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Pakistan Inducts JF-17 Fighter Aircraft
December 19, 2013 @ 03:34 PMThe Pakistan Air Force has inducted 50th JF-17 fighter aircraft, built with Chinese help, as a move towards "self-reliance". Underlining that the objective situation has undergone a change due to new research and innovations, Sharif was quoted as saying by Press Trust Of India, "Today, one can enter any territory sitting thousands mile away without physically moving one's armed forces
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Astrium, Safran To Build Propulsion Systems For New Ariane 5 Launchers
December 19, 2013 @ 03:29 PMAstrium today signed contracts with Snecma (Safran) and Europropulsion for the production of the cryogenic rocket engines (liquid oxygen and hydrogen) and solid rocket motors for 18 new Ariane 5 launchers. These contracts extend the agreements signed by Astrium and Safran in 2009 for the production of propulsion system and equipment on the PB batch of 35 Ariane 5 launchers
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Peru To Buy C-27J Spartan Airlifters Worth 100 million Euro
December 19, 2013 @ 03:26 PMAlenia Aermacchi has signed a contract with the Peruvian Ministry of Defense to supply two C-27J Spartan tactical airlifters. The contract has a value of around 100 million euro inclusive of a substantial logistic support package, technical assistance, training for pilots, crew and ground engineers and a set of special equipment that have been chosen by the customer
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Lockheed Martin F-35 To Cost Less Than Its Fourth Generation Fighters
December 19, 2013 @ 09:18 AMThe Pentagons most expensive fighter aircraft program, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, will cost operators “less than any fourth generation fighter in the world”. According to Lorraine Martin, general manager for the JSF, “By 2019, the F-35A (the Air Force version) will cost $85 million when counting future inflation
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Swedish Court Postpones $3 Billion Military Truck Procurement Deal
December 12, 2013 @ 03:58 PMThe Swedish Administrative Court has delayed a $3 billion defence procurement of military trucks and may take weeks to finalize, according to Svenska Dagbladet. The deal is a joint procurement by the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) and its Norwegian counterpart, FLO
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LCA Competes With India’s Current and Future Foreign-Made Aircraft
December 12, 2013 @ 01:01 PMIndias indigenously-developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas is capable of competing with the Indian Air Forces current and future fighter aircraft, according to the Director General of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Avinash Chander. The ‘4plus generation LCA designated as ‘Tejas, is set to be inducted into the Air Force next month after achieving its first Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) later this month
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IAF Resume Negotiations On Rafale Deal
December 12, 2013 @ 09:50 AMThe Indian Air Force is negotiating with French aviation major Dassault Aviation's Rafale for 126 medium fighter jets in a multi-billion dollar deal, Chief of Air Staff of IAF, Air Chief Marshall N A K Browne was quoted as saying by Business Standard. A new Joint Secretary has joined last week to take the negotiations forward, Browne said
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BAE Systems Wins $220 Million Missile Defense Support Contract
December 10, 2013 @ 01:58 PMBAE Systems has won a contract to provide a range of services to support space and mission defense worth as much as $220 million over three years. Under the contract, BAE Systems will bid on task orders with four other companies to support various missions of the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) and the US Army Forces Strategic Command
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EADS Announces Restructuring Plans For Airbus Defence and Space
December 10, 2013 @ 12:05 PMEADS today presented a restructuring plan for its future Airbus Defence and Space Division to the European Works Council. This presentation follows a decision by the EADS Board of Directors in July this year to consolidate the defence and space businesses of the Group into one new Division and to rebrand EADS into “Airbus Group”
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Astrium, Raytheon Team Up For NATO Ballistic Missile Program
December 10, 2013 @ 08:08 AMAstrium and Raytheon Company signed a teaming agreement in order to compete for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Ballistic Missile Defense Program. NATO's BMD Program oversees the development and execution of ballistic missile defense capabilities, which expanded in 2012 to include the defense of European populations and territories
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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
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