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Russia To Manufacture Glonass Satellites With Indigenous Parts By 2020
September 26, 2016 @ 03:19 PMRussia has plans to build Glonass K-2 Satellites with its home made components by 2020 as part of governments efforts to substitute imports amid sanctions. “We are also going to start mass producing them before 2020,” Nikolai Testoyedov, chief designer at Reshetnev Information Satelllite Systems JSC, Russias number one satellite maker, told the media
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Paramount’s Simulated Joint Command Post To Assess And Stabilize Crisis Situation
September 20, 2016 @ 12:38 PMParamount Advanced Technologies has announced a simulated joint Command Post at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) expo this month. The joint Command Post integrates a range of systems, enabling military commanders to assess and stabilise a crisis such as a terrorist attack
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360 Degree Targeting System For Russian Mi-35 Crocodile Helicopter Gunships
September 20, 2016 @ 10:44 AMRussia will test a 360 degree targeting system for its Mi-35 Super Crocodile helicopter gunships and Mi-8AMTSh Terminator transport helicopters. Developed by Rostecs subsidiary Shvabe holding, the OPS-24N-1 can see through heavy fog, smoke and dust storms
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Counterfeit Parts Of Aircraft And Defense Products Could Proliferate Through 3D Printing
September 14, 2016 @ 02:22 PM3D printing of aircraft and other defense parts certainly transforms the military support environment but the threat of counterfeit parts could fuel a grey market. “The threat of counterfeit parts from easily accessible 3D printers, coupled with the endless amount of designs available on the Internet, could fuel a black market, Graham Grose, industry director at the IFS Aerospace & Defence Center of Excellence said in an interview with Defenseworld
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Tech In Russian Lider-Class Destroyers Can 'Blind' Enemy Night Vision, Laser Systems
September 13, 2016 @ 02:27 PMRussia will equip its new project 23560 Lider (Leader) class nuclear-powered destroyers with advanced Grach visual optical interference stations that could "blind" enemy troops and optoelectronic devices, such as night vision equipment, binocular glasses and laser ranging devices with bright flares of light. The system was developed by the Integral plant which was part of the United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation, the Izvestia newspaper was quoted by
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US Flies Nuclear Bombers Over S Korea After North's Nuke Test
September 13, 2016 @ 11:05 AMTwo nuclear-capable US bombers flew over a military base in South Korea early Tuesday in a show of force meant to warn North Korea. The US and South Korea are taking measures to ward off the North after it tested a nuclear technology for the second time this year
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New Sniper Rifles From Kalashnikov
September 12, 2016 @ 11:38 AMRussian Kalashnikov has showcased the first prototype of its new VSV-338 high-precision modular rifle at the Army 2016 International Military and Technical Forum. The company has also exhibited the prototype of its new SVK semi-automatic sniper rifle at the forum, Rostec announced last week
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Leonardo-Finmeccanica, PGZ To Exchange Technological Capabilities In Defense
September 7, 2016 @ 10:12 AMLeonardo-Finmeccanica and Italys Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for a long term strategic partnership in the Defence and Security market. Under the agreement, Leonardo will support PGZ with its technology and products, and PGZ will cooperate with Leonardo on industrial and logistic support activities
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General Dynamics To Provide Next-Gen Crytographic Module to US Air Force
September 7, 2016 @ 09:31 AMGeneral Dynamics will supply an updated Air Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) Mode 4/5 KIV-78 Combined Interrogator or Transponder Applique to the US Air Force. The deliveries will start from February 2017, the company announced Tuesday
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Pakistani Maritime Doctrine To Seek Assured Second-strike Capability
September 6, 2016 @ 12:31 PMA maritime military doctrine being developed by Pakistan could contain an assured second-strike capability and the need for delving into cooperative mechanisms as a tool for crisis management, military experts were quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper during a debate on the Military doctrine in the Pakistani capital today. A ‘second-strike capability is expert-speak for deterrence of a formidable nature- such as nuclear tipped missiles launched from the sea or air
No MiG-29 Jets to Ukraine Until Kyiv Transfers Drone Tech to Poland
Three Ships Sail Past U.S. Naval Blockade, Iran Claims
Israeli Drone Attacks Journalist on Live TV in Lebanon
KNDS unveils new Main Battle Tank, “CAPTINT,” Long Range Artillery LORAS At...
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