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Airbus Helicopters Delivers First Two Tiger HAD Block 2 Attack Helicopters to...
December 11, 2014 @ 10:56 AMThe French Armys Tiger combat helicopter fleet expanded yesterday with Airbus Helicopters delivery of the first two attack helicopters in the HAD Block 2 version, following its qualification by the French General Directorate for Armament on November 21. These two Tigers will join those already in service for the military, which have proven their capabilities during operational deployments in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Somalia, Libya and Mali
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Poorly Equipped Chinese Soldiers Wear Underwear With Strings: Claims Newspaper Article
December 10, 2014 @ 01:47 PMChinese soldiers are so poorly equipped that they wear underwear with strings rather than elastic bands and their full equipment may not exceeds the price of two iPhones, according to the Guangzhou based Southern Weekly. The article published on December 4 says that Chinese soldiers wear World War II type steel helmets while American soldiers helmets are made of lightweight kevlar meant to absorb small arms fire
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Saab To Supply Next-Gen Shoulder Launched Weapons Systems To French Armed Forces
December 9, 2014 @ 09:29 AMSaab has been awarded a contract by the French Ministry of Defence procurement branch, the DGA (Direction Générale de l'Armement), to supply the Roquette Nouvelle Generation, (Roquette NG) next-generation shoulder-launched weapon system for the French armed forces. The first fixed contract is for SEK 295 million
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Bell Helicopter Demos V-22 Osprey's Forward-Firing Capability
December 9, 2014 @ 08:49 AMBell Helicopter successfully demonstrates forward-firing weapons capability by a V-22 Osprey tiltrotor during an exercise at the US Army Proving Ground held in November. “Weve shown the V-22 can be armed with a variety of forward-facing munitions and can hit its targets with a high degree of reliability,” said Vince Tobin, Bell vice president and program manager
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Raytheon-Built AMRAAM And NASAMS Missiles Tested During Thor's Hammer Exercise
December 9, 2014 @ 08:45 AMArmed forces from Norway, Finland, Switzerland and Turkey successfully fired five Raytheon-built Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) AIM-120C7s as part of the Thor's Hammer flight test campaign in September. Launched from F-16 and F/A-18 fighter aircraft and the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System(NASAMS) ground launchers, the missiles achieved five successful shots on a variety of profiles and targets
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Is Crimea The Only Reason France Withheld Mistral Delivery To Russia?
December 5, 2014 @ 10:59 AMThe French-Russian mistral helicopter deal has been embroiled in controversy over the last few months over Moscows involvement in the Ukraine crisis. The deal, since it was signed in 2010, has drawn fire from the United States and its NATO allies from Eastern Europe
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US Navy Gets First MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter
December 4, 2014 @ 11:54 AMNorthrop Grumman has delivered the first operational MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the U.S
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Rheinmetall Adds New Capabilities To Multi Ammunition Softkill System
December 3, 2014 @ 08:20 AMRheinmetall has integrated an anti-torpedo capability into Multi Ammunition Softkill System, or MASS. The current concept offers the possibility of launching up to four anti-torpedo decoys from a single MASS launcher
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Cubic Corp To Supply MILES Individual Weapon System To Latvia
December 2, 2014 @ 01:08 PMCubic Corporation today announced that it was awarded a contract valued at $1.2 million for its Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) Individual Weapon System (IWS), that included an initial capability of MILES Tactical Vehicle Systems (TVS), from the U
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Rockwell Collins RealFires Transportable Trainer At I/ITSEC
December 2, 2014 @ 09:22 AMRockwell Collins unveiled its RealFires transportable trainer today at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando. Rockwell Collins RealFires transportable trainer is a high fidelity, scalable training solution designed by experienced joint fires operators for the joint fires community
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Pentagon Awards Contracts to Develop Laser Weapons Against Cruise Missiles, Drones
Iran Threatens to Close Strait of Hormuz as US Signals Return to...
China-made Aircraft Fly in U.S. Airshow for First Time
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