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Australia Procuring Artillery Ammunition from Rheinmetall
March 21, 2018 @ 12:22 PMUnder its “Land 17 Phase 1C.2 Future Artillery Ammunition” project, the Australian Defence Force will soon be taking delivery of various projectile types from the Rheinmetall Assegai family as well as fuses and propelling charges
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Karachi Shipyards Delivers Two Patrol Boats Built with Damen Technology
March 19, 2018 @ 02:06 PMPakistan Customs has taken delivery of two Damen Stan Patrol 1605 FRP patrol boats in a handover ceremony at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works Ltd (KS&EW) on March 10. The vessels were built by KS&EW with technical and material support from Damen
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Ukroboronprom Begins Production Of Large Caliber Artillery Ammunition
March 14, 2018 @ 02:18 PMUkroboronprom SJSHC “Artem” successfully tested 152 mm artillery ammunition of own production, the firms press service said today. Thus, Ukraine received own production of large caliber artillery ammunition, as stated by Pavlo Bukin, Director General of the State Concern “UkrOboronProm”(UOP)
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Nexter MoU With Qatar’s Barzan Holdings on 1.5 Billion Euro Armored Vehicles...
March 14, 2018 @ 05:27 AMFrench land systems maker, Nexter has signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Qatars Barzan Holdings to implement a proposed sale of 490 VBCI armored vehicles to the Qatari Army worth an estimated Euro 1.5 billion
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Turkish, Qatari Defence Firms Sign Partnership Deal
March 13, 2018 @ 04:48 PMTurkish defense contractor Aselsan and Qatari military tech firm Barzan Holding on Monday signed a partnership agreement for technology transfer on the sidelines of the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX 2018). The partnership deal -- "BARQ," meaning lightning in Arabic -- is particularly aimed at producing Aselsan's "Stabilized Advanced Remote Weapon System" and electro-optical reconnaissance and surveillance systems, Anadolu agency reports
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Kazakhstan Plans to Buy Additional Su-30SM Aircraft
March 13, 2018 @ 12:24 PMKazakhstans Ministry of Defence (MoD) is planning to procure additional Sukhoi Su-30SM multirole fighter aircraft from Russia, according to a March 6 report by Russian news agency TASS. Kazakhstan Armed Forces signed an agreement for first batch of the Su-30SM in 2015
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US Pressured Indonesia to Abandon Su-35 Fighter Jet Contract with Russia
March 12, 2018 @ 01:30 PMThe United States exerted pressure on Indonesia to abandon its negotiations with Russia for the supply of Su-35 fighter jets, a top Russian Presidential aide has said. During an interview with Rossiya-24 TV Channel, Russian Presidential Aide for Military and Technical Cooperation Vladimir Kozhin said that despite the pressure from foreign countries, Russia has begun implementing a contract for the delivery of Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets to Indonesia
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Russia to Accelerate S-400 Missile Systems Delivery to Turkey
March 12, 2018 @ 11:45 AMRussia will accelerate the delivery of S-400 missile defense systems to early 2020 upon a request from Ankara. "Turkey expressed a wish to accelerate its implementation and we managed to find the most appropriate solution as we agreed to accelerate the contracts implementation
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Lebanon to Receive 100 HOT Missiles, Other Weapons from France
March 9, 2018 @ 07:34 PMLebanon will receive 100 HOT missiles, a simulator, training equipment and large quantities of spare parts and tools from France. The Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly met with Lebanese Defense Minister Yacoub Sarraf on March 8 at her office
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Raytheon to Upgrade Qatari Air Force's Operation Center
March 9, 2018 @ 11:25 AMThe US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Qatar of equipment and support to upgrade the Qatari Emiri Air Forces (QEAF) Air Operation Center (AOC) for an estimated cost of $197 million. The purchase is meant to enhance the performance of integrated air defense planning and provide US-Qatari systems interoperability
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
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Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles