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Russia Carrys Out Auto-Cannon Test For T-50 Fifth Generation Fighter
September 20, 2016 @ 10:02 AMRussian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has carried out a live test-fire of rapid firing auto-cannon for the T-50 fifth generation fighter aircraft outside Moscow. The company uploaded a one-minute video footage on its website and official YouTube showing a gun reportedly called 9-А1-4071K mounted on a fixed stand simulating the front part of a T-50 aircraft, RT reported Saturday
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Russia's Two Gepard-Class Frigates To Undergo Trials By October
September 19, 2016 @ 07:10 PMRussias two Gepard 3.9 frigates will arrive in the Black Sea for trials by next month
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Indo-Israeli Medium Range Surface-To-Air Missile Test Next Week
September 19, 2016 @ 11:54 AMIndias Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has scheduled to conduct a test series of Indo-Israeli joint venture Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) from Tuesday. Developed jointly with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), DRDO has considered to test launch at least five MRSAM at Chandipur-on-sea, a defence base off the Odisha coast,
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Raytheon Standard Missile-6 Linked With F-35 Knocks Down Target In First Test
September 15, 2016 @ 01:11 PMRaytheon Standard Missile-6 linked with an F-35 fighter has destroyed a medium-range, medium-altitude, subsonic target in the US Navys first flight test. The USS Desert Ship (LLS 1), a land-based US Navy Combat System equipped with the latest AEGIS Baseline, fired the SM-6, which intercepted the over-the-horizon target, out of sight of its operators
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Iran Threatens To Fire Missiles At Two US Naval Aircraft
September 14, 2016 @ 02:55 PMThe Iranian military threatened to shoot down two US Navy planes flying over the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month. Two “maritime patrol aircraft” were flying separate missions in a similar area in international air space earlier this month when they received three radio calls from Iranian air defense, a defense official told AFP on Tuesday
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Integrates With Aegis Combat System In First Live Missile...
September 13, 2016 @ 04:35 PMLockheed Martins F-35 Lightning II and and the Aegis weapon system worked together for the first time during a live-fire exercise. The joint exercise Monday between the company, the U
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Lockheed Martin Alternative Warhead Rolls Off Assembly Line
September 13, 2016 @ 10:59 AMThe first Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead rocket has rolled off the production line at a Lockheed Martin's manufacturing facility. The GMLRS Alternative Warhead was designed to engage the same target set and achieve the same area-effects requirement as the old MLRS submunition warheads, but without the lingering danger of unexploded ordnance
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Lockheed Martin Delivers Final MH-60R SEAHAWK Helicopter To Australian Navy
September 13, 2016 @ 06:37 AMLockheed Martin has delivered the 24th, and final, MH-60R Seahawk helicopter to the Royal Australian Navy Monday. The company and the US Navy have handed over with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Lockheed Martins purpose-built logistics and maintenance facility in Nowra which will house and maintain the new fleet
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Northrop Grumman Wins US Contract For 10 Fire Scout MQ-8C UAS
September 12, 2016 @ 03:58 PMNorthrop Grumman has won a $108.1 million contract from the US department of defense for the procurement of 10 Fire Scout MQ-8C unmanned air systems
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New Sniper Rifles From Kalashnikov
September 12, 2016 @ 11:38 AMRussian Kalashnikov has showcased the first prototype of its new VSV-338 high-precision modular rifle at the Army 2016 International Military and Technical Forum. The company has also exhibited the prototype of its new SVK semi-automatic sniper rifle at the forum, Rostec announced last week
Egypt Chooses Russian Antey-2500, KA-52 Helicopters to Guard its New “Octagon” Military...
NATO Special Forces Select Thales-Leonardo Consortium to Deliver Communication System
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Ammunition Factory of Indonesian PT Pindad Breaks Ground
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles