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India To Receive C-17 Heavylift Aircraft Soon
June 11, 2013 @ 02:33 PMThe IAF will soon welcome to India its first Boeing C-17 Globemaster-III heavy-lift transport aircraft, due to arrive shortly. The window of arrival is June, so teams are all set to ferry the first bird back to homebase, Hindon AFS
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India, Thailand Must Discuss Defense Collaboration: Says Minister
June 7, 2013 @ 01:56 PMIndian Defence Minister AK Antony today offered to discuss with Thailand the possible areas of cooperation and collaboration in Defence production, according to an official statement. During talks with his Thai counterpart Air Chief Marshal Sukumpol Suwanatat in Bangkok, Antony said India has, over the years, developed a well-established defence industry which can meet varying requirements of the Thai Armed Forces
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Over 60 Countries Sign Arms Trade Treaty
June 4, 2013 @ 09:09 AMThe United States have held back from signing the arms trade treaty, with over 60 countries believed to have signed it. “The United States welcomes the opening of the Arms Trade Treaty for signature, and we look forward to signing it as soon as the process of conforming the official translations is completed satisfactorily,” said US Secretary of State John Kerry in a statement
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Cassidian Unveils New TPH900 Tetrapol Radio Model At CCW 2013
May 21, 2013 @ 09:35 AMAt the Critical Communications World Congress (CCW) in Paris Cassidian today unveiled its brand new Tetrapol radio, called TPH900, during the CCW in Paris. It is a robust, hand-portable Tetrapol radio for mission-critical voice and data communications
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Indian MoD's Procurement Procedure For 2013 To Lay Emphasis On Self Reliance
April 25, 2013 @ 03:02 PMThe Indian Defense Acquisition Council has laid emphasis on indigenous development and self reliance in defence production for the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2013. These include preferential treatment to categories of procurement, favouring indigenous development and domestic manufacturing, rationalisation of taxes and duty structure so as to create a level-playing ground for the private sector and sharing the public version of LTIPP amongst a host of other welcome steps
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U.S To Increase Missile Protection, Defense Contractors Look At Long-Term Investments
March 27, 2013 @ 01:08 PMThe U.S has announced plans to increase its missile defense protection despite budget cuts and sequestration is full effect -- a move that defense giants are likely to welcome the open arms
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RAF To Display Typhoon Aircraft At LIMA 2013
March 25, 2013 @ 11:36 AMThe Royal Air Force (RAF) recently announced that it plans to send a number of its Typhoon multi-role combat aircraft from the UK to support the upcoming Five Powers Defence Agreement Exercise hosted by Malaysia in April and also the Langkawi International Maritime & Air (LIMA 2013) Show on March 26. BAE Systems is one of four European industrial partners in the four-nation Eurofighter programme
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Thales Appoints Jean-Bernard Lévy As New CEO
January 5, 2013 @ 12:00 AMThales has appointed Jean-Bernard Lévy as the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the company after his predecessor Luc Vigneron tendered his resignation to the company's directors at a meeting of the Board of Directors on 20 December 2012. Thales's two main shareholders, the French State and the Dassault Aviation, welcome this appointment and will work in agreement with senior management to pursue the continued recovery of the Group and its future development, according to a company statement
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Bangladesh Army To Use New Dauphin Helicopters For Peace Keeping Missions
November 28, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Bangladesh Army has inducted two new Eurocopter AS365 N3+ Dauphin helicopters that will be used for UN humanitarian missions and transport duties. A group of Bangladesh Army pilots were trained to fly the choppers at Eurocopter South East Asia’s Singapore facility in the subsidiary’s AS365 N3+ full-flight simulator
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Raytheon To Bolster Cyber Security Solutions With Latest Acquisition
October 23, 2012 @ 12:00 AMRaytheon announced today that it has acquired Teligy, Inc., a technology development company, further extending Raytheon's cybersecurity offerings in wireless communications, vulnerability analysis, reverse engineering and custom kernel software/device driver development
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