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Offsets Deal Kills BAE-India Howitzer Deal?
June 24, 2014 @ 09:21 AMIndias long-pending howitzer procurement deal could bite the dust with the Defense Ministry citing the “artillery guns are way too expensive to buy for the new Army divisions”. According to the Times of India, no final decision has been taken yet, but there is "no way" 145 BAE Systems M-777 ultra-light howitzers could be bought for over $800 million
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Lockheed To Deliver Sniper Targeting Pods To Jordan
June 24, 2014 @ 09:19 AMLockheed Martin will deliver five Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) worth US$ 16.5 million to Royal Jordanian Air Force The contract involves integration, program management and other hardware to equip its fleet of F-16 aircraft
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Germany Halts Army Rifle Orders Over Accuracy Doubts
June 23, 2014 @ 01:26 PMGermanys defense ministry has temporarily halted new orders of its militarys standard assault rifle over accuracy errors, Bild am Sonntag daily reported on June 22. The G36 automatic rifle made by Heckler and Koch is said to become inaccurate after its barrel heated up in prolonged firefights
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Philippines Awards $20 Million APC Contract To Elbit Systems
June 23, 2014 @ 10:55 AMElbit Systems has won a $20 Million Contract for the supply of upgraded armored personnel carriers (APCs) to the Philippines Armed Forces. The upgrade will include 25 mm unmanned turrets, 12
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Will Russia Secure AK-47 Copyright Before Kalashnikov Goes Under?
June 20, 2014 @ 10:19 AMKalashnikovs lack of copyright over the AK-47 assault rifle is so severe that Venezuela is the only country with a fully legitimate license to produce the assault rifle. The counterfeit losses resulting from copyright infringement is so dire that Kalashnikov, manufacturer of the AK-47, is reporting an estimated loss of $50 million from 2013
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Lockheed Martin Delivers Final Batch Of KC-130J Super Hercules
June 17, 2014 @ 02:38 PMLockheed Martin delivered the tenth and final US Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules tanker on 5 June, modified under the Harvest Hercules Airborne Weapons Kit (HAWK) program. Harvest HAWK is a long endurance, armed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platform
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Raytheon Tests Laser Track Excalibur S
June 17, 2014 @ 01:17 PMRaytheon successfully test fired the dual-mode GPS- and laser-guided Excalibur S for the first time. Although the Excalibur S was initialized with a GPS target location, it scored a direct hit on a different, or offset, target after being terminally guided with a laser designator
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Rheinmetall To Debut New Puma IFV At Eurosatory 2014
June 13, 2014 @ 10:13 AMNow being built in series for the German Army, the new Puma armoured infantry fighting vehicle is on show at this years Eurosatory for the first time. During recent heat (UAE 2013), cold (Norway 2012) and live-fire trials conducted in cooperation with experts from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment (BAAINBw) and the German Army, the Puma performed very well under all climatic conditions
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US ONR Developing Laser Weapon For Marines
June 12, 2014 @ 02:19 PMAs the Navy prepares to deploy its first laser weapon on a ship later this summer, Office of Naval Research (ONR) officials announced June 11 that they have finished awarding contracts to develop a similar weapon to be used on ground vehicles. The Ground-Based Air Defense Directed Energy On-the-Move program, commonly referred to as GBAD, aims to provide an affordable alternative to traditional firepower to keep enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from tracking and targeting Marines on the ground
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US Navy Selects RADA's RPS-42 Tactical Volume Surveillance Radar System
June 12, 2014 @ 02:08 PMRADA Electronic Industries Ltd. announces the selection of its RPS-42 Tactical Volume Surveillance Radar System by the US Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR)
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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