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Turkey-China Missile Deal In Six Months
November 14, 2013 @ 12:38 PMTurkey is hoping to finalise negotiations to acquire its first long-range anti-missile system from China in six months' time, the head of the country's procurement agency said Thursday. "The immediate goal for us is in about six months to come to a reasonable level in our contract negotiations and to understand whether it's possible to implement this program," Murad Bayar, head of undersecretariat for defense industries, told reporters in Istanbul
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Northrop Grumman To Highlight Global Defence And Security Capabilities At Dubai Airshow
November 14, 2013 @ 07:34 AMNorthrop Grumman will highlight a range of its global defence and security solutions, including airborne early warning and control systems, aerial surveillance and fire control radars at the Dubai Air Show 2013. "Northrop Grumman is proud of its long trusted partnership with the United Arab Emirates [UAE] built over many years on a variety of programs and capabilities," said Douglas Raaberg, chief executive United Arab Emirates, Northrop Grumman
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Northrop Grumman, Radiance Technologies Team Up For USAF ATEP II Competition
November 13, 2013 @ 08:38 AMNorthrop Grumman announced today that it has joined the Radiance Technologies team competing for the U.S
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AgustaWestland Scores Big Contract Wins This Year
November 12, 2013 @ 12:36 PMAgustaWestland took home contracts worth over €1.44 billion in the last few months, the company said in a statement
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AgustaWestland Wins €1 Billion SAR Helicopters Contract From Norway
November 9, 2013 @ 08:30 AMNorway has selected AgustaWestland to supply 16 new AW101 search-and-rescue helicopters in a deal that could be worth more than €1 billion. An announcement on a Norwegian government website on Nov
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BAE Systems To Develop Next Generation Guided Projectile
November 7, 2013 @ 05:03 PMBAE Systems has won a $33.6 million contract to develop and demonstrate a Hyper Velocity Projectile (HVP), with its initial phase to be completed by June 2014
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Pratt & Whitney, IHI To Jointly Build Japan F135 Engines
November 7, 2013 @ 08:03 AMPratt & Whitney has signed a joint agreement with IHI Corporation to qualify components for the Japanese fleet of F135 engines to power the 5th generation F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. "Pratt & Whitney is proud of our long history of working together with IHI on military engines, starting with the F100 engine for the JASDF F-15 fleet more than 30 years ago," said Bennett Croswell, president, Pratt & Whitney Military Engines
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Saab, BAE Systems Team Up For Canadian Combat Vehicle Competition
October 29, 2013 @ 07:45 AMSaab and ABB is partnering with BAE System in a competitive bid for the Canada Department of National Defence (DND) $2 billion Close Combat Vehicle (CCV) program. The Canadian Army requires high survival medium weight vehicles for future missions
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Boeing, Lockheed Martin Team Up For USAF Long-Range Strike Bomber Program
October 26, 2013 @ 11:47 AMThe Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin are teaming to compete for the US Air Force's Long-Range Strike Bomber program, with Boeing as the prime contractor. The companies bring expertise in integrating proven technologies, and their skilled workforces and critical infrastructure and scale, to meet the U
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Israel Launches $1 Billion Howitzer Competition
October 21, 2013 @ 10:15 AMThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has opened bids for its $1 billion self-propelled gun modernization program aiming to replace nearly 50-year-old M109 self-propelled howitzers. An IDF official listed the new gun as key to the ground forces Fire2025, a strategic investment plan for firepower that is lethal, longer in range and more precise, yet flexible enough for effective use across the operational spectrum
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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