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Chinese Army To Get To Anti-Tank Missile: Reports
August 27, 2014 @ 02:38 PMChinas People's Liberation Army ground force will have another new state-of-the-art weapon in its arsenal－the HJ-12 anti-tank missile, which can destroy tanks at a distance of more than 4 km, according to a report published by China Daily. Developed by China North Industries Group Corp, the weapon will enable the PLA to catch up with the antitank combat capability of its Western and Russian counterparts and help it gain a bigger share in the international military equipment market, according to the report
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Pilatus, Tata To Manufacture And Supply PC-12 Aerostructures
August 27, 2014 @ 09:13 AMPilatus Aircraft Ltd and Indias Tata Advanced Systems have signed an agreement for manufacture and supply of Pilatus PC-12 “Green Aircraft” Aerostructures at Tata Advanced Systems facility in Hyderabad, India. This will include assembly of complete airframe for the aircraft, including Integrated Fuselage, Wing, Cockpit, Ailerons, Fins, and Rudders
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Is High Cost of F-35 Pushing Japan To Build Indigenous Fighter?
August 25, 2014 @ 01:03 PMThe Japanese Ministry of Defense has announced plans to buy six F-35As next year, and theyre asking for a $1.21 billion budget to do it
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Cubic Gets New Director of Corporate Communications
August 20, 2014 @ 02:35 PMCubic Corporation announced today it has appointed Suzanne Hatcher as its new director of corporate communications. In this role, Hatcher will be responsible for further developing Cubics corporate external, internal and marketing communication strategies, to ensure consistent messages are delivered in a well-coordinated manner across various stakeholders
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US Airforce Grounds 82 F-16D Falcons Citing Longeron Cracks
August 20, 2014 @ 09:06 AMThe U.S
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US Becomes India’s Biggest Arms Supplier, Russia Falls To Second Place
August 13, 2014 @ 12:50 PMThe US has bumped Russia and Israel to become Indias biggest supplier of military in the past three years thanks to large aircraft purchases. Washington took home nearly $5 billion in arms sales from the $13 billion India awarded to foreign vendors
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India’s Decision To Halt Finmeccanica Projects Came Into Effect In July
August 6, 2014 @ 09:24 AMThe Indian Ministry of Defense yesterday confirmed that it would indefinitely put on hold all projects with Finmeccanica and its subsidiaries, although the order has already been in place nearly a month. Defenseworld
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India Puts New Arms Deals With Finmeccanica On Hold
August 6, 2014 @ 08:45 AMThe Indian Ministry of Defense on Tuesday said that all new deals with Finmeccanica, parent company of AgustaWestland, will be put on hold until further notice. "An internal circular/advisory has been issued to not further process any acquisition project in which Finmeccanica is in the fray as a vendor till we get the attorney general's opinion on the entire blacklisting issue in the VVIP helicopter case (the 556 million Euro contract was scrapped on January 1)," an MOD official was quoted as saying by The Times of India newspaper
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Pilatus Marks 75th Anniversary With PC-24 Unveiling
August 5, 2014 @ 09:16 AMOn its 75th anniversary, Pilatus unveiled the first ever PC-24 prototype also known as the worlds first “Super Versatile Jet”. The rollout was preceded by a fly-by of all the aircraft which have ever reached series production in the company's 75 year history, according to an official statement
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Banned Weapons Used In Israel-Palestine Conflict?
August 1, 2014 @ 01:38 PMAs the conflict between the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Palestinian groups intensifies, the unevenly matched sides continue to assault each other with a wide array of weapons including Israels use of internationally banned weapons, such as DIME (Dense Inert Metal Explosive), according to various media reports. A statement issued by Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights group, details how Hellfire rockets connected to drones are firing DIMEs
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