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Russian KA-52 Helicopters, Syrian MRBLs Work in Tandem To Attack Islamic State...

August 14, 2017 @ 07:36 PM

Russian KA-52 helicopters equipped with night vision equipment, directed fire from Syrian army multiple barrel rocket launchers (MRBL) to destroy Islamic State armor positions and liberate Al-Kadir settlement. “For the first time since the beginning of combat operations against Islamic State in Syria, government forces conducted a tactical landing behind militants lines with their subsequent defeat and liberation of the settlement of Al-Kadir (about 120 kilometers west of Deir ez-Zor) on August 12," Russian MoD said as quoted by
Russia To Commence T-90 Tanks Supply To Iraq Soon

August 14, 2017 @ 02:57 PM

Russia will soon start supply of T-90 battle tanks to the Iraqi army. "The deliveries of T-90 tanks to Iraq will begin soon in accordance with the previously signed contract
Lockheed Martin Wins $8B Special Ops Global Logistics Support Services Contract

August 12, 2017 @ 07:57 AM

Lockheed Martin has won $8 billion Special Operations Forces Global Logistics Support Services (SOF GLSS) contract. The SOF GLSS contract shall provide non-personal, global logistics support services and expertise to maintain program support and Enterprise management functions for Program Executive Office of the Special Operations Forces Support Activity, US department of defense said in a statement Friday
North Korea Estimated To Have 60 nuclear weapons By 2021: US Think

August 11, 2017 @ 04:30 PM

North Korea is projected by the end of 2020 to have 25 to 60 nuclear weapons, a US think tanks report on Pyongyangs nuclear capabilities says. The “worst case” estimate of 60 nuclear weapons would involve the operation of the Experimental Light Water Reactor, David Albright, founder and president of
India Tests First Fighter Fitted With AESA Radar

August 11, 2017 @ 02:02 PM

Indian state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has conducted successful trails of its Jaguar DARIN III aircraft with active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar as well as 28 new sensors. The maiden flight test was conducted on Friday is the first aircraft operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF) to have electronically controlled AESA radars,
Lockheed Martin Delivers First Tactical Missile System To US Army

August 11, 2017 @ 12:51 PM

Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missile as part of 124 missile systems delvery contract to the US Army. Lockheed Martin is under contract to deliver 124 new ATACMS missiles to the US Army and an international customer
UK-based Sub-contractor Accused of Fund-misuse In Afghanistan Training Contract

August 10, 2017 @ 09:45 AM

A US Senator has accused a UK-based sub-contractor of misusing funds meant for training intelligence officers in Afghanistan by spending on luxury vehicles and six-figure salaries to employees' 'significant others.' Senator Claire McCaskill on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee blew the whistle on a federal contract following an audit that left taxpayers on the hook for over $50 million in questionable costs, including seven luxury vehicles and $400,000 average salaries for 'significant others' of corporate officers to serve as “executive assistants
Raytheon Wins $32M US Navy Standard Missile-6 Spares Contract

August 10, 2017 @ 03:50 AM

Raytheon is being awarded a $32 million modification contract for procurement of long-lead material in support of fiscal 2017 Standard Missile-6 full-rate production requirements and spares for the US Navy. Work is expected to be completed by March 2020, US department of defense said in a statement on Wednesday
Trump Promises 'Fire and Fury' To North Korea, Pyongyang Threatens Missile Strike...

August 9, 2017 @ 02:42 PM

North Korea has threatened to launch missile strikes on the US territory of Guam after President Donald Trump warned Pyongyang Tuesday not to make any more threats against the United States or they will "face fire and fury like the world has never seen". Pyongyangs military is "examining the operational plan" to strike areas around the US territory of Guam with medium-to-long-range strategic ballistic missiles, state-run news agency KCNA said early Wednesday local time
BAE Systems, Leonardo Partner To Offer Precision-guided Munitions To US Forces

August 9, 2017 @ 10:36 AM

BAE Systems has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Leonardo to offer the Italian companys Vulcano family of precision-guided munition to US land and maritime forces. The two companies anticipate offering new adaptations of Vulcano, including a variant that potentially could be fired from the US Navys DDG-1000 Zumwalt class of combat ships,

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