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Indian Coastal Defence Comes Good In Intercepting Suspected Terrorist Boat

January 3, 2015 @ 01:08 PM

Indias coastal defences, beefed after the Mumbai attacks in 2009, came good in thwarting a suspected terrorist attack from the sea near the Indo-Pakistan maritime boundary on December 31. The Indian Navy, Coast Guard and intelligence agencies had set up radars and improved coordination to identify and intercept terrorist threats coming from the sea after the Mumbai attacks in which 200 innocent lives had been lost
Iran And Iraq Deepen Defense Ties To Fight Against ISIL

January 1, 2015 @ 11:45 AM

Iran and Iraq on Tuesday signed an MoU to broaden defense cooperation to fight ISIL militants. According to the MoU signed by Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and his visiting Iraqi counterpart Khalid al-Obeidi in Tehran, Iran will continues training of Iraqi units
Rosneft, Rostec And Finmeccanica To Co-Develop AW189 Helicopters In Russia

January 1, 2015 @ 11:42 AM

Rosneft, Rostec Corporation and Finmeccanica have signed an agreement for the joint production of the medium helicopter AW189 in Russia. The JV will be based on the HeliVert plant situated in the Moscow Region and Rosneft will become a new partner of the Russian-Italian JV
Italy, Egypt Sign Bilateral Agreement On Training And Border Control

December 26, 2014 @ 08:51 AM

Italy and Egypt signed a joint statement last Saturday on boosting the military cooperation in preparation for a bilateral agreement in the defense field, particularly training and borders control. The two sides have also held bilateral talks regarding international relations, addressing regional crisis such as current situations in Libya, and state of Italian-Egyptian bilateral cooperation relations
Belarus Airbase To Get New Russian Aircraft

December 24, 2014 @ 08:27 AM

Russia is planning to increase the number of airplanes and helicopters at its planned airbase in Belarus scheduled to be opened in 2016, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Andrei Ravkov that he is ready to continue the discussion of cooperation on a practical basis today
AgustaWestland Signs Offset MoUs With Polish Armaments Industries

December 22, 2014 @ 10:36 AM

AgustaWestland signed offset MoU worth about Euro 800 million on 18th December as part of its bid to sell the AW149 helicopters to the Polish armed forces. The MoU are a part and parcel of PZL-Świdniks (its subsidiary) offer within the tender for the supply of 70 multirole helicopters for the Polish Armed Forces, for which the company offers the AW149 helicopter
Kongsberg Signs Coastal Defense Contract With Poland

December 19, 2014 @ 01:04 PM

Kongsberg signed a contract with the Polish Ministry of National Defence for an NSM (Naval Strike Missile) Coastal Defence System valued at NOK 1.3 Billion
US Army Developing Robotic Insects

December 18, 2014 @ 07:20 AM

The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) team is developing a pair of tiny robotic wings measuring only 3 to 5 centimeters in length. The wings are made of lead zirconium titanate, referred to as PZT, a material that creates electric charge under an applied pressure or can create strain (i
20 Percent Increase In Russian Arms Sale In 2013: Report

December 18, 2014 @ 06:46 AM

Russian companies saw 20 percent increase in arms sales in FY 2013 compared with their US and Western counterparts, according to the report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Siemon Wezeman, senior researcher with SIPRI's Arms and Military Expenditure Programme, said "the remarkable increases" in Russian companies arms sales in both 2012 and 2013 are in large part due to uninterrupted investments in military procurement by the Russian government during the 2000s
Nexter, Hydrema Team Up On Danish Armoured Personal Carrier Replacement Program

December 17, 2014 @ 11:50 AM

Nexter and Hydrema have signed a partnership agreement on 16 december, concerning the Danish Armoured Personal Carrier replacement program (APC-R). Under an existing agreement, Hydrema will also perform the in-country logistic support of Nexters CAESAR self-propelled howitzer in the event that CAESAR is selected by DALO as part of its on-going artillery competition

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