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India Begins Testing DRDO-Built Main Battle Tank
June 25, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIndia has begun developmental trials of the main battle tank (MBT) known as Arjun Mark II. The testing will continue until next month at the Pokhran field firing range
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SAAB To Develop Next Generation Super Jas Aircraft
June 22, 2012 @ 12:00 AMSwedish aircraft maker has announced its plans to develop a new version of the JAS Gripen aircraft. The announcement comes amidst reports that Switzerland is preparing to procure new aircraft
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BAE Systems To Upgrade And Build Armoured Combat Vehicles For Norway
June 22, 2012 @ 12:00 AMBAE Systems Hägglunds has signed a contract with the Norwegian Army to upgrade and build CV90 armoured combat vehicles for the Norwegian Army. in a contract worth $1 billion
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Lessor Orders 12 Bombardier CRJ1000 for Garuda
June 21, 2012 @ 12:00 AMBombardier Aerospace announced today that a wholly owned subsidiary of Nordic Aviation Capital A/S of Billund, Denmark has signed a firm purchase agreement for twelve CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft. Nordic Aviation Capital has confirmed that the aircraft will be leased to Garuda Indonesia, Bombardier’s previously announced launch customer for the CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft in the Asia-Pacific region
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CAE To Launch New Training Centre In Seoul
June 19, 2012 @ 12:00 AMCAE will open a new training centre to train pilots to fly the Boeing 7237-800 aircraft in Seoul, South Korea. The training centre is expected to be ready by September 2012, according to CAE
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DRDO To Continue Using Kaveri Engines
June 18, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIndia’s Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has decided to power the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mark-2 with GE-414 engines built by General Electric. It was previously decided that the Kaveri engines would be used to develop the aircraft
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Heavy Airlift Market To Grow By Billions
June 18, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIn the next 10 years, the market for heavy airlift aircraft will see tremendous growth as militaries around the world acquire airlift aircraft in large numbers. Tonnage requirements have catapulted as military cargo requirements grow steadily since heavy airlifting of equipment is now the preferred mode of transport
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Largest-ever Investment in the Army
June 15, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Norwegian Army will get new and upgraded armored vehicles for about ten billion kroner. “A huge boost for the Army,” said Defense Minister Espen Barth Eide
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U.S To Lift Jackson-Vanik Amendment, Establish New Trade Relations With Russia
June 14, 2012 @ 12:00 AMAs Russia joins the World Trade Organisation later this year, a bipartisan group of U.S Senators are introducing a new bill that will allow permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) between the two countries
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ST Kinetics And Paramount Group To Join Forces On Armoured Vehicles
June 12, 2012 @ 12:00 AMTwo of the biggest names in defense have announced a strategic partnership to market high mobility armoured wheeled vehicles. ST Kinetics and Paramount Group have agreed to pool their expertise to jointly market, manufacture and support a family of protected wheeled vehicles
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Pentagon Awards Contracts to Develop Laser Weapons Against Cruise Missiles, Drones
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