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India’s $1 Billion Navy Helicopter Competition Extended Until December 2012, Commercial Negotiations
August 5, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe India Navy’s Multi Role Helicopter (MRH) competition has been extended till December 2012 with the two bidders, Sikorsky and NHI Industries having been notified by the Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD) that their commercial proposals validity be extended till the end of the year. The two bids which have been found technically complaint are to be reviewed by a commercial negotiations committee (CNC) before the end of the renewed deadline to choose a winner
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New Offset Rules Allows Technology Transfer, Cuts License Fee
August 3, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian ministry of defense has announced that Transfer of Technology (ToT) has been made eligible for offsets, removing a major hurdle in defense equipment sales to India. In a new Defence Procurement Policy which took effect on August 1, the Indian MoD has also specified what constitutes offset multipliers and allowed sub-vendors to discharge offsets
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BAE Systems Wins $1.1 Billion Contract To Upgrade South Korea’s Fighter Aircraft
July 31, 2012 @ 12:00 AMBAE Systems has been awarded a $1.1 billion contract by South Korea to upgrade its KF-16 fighter jets
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General Dynamics Wins $115M Contract for Amphibious Ship Work from US DoD
July 27, 2012 @ 12:00 AMGeneral Dynamics, NASSCO, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $115,016,340 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-4416) for amphibious landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) to extended dry docking, modernization, upgrades, repairs and alterations to several shipboard systems such as the engineering control systems, power management platform, and chilled water distribution systems for the LSD-class amphibious landing ships
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Raytheon Wins $125M Contract for Alaska EW Radar from US DoD
July 25, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a competitive contract combining cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and fixed-price-incentive-fee, to Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Woburn, Mass
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India To Replace Vintage Avro Planes; Russian, European Aircraft Lead The Fray
July 24, 2012 @ 12:00 AMAs India plans to replace its aging Avro transport aircraft fleet, Russia’s Ilyushin, the Ukrainian Antonov, EADS’ Casa C-295 and the Italian Alenia C-27J Spartan could be chosen as potential competitors for the $2.4 billion aircraft contest
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Harris To Upgrade Tactical Communications For U.S DoD
July 17, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe U.S DoD has awarded Harris Corp’s RF Communications a $26 million contract to upgrade and maintain the Soldier Radio Waveform for wideband tactical communications
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Germany To Draft New Arms Export Rules
July 17, 2012 @ 12:00 AMAccording to new plans drafted by the German Economics Ministry, the government is planning to relax its tight restrictions on arms exports making it easier for companies to compete with European rivals. However, Germany has drawn heavy criticism from within about its role in the global weapons trade
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EADS Inducts South Korea As New Partner
July 16, 2012 @ 12:00 AMAs defense budgets across the world feel the pressure of the on-going financial crises, EADS has announced its decision to help South Korea build its own fighter aircraft. As Korea plans to spend $7
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Elisra, Terma To Develop Airborne Electronic Warfare Systems
July 16, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIsrael-based Elisra and Danish defense company Terma today signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop airborne Electronic Warfare (EW) and Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE). The two companies will integrate their solutions for on board fighter aircraft thus enabling them to jointly explore business opportunities in the fields of EW and ASE
China Tests DF-17 Hypersonic Missile for the First Time Under "Battlefield Conditions"
Iran Reports Progress in Peace Talks with U.S. in Geneva
Diehl Defence to Acquire Explosive Ordnance Disposal Firm, EST Energetics
Russian Burevestnik Nuclear-powered Cruise Missile Could Release Radioactive Material During Flight
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