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Fulcrum Wins $168 To Support JIDO’s Global Situational Awareness Mission
November 29, 2016 @ 07:40 AMFulcrum IT Services has been awarded a $168 million contract to provide the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO) with strategic planning, research, analysis, and training services in support of JIDOs Global Situational Awareness (Global SA) and Communities of Action (CoA) missions. The Global SA task order will provide JIDO, the intelligence community, military service partner organizations, and other Department of Defense (DoD)/federal agencies with professional services that sense, research, and analyze the global operational environment to enhance combatant commands ability to combat improvised threats to the warfighter and partner organizations through advanced situational awareness services and training
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Turkey Claims Islamic State Used Chemical Weapons In Syria; Media reports
November 28, 2016 @ 11:34 AMThe Islamic State (IS) might have used chemical weapons against Turkish-backed Syrian rebels in Northern Syria that wounded 22 on Sunday. The Russian defense ministry is looking at the possible chains supplying toxic substances to Syrian militants after a mustard gas mine was found near the city of Aleppo, the ministrys press service said on Saturday
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India Supplies Final Mi-24 gunship to Afghan Air Force
November 28, 2016 @ 10:43 AMIndia has delivered final Mi-24 gunship to Afghanistan on Saturday for aiding Kabul in reconstructing the country amidst opposing Taliban group. The delivery of four gunships marks the first lethal weaponry supply to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
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Japan Likely To Include $9 Billion In Third Supplementary Budget To Upgrade...
November 28, 2016 @ 10:42 AMThe Japanese government is likely to include an approximate $9 billion (¥1 trillion) in its third supplementary budget for the fiscal 2016 as part of its investment of its missile defense system in response to North Korean ballistic missile launches. The government intends to compile a total supplementary budget of around ¥1 trillion, excluding economic stimulus measures,
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India Could Develop Combat Drone Engine With Help From Safran
November 28, 2016 @ 06:55 AMSafran has offered to partner Indias Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in the development of a variant of the indigenous Kaveri engine for its combat drone, ‘Ghatak. The French company which manufactures engines for Rafale fighter jets are waiting for an approval by the Union government
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Saudi Arabia Shoots Down 11 Scuds, Deploys Patriots To Counter Ballistic Missiles...
November 26, 2016 @ 07:34 AMSaudi Arabia has shot down 11 Scud missiles fired by Al Houthi rebels from across the Yemen border after fighting intensified since the collapse of a US-backed ceasefire last week. Saudi Arabia has deployed Patriot missile batteries to counter tactical ballistic missiles that have been fired sporadically from Yemen during the course of the war, Gulfnews reported Friday
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India Rejects Three FDI Proposals In Defense Manufacturing
November 26, 2016 @ 03:26 AMIndian Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has rejected three Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposals in the defense manufacturing sector. The three defence manufacturing companies that had their FDI proposals rejected include Harris Communications Systems India, Schoeller Technologies India and Barracuda Camouflage, a subsidiary of Swedish Saab
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Finnish RFI To Replace Hornet Fighter Aircraft Receives Responses
November 25, 2016 @ 11:53 AMThe Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command received today responses to the Requests for Information regarding the replacement of Hornet aircraft. The following manufacturers responded: Boeing (F/A-18), Dassault Aviation (Rafale), BAE Systems (Eurofighter Typhoon), Lockheed Martin (F-35) and Saab (JAS Gripen)
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First US Soldier Killed In IED Blast In Syrian War
November 25, 2016 @ 11:23 AMThe US military has suffered its first combat death in Syria on Thursday when a soldier was killed by an improvised explosive device in northern part of the country. The soldier was killed near Ayn Issa which is about an hour from Raqqa, Daesh's self-declared capital in Syria,
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India To Test Long Range Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile ‘Nirbhay’ Next Month
November 25, 2016 @ 10:56 AMIndia is planning to conduct trail of a long range sub-sonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay next month, following two failures and one partial success. The Nirbhaya missile test comes after India acquired the membership of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) in late June this year,
Canada to Join GCAP Sixth Gen Fighter program as Observer
Commissioning of Taiwan’s First Indigenous Submarine Within Next 2 Months
US Armed Forces Members to Undergo Testing for Testosterone Levels
Rafale Jet Combines with Electronic Warfare Payload-Carrying UAV to Strike Simulated Target
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