Airshow in Australia Friday
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Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
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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...
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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