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Russian MiG-29 Fighter To Participate in Military Drills
April 2, 2015 @ 01:54 PMThe Russian MiG-29 jet fighter pilots have begun military exercises from a Russian base in Armenia. The Russian Defense Ministrys Southern Military Districts press service said, "More than 100 Air Force pilots and service personnel are participating in the exercises with more than 30 pieces of specialized military and aviation hardware"
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Israel Test Fires ‘David’s Sling’ Missile
April 2, 2015 @ 12:28 PMIsrael has successfully tested “Davids Sling”, an air defense system that can counter medium-range missiles. Known in Hebrew as Magic Wand, David's Sling is being developed and manufactured jointly by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd and Raytheon
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Lockheed Martin Wins $146 Million Aegis Engineering Contract
April 1, 2015 @ 03:26 PMLockheed Martin has won $81million contract provide multi-year procurement funding for Aegis Weapon System (AWS) MK 7 ship sets and associated special tooling and special test equipment, US DoD said in a statement. Lockheed is also awarded a $63 million modification contract for Aegis Platform Systems Engineering Agent activities and Aegis Modernization Advanced Capability Build engineering
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IACIT To Open Airborne Radar Maintenance Facility In Brazil
April 1, 2015 @ 01:50 PMIsrael Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced today that its Brazilian technology partner IACIT will open a maintenance facility for IAI-ELTAs airborne and tactical radars. This facility is part of the transfer-of-technology and know-how by IACIT and its technologic partner IAI-ELTA, and will serve the growing number of ELM-2032 Fire Control Radars in use by the Brazilian Navy, as well as the ELM-2022 Maritime Patrol radar in operation with the Brazilian Air Force
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Lockheed Supports US Army Tank Protection Development
March 31, 2015 @ 06:45 PMLockheed Martin is supporting the U.S
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Airbus' Dauphin Helicopters To Serve In Japanese Police And Firefighting Missions
March 31, 2015 @ 10:45 AMAirbus Helicopters announced today that it has received an order of two more Dauphin helicopters along with the three others scheduled for delivery later this month, for Japans law enforcement and firefighting agencies. The latest order was signed with Japans National Police Agency for one H155 version (previously known as the EC155) to be deployed by the Kagawa Prefectural Police, and an AS365 N3+ variant for the Fukuoka Prefectural Police
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KAI Chosen As Preferred Bidder For S. Korean Fighter Jet Project
March 30, 2015 @ 01:19 PMSouth Korea has picked Korea Aerospace Industires (KAI), supported by Lockheed Martin, as the preferred bidder for $16.3 billion project to develop indigenous fighter jets
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DRDO To Test Upgraded Interceptor Missile Next Week
March 30, 2015 @ 10:07 AMThe Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will test-fire a configured version of an interceptor missile from Wheeler Island on April 6. It will be launched against an electronic target missile for validating its capability to carry warheads and minimise the mis-distance, The Hindu reported on Monday
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Indian Army To Use Home-Made Weapon Locating Radars
March 30, 2015 @ 09:44 AMThe Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) of the ministry of defence has cleared the acquisition of 30 weapon locating radars – Swati – from Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) at a total cost of Rs 1,605 crores ($256 million). These radars will be used by the artillery wing of the Indian army
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Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi Delivers C-27J Spartan Aircraft To Peruvian Air Force
March 28, 2015 @ 10:38 AMFinmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi has delivered the first C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft to Peruvian Air Force. The delivery of the tactical transport aircraft is the result of an agreement between Alenia Aermacchi and the Peruvian Air Force made of two contracts, the company announced in its press release on Friday
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