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Exelis, U&U Engineering Win $10 million Taiwanese Night Vision Tubes Contract.
February 3, 2015 @ 06:09 PMExelis and partner U&U Engineering have won a contract valued at $10 million to provide the government of Taiwan with night vision tubes. The contract, awarded competitively, is a direct commercial sale contract and deliveries for this order will take place during the first six months of 2015
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France Offers $500 Million Mirage 2000-5F Mulitrole Aircraft To Columbia
February 3, 2015 @ 02:20 PMFrance has offered 18 Dassault Mirage 2000-5F multirole aircraft for $500 million to Columbia. As per the offer, $350 million is the cost of the eighteen surplus aircraft, and $150 million is for the cost of their initial logistics package
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US Mulls Supplying Javelin Anti-Armor Missiles, Arms And Ammunition To Ukraine
February 3, 2015 @ 11:00 AMThe Pentagon might reconsider supplying Javelin anti-tank missiles, arms and ammunition to Ukraine in its fight against Russia- backed separatists, US administration officials said Monday. The decision has not been made yet
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Russia, Iran In Talks To Modernize Tor-M1 SAM Defense System Modernization
February 2, 2015 @ 12:34 PMRussia is in talks with Iran to modernize Iranian short range Tor-M1 (SA-15 Gauntlet) surface-to-air missile defense systems, Ria Novosti reported 29 January 2015. “Iran has been operating a large number of Russian Tor-M1 SAM defense systems
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Japan launches Fifth Spy Satellite
February 1, 2015 @ 02:34 PMJapan launched a radar reconnaissance satellite on Sunday morning believed to be its most sophisticated ever, various Japanese media outlets reported. The launch was performed from the Tanegashima Space Center in the Kagoshima Prefecture in the south of Japan at 10:21 local time (01:30 GMT)
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Pentagon To Store Non-Sensitive Data In Cloud
January 31, 2015 @ 11:59 AMUS Department of Defense will move its non-sensitive data to the cloud storage system in order to reduce costs and enhance security. “We are such a big market that they [commercial companies] will be willing to adapt their security to meet us
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Czech Arms Co To Sell T-72 Tanks to Nigeria
January 31, 2015 @ 08:22 AMCzech arms company Excalibur Group will sell weapons to Nigeria's government forces in its fight with the militant group Boko Haram, local media reported on Friday. Excalibur Group's spokesman Andrej Cirtek confirmed to the Prague Post that weapons include modernised Soviet-origin T-72 M1 tanks, armoured infantry fighting vehicles and rocket launchers and that the destination for those weapons is an “African country”
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China’s New Cyber-security Framework to Guard Against US NSA Intrusion
January 31, 2015 @ 08:06 AMChinas new cyber-security framework which has upset US business groups may have been setup in response to alleged US intrusion into Chinese business and government networks. China recently announced that it is coming up with a framework or set of guidelines governing the transmission of data and government being able to access such transmission
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Honeywell Wins Next Gen Turboprop Engine Development Contract
January 29, 2015 @ 02:58 PMHoneywell International Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, has been awarded a $75,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract for Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines (VAATE) III & Beyond
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Exelis' Information Systems President Joins Wash100 As Strategic Government Contracting Leader
January 28, 2015 @ 11:59 AMExelis' Information Systems President Pamela Drew is inducted as strategic government contracting leader into Executive Mosaic Wash100. ‘Published annually, Wash100 is a "premier group of leaders who create value for the American public and execute strategic vision at the intersection of the public and private sectors," according to the organization's website
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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