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India Test-Fires Quick Reaction Surface To Air Short Range Missile
July 3, 2017 @ 02:25 PMIndia has test fired Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air (QRSAM) short range missile that has a capability of engaging multiple targets. The missile that has a strike range of 25 km to 30 km, was test fired along the Coast of Odisha, Press Trust of India reported Monday
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Airbus Demonstrates Heavy Twin H215 Helicopter In China
July 3, 2017 @ 12:35 PMAirbus' Heavy twin H215 helicopter, belonging to Super Puma family, is demonstrating its multi-mission capabilities like firefighting, power line missions, law enforcement, and passenger transportation. The airbus helicopters' H215 also performs in high and hot conditions during its debut demo tour in China
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China Tests New Light Weight Battle Tank In Tibet Near Indian Border
July 1, 2017 @ 09:52 AMThe Chinese military has said that it has conducted trials of its new light weight battle tank in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet near the Indian border. The 35-tonne tank has carried out trials in the plains of Tibet, People's Liberation Army spokesman Col Wu Qian said at a media briefing here
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Lockheed Martin To Train Saudi Arabian National Guard In $55 Million Contract
July 1, 2017 @ 08:07 AMLockheed Martin Corp has won a $55.5 million US foreign military sales contract for the design, development, testing, managing, documenting, installing, and providing hardware, software, spares, and training for Saudi Arabian Ministry National Guard live fire ranges
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US Air Force Debuts Latest Variant Of MQ-9 Reaper Drone
June 30, 2017 @ 08:34 PMThe US Air Force flew the latest Block 5 variant of the MQ-9 Reaper drone for the first time last week. The aircrew flew a sortie of more than 16 hours on June 23 with a full payload of weapons including GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, the air force press release states
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South Korea To Begin Mass Production Of Upgraded 105mm Howitzer In 2018
June 29, 2017 @ 03:20 PMSouth Korea has completed the development of an upgraded 105 mm howitzer featuring increased agility and automated firing control and will start mass producing in 2018. The self-propelled artillery system combines the existing 105 mm towed howitzer with a five-ton truck as its bed
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Philippines Receives China-donated Sniper Rifles To Fight Maute Terrorists
June 29, 2017 @ 02:03 PMPhilippines has received some 3000 assault rifles, 90 long range sniper weapons along with respective ammunition donated by China to fight the Maute terrorist group which has laid siege to Marawi city for more than two months. The arms and ammunition was delivered at the Harrison Landing Zone, Clark Freeport, by Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua to President Rodrigo Duterte Wednesday, China military online reported Thursday
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Rostec Unveils New Naval Missile and Anti-aircraft Artillery Weapon System ‘PANTSIR-ME’
June 29, 2017 @ 11:56 AMRostecs subsidiary Tula KBP introduces its new naval missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon system Pantsir-ME that provides protection against modern air threats, including low-flying and small-size unmanned aerial vehicles. The creation of the new weapon system Pantsir-ME provides reliable protection for ships against air threats with absolute probability virtually equal to 1, including protection against low-altitude anti-ship missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles
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BAE Systems, Leonardo To Co-develop New Precision-Guided Munitions
June 29, 2017 @ 10:33 AMBAE Systems and Leonardo are collaborating on new precision-guided solutions that will offer US and allied military forces a range of low-risk, cost effective, advanced munitions for advanced, large caliber weapon systems. The two companies anticipate offering new adaptations of Leonardos Vulcano — a family of gun-launched munitions that exceed the performance of currently available precision-guided projectiles — in a variety of gun systems, including the BAE Systems-built Advanced Gun System (AGS) and the Mk 45 naval gun
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Rheinmetall Wins €370 Million Order To Supply Soldier Systems To Germany
June 28, 2017 @ 01:10 PMRheinmetall has won a contract with a gross value of €370 million (net value: €310 million) to supply enough “Future Soldier – Expanded System” (IdZ-ES) soldier systems to equip German Bundeswehr's 68 infantry platoons. The new systems will be delivered between 2018 and late 2020, the company said in a statement Wednesday
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