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Raytheon Wins US Air Force Research Contract For New-Gen Tactical Missiles

January 21, 2016 @ 09:11 AM

Raytheon has been awarded a $14 million contract for research and development in support of increased capabilities for next-generation, air-launched, tactical missiles. As per the terms of the US air force contract, Raytheon will work to increase the number of missiles carried on a single sortie, increase the effectiveness of each missile, and enhance the platform survivability against all threats in an anti-access, area denial (A2AD) environment, the US Department od Defense announced Wednesday
India May Consider Rafale Naval Variant For Carrier Operations

January 20, 2016 @ 02:44 PM

India may consider the naval variant of Dassault Rafale for its navys carrier operations. The government wants commonalities between logistics and spares for fighters with the Navy and Air Force, Defense News cited an unnamed defense ministry source as saying Tuesday
Rafale Jets Offered To India At French Air Force Price: Reports

January 19, 2016 @ 12:11 PM

France may have lowered the price of the Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft for India offering it at price it charges to the French Air Force in a bid to quickly conclude the deal. The deal to buy 26 fighter planes is expected to be signed during the visit of French President Hollande to New Delhi where he has been invited to the chief guest during the Republic Day Parade
Israel’s New Guided Missile To Enter Service Soon

January 15, 2016 @ 08:05 AM

A new GPS-guided artillery rocket, Romah developed by Israel Military Industries (IMI) firearms manufacturer, will soon be operational. Eli Reiter, head of IMI's Rocket Systems Division, claimed that the new missiles could be fired at pre-programmed co-ordinates within a few seconds from when an order is given, IHS Jane's reported
Aruba’s Command Post WiFi Solution To Mobilize US Army Units, Enabling Faster...

January 13, 2016 @ 11:46 AM

The US Army is implementing secure Command Post Wi-Fi from Aruba at Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve Tactical Units worldwide to cut network deployment and dismantle times. Fielded as part of the Armys Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1 (WIN-T), the deployment of Aruba 802
Lockheed Martin To Upgrade Apache Helicopter Display With Color

January 8, 2016 @ 02:55 PM

Lockheed Martin has won $54.3 million US Army contract to upgrade the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) on the AH-64E Apache helicopter, bringing color to the cockpit for the first time
Blind Bombing By Saudi-Led Coalition Consumes Yemeni Home for the Blind

January 7, 2016 @ 09:23 AM

Missiles are reportedly fired by Saudi Arabian coalition aircraft and struck the al Noor Center for Care and Rehabilitation of the Blind in Yemeni capital, Sanaa. Saudi Arabia after the Saturday mass execution of 47 people, it is now leading a bombing campaign in Yemen
DARPA, Northrop To Build Full-Scale Demo of UAV For Small Ships

December 29, 2015 @ 08:48 AM

The US Defence Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a Northrop Grumman-led team a project to build a full-scale technology demonstrator system of a medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV called Tern, designed to use forward-deployed small ships as mobile launch and recovery sites. The first two phases of Tern successfully focused on preliminary design and risk reduction
Foreign Defense Equipment Vendors Can Discharge Offsets Through Services: Indian MoD

December 23, 2015 @ 09:07 AM

Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has included services as part of the new offset guidelines among various policy measures concerning the ease of doing business. Provisions have now been made with intent to provide greater flexibility to the vendors in offset contracts and reinstatement of services as an avenue for discharge of offset obligations and level playing field to Indian vendors in Capital acquisitions, the defense ministry said in a press release Wednesday
Stealth Wheels For China's Missile Transporters

December 21, 2015 @ 09:09 AM

Chinese missile transporters displayed during the September 3 military parade had their wheels fitted with ‘stealth technology to prevent observers from calculating the missile and warheads weight. This was disclosed by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, in an article published this month on WeChat, the smartphone-based social media app

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