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GE Aviation Wins $2 Billion Contract To Support Taiwan, US Military Services
May 12, 2015 @ 11:08 AMGE Aviation has won a $2 billion contract from the US Department of Defense (DoD) for supplying helicopter engines to Taiwans government and to support various US military services. The location of the labor and funding will be decided with each order and the expected date of completion is Dec
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Rheinmetall, MKEK Sign MoU To Co-Develop New Weapons Systems
May 6, 2015 @ 09:42 AMGermanys Rheinmetall announced Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkeys MKEK at IDEF 2015 to establish a venture for developing new weapons systems and munitions. Operational management of the new company, to be known as “Rheinmetall MKEK Technologies”, will be organized by Rheinmetall
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US Navy’s UCLASS Drone Program Delayed Due To Debate Over Its Primary...
May 5, 2015 @ 12:49 PMUS Navys Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) system has been delayed due to an ongoing debate about the primary role of the drone, the US Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report on Monday. "Ongoing debate about whether the primary role of the UCLASS system should be mainly surveillance with limited strike or mainly strike with limited surveillance has delayed the program," GAO report said
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American Systems Wins $5.8 Billion Network Centric Solutions Contract From USAF
May 5, 2015 @ 10:47 AMAmerican System today announced that it has won a $5.8 billion Network Centric Solutions 2 (NetCents-2) contract from the United States Air Force
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Indo-French Rafale Negotiations Could Take Months: Dassault CEO
May 4, 2015 @ 11:43 AMNegotiations between Indian and French Governments to buy 36 Dassault Rafale fighter could take months, CEO of Dassault Aviation, Eric Trappier said. “It is a matter of a few weeks to a few months”, Trappier said in an interview to Le Figaro newspaper ahead of signing ceremony in Qatar to buy 24 Dassault Rafale aircraft for the tiny gulf state
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Lockheed Martin Delivers 1000th Sniper Pod To USAF
May 1, 2015 @ 07:09 AMLockheed Martin announced today that it has delivered1000th Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) to the US Air Force during a ceremony held yesterday. The 1000th pod is a sensor-enhanced Sniper ATP that provides fighter and bomber aircraft with advanced modes for non-traditional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (NTISR); enhanced target identification; maritime tracking; and two-way datalink communication
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Pratt & Whitney Wins $325 Million VAATE III Contract
April 29, 2015 @ 03:07 PMPratt & Whitney announced today that it has been awarded $325 million contract for Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines (VAATE) III and beyond. The VAATE program is a joint government and industry effort to develop revolutionary and innovative technologies by the 2017 timeframe that will permit an order of magnitude increase in turbo-propulsion affordability over the year 2000 state-of-the-art technology
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Latin American Nations Interested In Buying BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile
April 29, 2015 @ 02:59 PMBrazil, Venzuela, Chile, Argentina and South Africa have expressed interest in buying Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile system BrahMos, Financial Express reported Wednesday. “There have been preliminary discussions with these countries
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Finmeccanica ‘Improves’ in Anti-corruption Ranking, Despite Indian Bribery Charge
April 29, 2015 @ 11:27 AMFinmeccanica has ‘improved its position in the international ranking of defense companies engaged in the fight against corruption, according to Transparency International (TI). The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation CBI) is continuing with its investigation into the payment of bribes to secure a contract to sell AgustaWestland helicopters to the Indian Air Force
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Bharat Forge, Punj Lloyd Only Contenders For Indian Army $2.6 Billion Anti-Aircraft...
April 29, 2015 @ 11:21 AMBharat Forge and Punj Lloyd will be the only contenders for Indian Armys US $2.6 billion (16,800 crore INR) anti-aircraft gun replacement contract, Economic Times reported Wednesday
Saab Unveils All-New Giraffe AMB-D Air Defense Radar at Eurosatory 2026
European Countries Announce $4 Billion Arms Support for Ukraine
Iranian Pilots Recount Deception Operation in the Bombing of a U.S. Base...
Korean Hanwha’s Chunmoo Missiles to be Launched from Thales’ X-Fire Launchers
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