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India’s Leading Opposition Leader Hits Out Against Defense Minister AK Antony
May 1, 2014 @ 09:31 AMA senior opposition politician today called out on Defense Minister AK Antonys "failure" to take decisions that has lead to the countrys "lack of defence preparedness”. Arun Jaitley, senior member of the Bhartiya Janata Party, said, “Our defence procurement has hugely suffered," he wrote in his blog while hitting out at Antony
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Northrop Grumman To Provide Electronic Jamming Backpack Systems For USMC
April 30, 2014 @ 09:55 AMThe U.S
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Lockheed Martin To Develop Weapons Grade Fiber Laser For US Army Field...
April 25, 2014 @ 09:10 AMLockheed Martin has won a $25 million contract from US Army to design, build and test a 60-kilowatt electric laser to be integrated and tested in a truck-mounted weapon system demonstrator. The laser weapon is designed to significantly improve the warfighters' ability to counter rockets, artillery, mortars and unmanned aerial threats
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China Building Underwater Sonar Systems: Reports
April 24, 2014 @ 01:06 PMChina is building underwater surveillance systems to detect submarines and began developing the project in 2011. The system is apparently similar to the one used by the US during the Cold War
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India Receives MiG-29 Modernization Kits
April 24, 2014 @ 01:02 PMThe Russian firm MiG completed the delivery of the modernization kits for Indias MiG-29 fighters, according to ITAR-TASS. Under a 2009 contract worth $964 million, the Russian corporation agreed to modernize six fighters at its production sites and provide kits for the modernization of other Indian MiG-29 planes into the MiG-29UGP version by the local aircraft industry enterprises
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Leidos To Provide ISR And Targeting Support To U.S. Army Space and...
April 24, 2014 @ 09:49 AMLeidos announced it was awarded a prime contract by the U.S
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NATO Tests MORPH Underwater Robot Network
April 23, 2014 @ 02:50 PMThe Centrefor Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) has participated in the first 2014 sea trials of the MORPH (Marine Robotic System of Self-Organising, logically Linked Physical Nodes) European Commission project. The project aims to test the latest developments in multiple-vehicle coordination and formation flying based on echo-location
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DARPA, Logos To Develop Stealthy Hybrid-Power Motorcycles For US Armed Forces
April 21, 2014 @ 10:18 AMThe US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a developing a new vehicle to silently transport commandoes to their missions. Logos Technologies has won a $100,000 contract to develop stealthy, hybrid-powered motorcycles that relies on both electric and gas power, allowing special ops to go off-road and zip past enemy forces with the silence of an electric engine, while also being able to handle extended missions and higher speeds with a supplemental gas tank
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USAF Begins Testing B-1B Lancer With Software Updates
April 17, 2014 @ 03:08 PMThe US Air Force began testing Sustainment Block 16A software upgrades, to work in conjunction with the long-range B-1B Lancer's recently added glass cockpit configuration. The SB 16A software is a fielding configuration that will enhance the glass cockpit introduced as part of the B-1 Integrated Battle Station modification, increase Link 16 capabilities and provide a leap in situational awareness for the B-1 operators
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LCA Navy Successfully Tested In Supersonic Mode
April 15, 2014 @ 03:05 PMThe Indian Navy's Light Combat Aircraft-LCA Navy (NP-1) has successfully completed its first supersonic flight, signaling that the aircraft is now able to fly faster than the speed of sound. The domestic company Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) who is responsible for the development of the LCA said that this feat was achieved in the month of March, according to DNA
UK Army Unveils Challenger 3 Tank to Rival Russian Armata
Poland to Acquire Three A26 Submarines from Saab for $4.8 Billion
Su-57 Influence? Indonesia Drops Joint Production of Korean KF-21 Fighter, Mulls...
Russian Drones Destory 2 Ukrainian MiG-29s Loaded with Missiles, Bombs
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