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India, Russia Deals On Frigates, S-400 Missile System, Kamov Helicopters Move Forward
June 24, 2017 @ 10:21 AMIndia and Russia have adopted a strategy framed by them for defence cooperation on Friday to concretize deals on frigates, S-400 air defence missile system and Kamov helicopters. India's Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, who is in Russia this week, co-chaired the 17th meeting of the India-Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) on Friday with his Russian counterpart, General Sergei Shoigu
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German Firm To Develop Rolling Airframe Missile Under US-Germany Cooperation
June 24, 2017 @ 05:07 AMGerman manufacturer RAMSYS GmbH is being awarded an 82 Million Euro contract for design and development of a rolling airframe missile (RAM) Block 2B guided missile round pack. The RAM guided missile weapon system is co-developed and co-produced under an international cooperative program between the governments of the U
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Belgium To Buy Combat Vehicles For Land Forces In Cooperation With France
June 23, 2017 @ 03:35 PMBelgium's Council of Ministers approved Thursday proposal submitted by defense ministry to launch a 1.1 billion euros investment program for the purchase of new combat vehicles for the Belgian land forces, in cooperation with France
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Leonardo, Thales Team Up For New-Gen Flight Data Processing System ‘Coflight’
June 22, 2017 @ 03:36 PMThe French and Italian major Air Navigation Service providers respectively DSNA (Direction de Services de la Navigation Aérienne) and ENAV (Italian air navigation service provider), alongside industrial partners Leonardo and Thales, confirm their commitment to Coflight, the new generation Flight Data Processing System. The parties decided to reinforce their cooperation to promote Coflight on the European scene by the establishment of a long-term support and maintenance services contract
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Textron Showcases Surveillance Solution At Paris Airshow 2017
June 21, 2017 @ 03:42 PMBIRD Aerosystems, in cooperation with Textron Inc., has displayed a unique surveillance special mission concept at the Paris Air Show in Textrons static
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MBDA Unveils New-gen Guided Weapons
June 20, 2017 @ 02:34 PMMBDA has introduced its new SmartGlider family of guided weapons, optimised to counter anti-access strategies and other emerging battlespace threats. Planned to become available for fast jets no later than 2025, SmartGlider forms a family of all-up-round glider weapons, with folding wings and a range of over 100 km
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Pakistan Army To Get Three Bell AH-1Z Viper Helicopters This year
June 20, 2017 @ 12:31 PMPakistan Army will get its first three Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters this year making it the first foreign military sales of this helicopter type in 20 years. "The first three helicopters (from an order of 12) are undergoing final assembly in Amarillo, Texas" Bell Helicopters vice president of international military sales Rich Harris was quoted as saying by
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Russia Plans Indian Su-30MKI Jet Modernization With Help From Italy- Paris Air...
June 20, 2017 @ 11:57 AMRussia announced at Paris Air Show that it is planning to modernize India's Su-30MKI multirole fighters with help from Italy. "In cooperation with the Italian side, we will start modernizing Indian Su-30MKIs," Russian Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheev said during a news conference Monday, in comments quoted mostly by the Russian media
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Leonardo Unveils Its Lightest-ever Radar For Unmanned Aircraft: Paris Air Show 2017
June 16, 2017 @ 12:37 PMLeonardo has unveiled its new Gabbiano TS Ultra-Light (UL) surveillance radar integrated onto the companys ‘Hero mini unmanned rotorcraft. The system will be on display at the Paris Airshow Le Bourget 2017
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Russia Likely To Sign Contract With China On Heavy-Lift Chopper
June 16, 2017 @ 10:31 AMRussia's Rostec is expecting to sign a general contract to joinly develop a heavy-lift helicopter with China by end of this year. The development of a heavy-lift helicopter with a take-off weight of 38 tonnes is a respective joint project of Russia and China, Rostec's Director for International Cooperation and Regional Policy Department, Victor Kladov, Rostec's Director for International Cooperation and Regional Policy Department said
French Rafale Jet Gets Anti-Drone Capability with New 68mm Laser-guided Rocket
Will Project Freyja, the European Anti-Missile System for Ukraine Take Off?
U.S. Resumes Naval Blockade Against Iran, Attacks its Facilities in Hormuz, Coastal...
Ukrainian Plot to Attack Moscow-based Defense Enterprise with 35 FPV Drones Foiled
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