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French Air Force Takes Delivery Of AESA Radar Equipped Rafale Jets
October 3, 2012 @ 12:00 AMFrance’s Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) has taken delivery of the first Rafale fighter jet fitted with an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar from Thales. Current Rafale models are fitted with a passive array radar and the new improvement is seen as a effort to target markets abroad
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Indian Air Force, IAI To Upgrade 150 UAVs
October 3, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian Air Force and Israeli Aircraft Industries (IAI) will join hands to upgrade UAVs from all three services under a project worth $ 958 million. The country’s armed forces currently operate a fleet of 150 UAVs procured from IAI
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CACI To Provide C4ISR Technology Worth $247 Million To U.S Army
October 2, 2012 @ 12:00 AMCACI announced that it has won a five year contract worth $247 million to support rapid prototyping and technology insertion initiatives for Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center's Command, Power, and Integration Directorate (CP&ID) to the U.S Army
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L-3 Wins U.S Army Satellite Contract
October 2, 2012 @ 12:00 AML-3 Global Communications Systems has won a U.S Army contract worth $36 million to upgrade the Satellite Data Network Family of Terminals (SDN-FOT)
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Attempted Export of U.S. Defence Grade Carbon Fiber Exposes Illegal Trade
October 2, 2012 @ 12:00 AMWhen the U.S
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Exocet Missile Qualifies On Rafale M Fighter
October 1, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe French Navy has declared the Exocet missile operational after the Rafale M shipboard fighter launched an AM39 Exocet anti-ship missile AM39. This flight test marks the end of operational testing and qualification of the Rafale/Exocet combination by the French navy
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India’s Light Combat Aircraft To Get AESA Radar
September 28, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian Air Force will use the home-made Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar on the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mark-2, which is 15 years behind schedule. The Mark-2 prototype is expected to be inducted into service by 2014, following which the Indian Air Force plans to order 200 aircraft
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Raytheon, Monument Capital Group To Offer Security Solutions In India
September 24, 2012 @ 12:00 AMRaytheon has entered into a distribution agreement with Monument Capital Group. Under the agreement, MCG will engage potential Indian partners to provide mass notification and non-lethal systems to solve challenging security problems and emerging safety requirements
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Elbit Systems To Set Up Fighter Aircraft Training Center In Latin America
September 24, 2012 @ 12:00 AMElbit Systems announced today that it has awarded a contract worth $18.5 million for the establishment of a Mission Training Center (MTC) for fighter aircraft of a Latin American Air Force
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SU-30SM Multi Role Fighter Marks First Maiden Flight
September 21, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe first multirole fighter aircraft from the Sukhoi stable, designated the SU-30SM marked its maiden flight at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant in Russia today. A statement from the Sukhoi Design Bureau said that the Su-30SM multirole fighter is the further development of the Su-30MK combat aircraft family
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