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Nammo Wins Shoulder Launched Weapon Contract From US Marines
October 14, 2015 @ 07:15 AMNammo has won a $48 million contract from the US army single Manager for conventional Ammunition (SMCA) to provide shoulder launched Multi-purpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) Common Practice Rocket (CPR) ammunition to the US Marine Corps. This is the first delivery order against the 5 year contract which has potential for deliveries of three types of 83mm SMAW Ammunition, the company announced Monday
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Russia Denies Involvement, Says MH17 Air Crash Done By Ukrainian Buk Missile
October 13, 2015 @ 12:31 PMRussia has denied using Buk missile in the Malaysian MH17 flight crash that happened last summer and says that it was done by the missile in possession of Ukrainian troops within three-four kilometres area. The official report however have concluded that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine
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American F-35, Russian PAK-FA Are India’s Fifth Generation Fighter Options
October 13, 2015 @ 09:30 AMIndia may have delayed participating in the Russian Fifth generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) project to explore other options, namely the Lockheed Martin built F-35. A talk in the corridors of South Block, headquarters of the ministry of defence (MoD) goes that the reason the IAF and the MoD is seeking to reduce the numbers of the Russian FGFAs is to have an option of purchasing another variety of fifth generation aircraft
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France, Egypt To Sign Mistral Deal This Weekend
October 9, 2015 @ 05:08 PMFrench Prime Minister Manuel Valls will sign a contract on the sale of two French-made Mistral warships to Egypt during his visit to Cairo on October 10-11. Egypt emerged as Frances replacement customer for Mistrals in September 2015 after Moscow and Paris had terminated the $1
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30 Individuals, Companies Indicted in Taiwan Army Procurement Scandal
October 9, 2015 @ 01:44 PMTaichung prosecutors in Taiwan have pressed charges against 33 people, including military personnel and executives of three companies over an alleged procurement scandal involving locally produced eight-wheeled CM-32 Clouded Leopard armored vehicles. Chiang Yi-fu, chairman of Chung Hsin Electric and Machinery Manufacturing Corp
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Indian Defence Minister Supports Combat Role For Women
October 9, 2015 @ 12:46 PMIndian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has shown support today for combat role of women in the nation's armed forces. A policy decision will soon be made after studying the implications as it may have some “operational” or “training difficulties”, Parrikar was quoted as saying by various media today
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Iran Denies Russian Missiles Fell On Its Territory
October 9, 2015 @ 10:15 AMThe Iranian ministry of defense has denied a US media claim that four of 26 cruise missiles fired from Russia's Caspian fleet at Syrias IS militants have fallen in Iran. We have not received any report indicating the crash of the Russian missiles on Iranian territories, an unnamed official at the Iranian Defense Ministry responded
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South Korea, Indonesia Likely To Sign Accord For Joint Development Of KF-X...
October 7, 2015 @ 04:48 AMSouth Korea and Indonesia may sign an industrial engagement agreement for the joint development of Korean next generation fighter aircraft later this month. Earlier this week, South Korean government decided to develop some of its own KF-X fighters with some help from outside after the US denied did not allow exports of four major technologies promised for the South Korean project in a decision made in April
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Lockheed Martin To Supply 3 Multi-Role Radars To Latvia
October 6, 2015 @ 07:02 AMThe Latvian ministry of defense has bought Lockheed Martins three TPS-77 Multi-Role Radars (MRR) for use in air surveillance and to complement its radar assets. "Purchase of "TPS-77" MRRs will mean a huge investment in the strengthening of defense capabilities of National Armed Forces and gives us the chance to act accordingly to modern threats facing all NATO countries," said Minister of Defense of Latvia Raimonds Bergmanis in a statement Monday
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India To Receive First Boeing Apache, Chinook Helicopters By 2018.
October 1, 2015 @ 01:23 PMBoeing plans to start delivery of the Chinook and Apache helicopters to India by 2018. The $3 billion deal is set to be completed by 2020, sources close to the deal were quoted as saying by the Wall Street Journal Thursday
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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