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Russian Defense Orderbook At $50 Billion In 2016 Despite ‘Unscrupulous’ Actions By

July 8, 2016 @ 01:22 PM

Russia has exported $4.6 billion worth weapons and military equipment in 2016 and the order portfolio stands at over $50 billion, Russian President said at a meeting of Moscows military-technical cooperative committee
US Approves SeaSparrow Missiles Sale To Chile

July 8, 2016 @ 11:19 AM

The US has approved sale of 42 Evolved SeaSparrow missiles (ESSM), six ESSM Telemetry Missiles and three MK41 vertical launching systems to Chilean Army for $140 million. The deal also includes 10 MK25 Quad Pack canisters, five SeaSparrow shipping containers, five MK73 Continuous Wave Illumination Transmitters, and one Inertial Missile Initializer Power Supply, Chile's Radio Cooperativa announced Wednesday
France Offers Missile, Engine Tech As Rafale Offsets To India

July 8, 2016 @ 10:36 AM

France has offered 30 percent out of the 50 percent offsets in the 7.89 billion Euros Rafale fighter deal for research and development programmes in missile and engine technologies in India
Myanmar Interested in MI-17V5 Helicopters

July 8, 2016 @ 10:05 AM

A delegation from the Republic of Myanmar Defense Ministry, headed by Air Force Major General Khin Aung Myint, visited the Kazan Helicopters facility of the Russian Helicopters Holding. The delegation inspected the facility's recently upgraded sites, including modular assembly and paint shops, as well as a stationary helicopter exhibition
Australian DST To Develop Prototype Robotic Teaming System For Perimeter Protection

July 6, 2016 @ 11:44 AM

Australias Defence Science and Technology Group (DST) is partnering with industry and academia to develop a prototype robotic teaming system capable of providing autonomous perimeter and base protection capabilities for Defence. The system is an extension of Agent Oriented Software (AOS) Groups intelligent Watchdog (iWD) concept
Pentagon May Bypass Sanctions To Buy Russian Helos: Russian Media

July 6, 2016 @ 07:07 AM

The US may bypass sanctions it imposed on Russia to revive cooperation with single Russian exporter of military hardware, JSC Rosoboronexport. The US Congress is discussing 2017 DoD Appropriations Act
US Adds Three More N. Korean Entities To Sanctions List

July 5, 2016 @ 11:51 AM

The US has imposed sanctions on three North Korean entities and a trading firm for involvement in proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the State Department said Monday. The North's General Department of Military Cooperation, the Namhung Trading Corp
US Sanctions On Russia Not To Affect 150th Aviation Repair Plant; Russian...

July 5, 2016 @ 07:31 AM

The United States sanctions against "150th Aviation Repair Plant" will inflict no loss on this joint-stock company, Alexander Mikheyev, General Director of Russian Helicopters, the holding company, said on Monday. "In view of the unexpected introduction of sanctions against one of our enterprises, we have to acknowledge with regret that the sanctions always have a negative effect on international cooperation and tear up technological chains that took years to create," he said
BAE Systems To Supply 32 BvS10 Military Vehicles For Austria

July 2, 2016 @ 09:36 AM

BAE Systems has been awarded a contract to produce 32 BvS10 military vehicles for Austria under a government-to-government arrangement with Sweden. The BvS10 is a highly maneuverable armored vehicle with superior performance for operating in challenging terrain to deliver personnel or cargo in combat and disaster relief scenarios
IAI-Elbit, Mitsubishi-Fuji In Israel-Japan Joint Unmanned Research Pact

July 1, 2016 @ 10:21 AM

Israel Aerospace Industries, Elbit Systems of Israel and Mitsubishi Electric, Fuji Heavy Industries of Japan are the companies included in the joint research on unmanned surveillance airplanes by the two nations. The preparations for the joint research are in the final phase and the two governments have already sounded out the defense industry of the two counties about the feasibility of participating in the project, Japanese government sources and bilateral diplomatic sources were quoted as saying by

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