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Indian Rafale Jets Likely From France’ Own Military Order
April 16, 2015 @ 12:08 PMFrance is eyeing to divert Rafale jets from its own military production in order to fulfill Indias urgent requirement for 36 warplanes, Press Trust Of India reported Thursday. The French are working out the modalities and nitty-gritty and will finalize once Indian and French government start talking in detail, French defense sources were quoted as saying
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India To Develop Short Range SAM For Navy
April 15, 2015 @ 12:24 PMIndia is developing a short-range surface-to-air missile (SRSAM) for nations navy after rejecting indigenous Akash missiles, DNA news daily reported Wednesday. “The development project is in its initial stage and is being produced by Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
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Indo-French 36 Rafale Deal Likely To Have 30 Percent Offset Clause
April 15, 2015 @ 11:09 AMIndias recently announced $6 billion deal to procure 36 Rafale jets from France in ‘fly-away condition is likely to have 30 percent offset clause amounting to about $2 billion, Local media reported Wednesday. Sources said the government is likely to insist Dassault Aviation, the manufacturers of Rafale, to rope in the Indian private sector, a global chain supplier to Dassault and its associates
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GE To Support Australian Navy’s Frigate Gas Turbines
April 14, 2015 @ 03:57 PMAustralian Government today announced the signing of a support contract for maintenance and logistics support services to the gas turbines that power the Royal Australian Navys Adelaide and Anzac class frigates. General Electric (GE) will provide depot level maintenance to the gas turbines that power the frigates, as well as program management and on-site field service support throughout the life of the contract
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Brazilian Air Force Negates Irregularities In 36 Gripen NG Procurement Deal
April 14, 2015 @ 03:05 PMBrazilian Air Force Center for communications announced Saturday that it finds no irregularities in the Gripen NG procurement deal after recent articles were published in the press regarding a probe and it is ready to provide necessary clarifications to the authorities concerned. Brazilian government secretariat has initiated probe in the 39
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Oshkosh P-19R Aircraft Rescue, Fire Fighting Program Enters Production Phase
April 14, 2015 @ 07:23 AMOshkosh Defense will begin the production and deployment phase of the P-19 Replacement (P-19R) Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicle program for the US Marine Corps. Oshkosh was awarded a delivery order under the P-19R contract to supply the first LRIP vehicles to support Production Verification Testing (PVT)
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India's Rafale Deal Negates RFP Exercise
April 14, 2015 @ 07:20 AMThe decision of the Indian and the French governments to enter into a government-to-government deal for procurement of Rafale fighter aircrafts by the IAF has actually negated the whole exercise of creating the most detailed RFP ever circulated. Of course, the life cycle costing (LCC) mechanism that was developed for the discovery of the correct price of various offers
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Bell Wins $123 Million Canadian Coast Guard Helicopter Contract
April 13, 2015 @ 03:41 PMBell Helicopter announced today that it has signed a $123 million (CAN$155 million) contract to supply seven Bell 412EPI helicopters to the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG). The contract was signed with Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
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India To Fast Track Apache And Chinook Helicopter Acquisition
April 13, 2015 @ 01:33 PMIndian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar has sought approval from finance ministry for purchase of 22 Boeing Apache attack helicopters from the US. Apart from Apache, Parrikar has also directed defense finance officials to fast track acquisition of 15 Chinook heavy helicopters
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NATO Naval Forces Begin Multinational Exercise
April 13, 2015 @ 09:47 AMHer Majestys Canadian Ship (HMCS) Fredericton has joined Joint Warrior exercise on Sunday, as part of its deployment under Operation REASSURANCE in support of NATO assurance measures in the North Atlantic Ocean. Fredericton and other Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) warships, as well as the two Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CP-140 Auroras, will participate in the semi-annual training exercise conducted in the coastal waters off the United Kingdom from April 12 to 23, the news release announced on Sunday
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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