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Boeing And Insitu Sued For UAV Patent Infringement
February 15, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Boeing Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Insitu, Inc are being sued by the Advanced Aerospace Technologies, Inc., (AATI) for an excess of $160 million in royalties based on infringement of AATI patents by Insitu's Skyhook retrieval system
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HAL To Begin production of Rafale Combat Jets
February 14, 2012 @ 12:00 AMAccording to published reports, India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is preparing to manufacture the Dassault Rafale. The combat jet has been chosen by the Indian Air Force (IAF) for its $10
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Gulf Helicopters Awards AgustaWestland With AW189 Helicopter Contract
February 13, 2012 @ 12:00 AMGulf Helicopters of Qatar has signed a preliminary sale contract for fifteen AW189 helicopters with AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company. Bruno Spagnolini, Chief Executive Officer, AgustaWestland, said “It gives us great pleasure to add Gulf Helicopters to the list of customers who have now chosen the AW189 to meet their future long range operational requirements only a few months after its official launch in June 2011 and its first flight in December 2011”
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Milestone Aviation Group and Eurocopter Enter $480 Million Deal
February 13, 2012 @ 12:00 AMEurocopter and Milestone Aviation have signed a EUR 362 million (US $480 million) for the delivery of 16 EC225 aircraft valued at and will be delivered over five years, starting in 2013. Deployed worldwide for civil and military search and rescue, Eurocopter’s EC225 offers superior speed, range, payload, optimal safety and reliability and has logged more than four million flight hours in operations around the globe
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Milestone Aviation Group Signs for 16 Eurocopter EC225
February 13, 2012 @ 12:00 AMMilestone Aviation Group and Eurocopter today announced an order for 16 EC225 aircraft. These aircraft are valued at EUR 362 million (US $480 million) and will be delivered over five years, starting in 2013
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Many Firsts For 3rd Edition Of the Singapore Air Show
February 12, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe third edition of the Singapore Air Show, Asia’s largest and one of the three most important aerospace and defence exhibitions in the world will feature the first-ever integrated Land Defence and Unmanned Systems Pavilion, showcasing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms and high-tech land-based defence products and technologies. The show will commence from 14-19 February 2012 with more than 900 exhibitors from 50 countries, and 266 delegations from 80 countries coming together to strike new deals, make key announcements and share industry insights
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Plant DNA Helps The Pentagon Identify Fake Electronic Components
February 8, 2012 @ 12:00 AMFake components have been used to build U.S
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BrahMos Missile Equipped Indian Frigate Completes Final Tests In Russia
February 8, 2012 @ 12:00 AMA missile frigate built in Russia has been equipped with eight BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles after completing the final tests of the missile frigate for the Indian Navy. Built in Yantar shipyard in Russia's Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, final tests of the missile frigate were completed, according to the company’s spokesman Sergei Mikhailov said on Tuesday
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Pakistan Gets Its F-16s
February 7, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe United States Air Force has delivered one F-16 D Block 52 and two F-16 Block 15 MLU (Mid Life Upgrade) aircraft arrived today from the U.S
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Raytheon Wins $39.6 Million Contract for AIM-9X from US Navy
February 7, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe U.S
Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz, US Responds with Air Strikes
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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