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Polish MiG-29 Fleet Grounded After Crash
July 10, 2018 @ 11:46 AMPoland will suspend all flights of Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter planes until Friday's crash of one of the aircraft is explained by a state commission, Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak announced at a press conference on Friday. A Polish MiG-29 plane from the 22nd Air Base in Malbork, north Poland, crashed at 1:57 am on Friday some 50 km east from its base, near Pasłęk, the Defence Ministry has reported
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Polish Pilot Dies In MiG-29 Aircraft Crash
July 6, 2018 @ 08:58 AMA Polish Air Force pilot was killed on early hours of Friday after the MiG-29 fighter jet crashed during a night training mission near the village of Paslek, Warmia-Mazury province, north-east of Poland. According to the official statement, a Polish Air Force MiG-29 jet fighter from the 22 Tactical Air Base crashed near Paslek village crashed on 6 July at 02:57 CET
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New Launch Systems in Works for Russia’s Aircraft Carriers
July 4, 2018 @ 02:24 PMRussias United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) is developing a new launch system for warplanes to take off from aircraft carriers. "Work is currently underway to develop systems that can also be used on modern aircraft carriers
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India Clears $5.5 Billion S-400 Air Defense Missile Systems Buy from Russia
July 2, 2018 @ 03:48 PMThe Indian Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) has cleared a $5.5 billion agreement to purchase S-400 air defense missile systems from Russia despite US opposition to the deal
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Singapore To Announce F-16 Fighters Replacement Soon
July 2, 2018 @ 08:13 AMSingapores Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said Friday that the countrys plan to replace its aging fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft will be announced soon, listing a number of manufacturers that could be in the running for a deal potentially worth billions of dollars. Singapores fleet of around 60 F-16 jets are at the tail end of their service and Ng Eng Hen told reporters on June 29 that the decision will be made in few months
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Swedish UAV Manufacturer `CybAero’ Files for Bankruptcy
June 25, 2018 @ 10:10 AMSwedish UAV manufacturer `CybAero has filed for bankruptcy following its failure to sell 20 civilian drones to China which was expected boost the funding of the financially beleaguered firm. The filings were made with the Nasdaqs First North Sweden stock exchange on June 19 and show that the company had experienced significant declines in revenues, halting all trading in the companys shares on June 15 due to CybAeros uncertain financial position
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US to Supply Machine Guns for Ukrainian NATO Standard Combat Modules
June 18, 2018 @ 09:52 AMThe US will supply machine guns to Ukraine as part of Memorandum of Cooperation to build a joint combat module according to NATO standards. Ukranian SpetsTechnoExport and Ukroboronprom signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with an American company on building a joint combat module according to NATO standards on June 14 at International exhibition Eurosatory 2018
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Estonia to Acquire Mistral SHORAD Missiles for $58 Million from MBDA
June 13, 2018 @ 12:11 PMEstonia will acquire Mistral short range air defence missiles/ man portable surface to air missiles, training missiles, simulators and testing and maintenance equipment from European missile manufacturer MBDA under a 50 million euros (US $58.7 million) contract
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Israel’s Spike ATGM Selected For Australian Armored Vehicle Competition
May 30, 2018 @ 11:06 AMIsrael-built anti-tank guided missile, the Spike LR2 has been selected for the Australian LAND 400 armored vehicles program, Australias Department of Defence confirmed today. Rafael has beaten out European consortium MBDA for the anti-tank missile system that will be fitted to Rheinmetall's Boxer CRVs
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Russia Signs Contract to Supply Four Mi-35M Attack Helicopters to Kazakhstan
May 29, 2018 @ 01:50 PMRussia and Kazakhstan have signed a new contract for the supply of four Mil Mi-35 transport and attack helicopters. "A new contract for four Mi-35 helicopters has been signed
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