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Russian Fifth Generation Fighter Breaks Cover at MAKS 2011
August 17, 2011 @ 12:00 AMMoscow, August 17: Watched by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the Russian fifth generation fighter aircraft, designated PAK-FA, also called the Sukhoi T-50 broke cover over Moscow’s skies at the MAKS 2011 show today. India is partnering the Russian company United Aircraft Corp
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Indian Sukhoi 30MKI to be upgraded into “Super Sukhoi”
August 17, 2011 @ 12:00 AMMoscow, August 17: The Indian Sukhoi 30MKI fighter aircraft will be upgraded with certain fifth generation aircraft characteristics to convert it into a “Super Sukhoi”, Alexy Fedorov, President and Chairman of the Board of Irkut Corporation of Russia announced during the MAKS 2011 show here. India has five squadrons of Sukhoi 30MKIs numbering around 100 aircraft which are to be upgraded into the “Super Sukhoi” format
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Top Supplier of Ballistic Missiles to The Nation Is North Korea
July 25, 2011 @ 12:00 AMNorth Korea is the top supplier of ballistic missiles to developing nations. Forty percent of all ballistic missiles sold to these countries since 1987 have come from North Korea, according to a new study
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U.S. Defense IAS will spend $192M On GCCS Program With FI
July 20, 2011 @ 12:00 AMForecast International estimates that the U.S
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Commercial bids validity expires for India’s 197 light utility helicopter tender
June 18, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe validity of the bids for the Indian defence forces’ tender for 197 light utility and attack helicopters expired this week and there is no word if the two bidders, Eurocopter and Kamov will be called to extend or put in fresh bids for the long delayed contract. Earlier, AgustaWestland was disqualified from the tender on grounds that its helicopter did not meet important conditions in the RFP
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Eurofighter, Dassault asked to extend Indian MMRCA bids till December 2011
April 28, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe Indian MoD today invited representatives of Dassault and Eurofighter with a request to extend their commercial bids till the end of this year. The commercial bids, made two years ago were to expire today (April 28, 2011)
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Blacklist stares at Dassault over Aero India bribery scandal
March 23, 2011 @ 12:00 AMFrench aircraft maker Dassault, which is in the race for India's $10 billion MMRCA fighter deal and is tipped to receive a $2.1 billion Mirage warplane upgrade contract, may have exposed itself to the charge of bribing an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer at last month's Aero India 2011
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A Joint Arab Force To Enforce Libya No-Fly-Zone
March 13, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe United Nations Security Council and Western powers are debating the feasibility and benefits of enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya to halt air raids by the regime of Moammar Gadhafi on rebel forces and unarmed demonstrators who launched on February 17 a revolution to overthrow the four-decade-long Ghadafi dictatorship. The rebels' onslaught on Gadhafi was halted and sometimes pushed back by the Libyan Air Force, or what is left of it
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Eurocopter Brings the AS550 C3 Fennec Helicopter to Aero India 2011 for...
February 8, 2011 @ 12:00 AMEurocopter’s AS550 C3 Fennec helicopter will make its Indian public debut at this month’s Aero India 2011 exhibition in Bangalore, showcasing the candidate for India’s acquisition of new rotary-wing aircraft in reconnaissance and surveillance missions. The AS550 C3 Fennec recently completed field trials with full mission equipment for the Indian Armed Forces’ reconnaissance and surveillance applications, demonstrating its capabilities as the successor to the country’s existing fleet of Indian-produced Cheetah and Chetak helicopters – both which are based on Eurocopter rotary-wing aircraft
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Offsets multipliers desired in India’s defence policy: American Chamber of Commerce
February 1, 2011 @ 12:00 AMThe American Chamber of Commerce in India (AmCham) is pursuing further evolution of the Indian defence offsets policy. While largely welcoming the Defence Procurement Policy (DPP) 2011, it would like to see offset multipliers and transfer of technology included in the next review of the policy
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
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Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...