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Airbus Delivers Second Super Puma Helicopter To Bolivian Air Force
December 13, 2014 @ 01:48 AMAirbus Helicopters announced today that it has delivered the 2nd Super Puma AS332 C1e helicopter to the Bolivian Air Force (FAB). At the end of 2013, the FAB purchased six of these light-medium helicopters to fight drug trafficking and perform civil security and public service missions throughout the country
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Saab To Extend Gripen Lease to Czech Republic For Another 12 Years
December 11, 2014 @ 12:59 PMSaab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the extended lease of Gripen from Sweden to the Czech Republic. This agreement provides for the continuing support and upgrade of the Czech aircraft for a further 12 years
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Airbus To Manufacture Falcon Eye 'Spy Satellite' For UAE
December 11, 2014 @ 08:03 AMAirbus Defence and Space has signed as the leader of the industrial team (including Thales Alenia Space as co-prime contractor), a contract with the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAEAF) for the development, manufacture and launch of Falcon Eye, a high-performance optical Earth-observation satellite system. The contract was officially signed by the United Arab Emirates in August 2014 and is now entering into force
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Sukhoi, MiG – The Backbone of Indo-Russian Defense Co-operation
December 10, 2014 @ 12:56 PMRussian President Vladimir Putins visit to New Delhi, starting tomorrow, will be particularly challenging as he tries to regain lost ground among Indias defence supplier community. Russia was bumped to second place by the US as Indias largest weapons supplier earlier this year after losing a number of helicopter and transport aircraft contracts
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Lockheed Martin Sets Up Innovation And Security Solutions Center In UAE
December 8, 2014 @ 08:17 AMLockheed Martin announced Sunday that it has opened a new innovation centre in Abu Dhabis Masdar City to provide advanced security solutions to the United Arab Emirates. The Centre for Innovation and Security Solutions (CISS) is the first of its kind outside the United States, the company said in a statement
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Is Crimea The Only Reason France Withheld Mistral Delivery To Russia?
December 5, 2014 @ 10:59 AMThe French-Russian mistral helicopter deal has been embroiled in controversy over the last few months over Moscows involvement in the Ukraine crisis. The deal, since it was signed in 2010, has drawn fire from the United States and its NATO allies from Eastern Europe
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Rheinmetall Adds New Capabilities To Multi Ammunition Softkill System
December 3, 2014 @ 08:20 AMRheinmetall has integrated an anti-torpedo capability into Multi Ammunition Softkill System, or MASS. The current concept offers the possibility of launching up to four anti-torpedo decoys from a single MASS launcher
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Netherlands To Supply CV90 Infantry Vehicles To Estonia
December 2, 2014 @ 11:57 AMThe Estonian Defence Forces will soon get 44 CV90 infantry vehicles from the Netherlands, approximately valued at EUR100 million. Previously, the largest Estonian defence procurement projects were the purchase of MBDA-made Mistral missiles for about USD84
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Raytheon, USAF To Develop $7.3 Billion Qatar Air Defense Center
November 27, 2014 @ 03:01 PMAs part of a $7.3 billion contract between Qatar and the United States, the Air Force along with Raytheon will develop an Air and Missile Defense Operations Center (ADOC) for both US and foreign ground-based air and missile defense systems, USAF said in a statement Wednesday
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European Nations Launch MRTT Tanker Fleet Acquisition
November 24, 2014 @ 04:00 PMThe NATO Support Agency (NSPA) an NATO Support Organisation and the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) signed a joint agreement to launch the acquisition phase of the Multinational Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) Fleet (MMF) under the lead of the Netherlands on November 21. Participating in the signing ceremony was the NSPA General Manager Mike Lyden and Tim Rowntree, OCCAR Director, along with Rini Goos, Deputy Chief Executive, European Defence Agency (EDA)
Diehl Defence to Acquire Explosive Ordnance Disposal Firm, EST Energetics
Russian Burevestnik Nuclear-powered Cruise Missile Could Release Radioactive Material During Flight
French DGA to Add Collaborative Combat, ISR Mission Capability to A400M Aircraft...
Indian Navy to Commission Stealt Frigate, Anti-submarine Craft, Hydrographic Survey Vessel
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