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Rostec Offers Electronic Warfare, Communication Systems To Egypt’s Mistral Warships

September 28, 2015 @ 01:37 PM

KRET and United Instrument Manufacturing Corp (UIMC) are ready to equip Egypts Mistral Warships with Electronic Warfare and Communication systems. “KRET has proposed to outfit the Mistral ships, previously intended for the Russian Navy with 5P28 Pobeditel electronic warfare defense systems, which can be installed on large ships such as aircraft carriers, helicopter carriers, and cruisers
Italy Provides Evidence In India’s AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper Scam

September 28, 2015 @ 09:26 AM

Indias Central Bureau of Investigation has received evidential material in the 3,600 crore VVIP chopper bribery scam involving Agustawestland from Italy. Italy has sent a compact disc (CD) two months ago which reportedly has details about various companies and individuals that include former Finmeccanica Chief Giuseppe Orsi and former Agustawestland head Spagnolini Bruno, their bank transactions and other documents
Russia Okay With French Mistral Carriers Sale To Egypt

September 23, 2015 @ 03:47 PM

Russia is likely not to interfere with French Mistral helicopter carriers sale to Egypt as it stands to gain helicopter deals. Egypt has agreed to buy both the French Mistral helicopter carriers that were meant for Russia, the French Presidents office confirmed on Wednesday
India To Become Member Of Missile Technology Control Regime

September 23, 2015 @ 02:39 PM

India is likely to become a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) that would enable the nation to get close to technology control regimes. The move is supported by the US which has indicated it would to share sensitive technologies such as armed drone with India if the former signs up for the MTCR
US Rejects F-35 Technology Transfer To South Korea Citing Security Concerns

September 22, 2015 @ 03:55 PM

US has denied permission to transfer the F-35 fighter jet technology to Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). "The US government rejected transferring the technologies for security reasons," an official from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said Tuesday
Rockwell Collins Wins DARPA Contract To Develop GPS Backup Technologies For Contested...

September 18, 2015 @ 11:37 AM

Rockwell Collins has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop technologies that could serve as a backup to GPS. The research is being conducted as part of DARPAs Spatial, Temporal and Orientation Information in Contested Environments (STOIC) program
Pentagon Sets Up India Centric Rapid Reaction Cell For DTTI

September 16, 2015 @ 02:46 PM

Pentagon has set up India centric Rapid Reaction Cell (IRRC) to work all the initiatives ongoing under Indo-US DTTI (Defense Trade and Technology Initiative). “The cell is part of the efforts to pursue both the initiatives that came out of the joint statement between the US President and the Indian Prime Minister in January in New Delhi and an initiative to move quickly and timely and be thorough, which in my opinion requires dedicated support to ramp up the operational tempo,” Keith Webster, who heads the IRRC was quoted as saying by PTI Tuesday
UAE To Buy 100 Tank Boats From Indonesia

September 15, 2015 @ 08:53 AM

UAE plans to buy 100 units of tank boats from Indonesia as part of a defence cooperation deal signed during President Joko Widodos visit to Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Indonesian firm Pindad is currently working on manufacturing the tank boat which consists of a high speed boat with a 105mm canon mounted on it
South Korea, Philippines Sign Pact To Protect Classified Military Information

September 15, 2015 @ 06:29 AM

South Korea and the Philippines on Monday signed a pact to protect classified military information in a bid to exchange military intelligence. South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo and his Filipino counterpart Secretary Voltaire Gazmin signed the deal in Manila following their talks, according to Seouls defense ministry statement, Yonhap reported
Anti-Islamic State Operations Helped Clinch Kuwaiti Eurofighter Deal

September 12, 2015 @ 01:29 PM

Italys close cooperation with Kuwait as part of the coalition against the Islamic State terrorist group may have played a part in the Emirate placing an order for 28 Eurofighter Typhoon Aircraft. The Inter-governmental agreement for the eight billion Euro deal was signed during the visit of the Prime Minister of Kuwait, Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah to Rome on Thursday, Italian publication Analisidifesa reported

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