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Brazil To Acquire M109A5+ Upgrade Kits
June 12, 2014 @ 01:56 PMThe US State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Brazil for M109A5+ upgrade kits and associated equipment for an estimated cost of $110 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on Jun 11, 2014
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Sukhoi Delivers New Batch Of Su-34 Fighters To Russian Air Force
June 11, 2014 @ 03:48 PMThe Sukhoi Company today transferred to the Russian Air Force the first batch of serial Su-34 front-line bombers under the 2014 State Defense Order. The aircraft took off the airfield of the Novosibirsk aircraft plant and headed to the place of their deployment
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Chinese Military Spent 7 Years Hacking US Aerospace Industry, Cyber Firm Says
June 10, 2014 @ 02:59 PMA group of hackers supposedly affiliated with the Chinese military has spent years infiltrating the American aerospace industry and US trading partners in the space industry, a US cybersecurity company CrowdStrike said Monday. Officials from CrowdStrike accused the Shanghai-based unit 61486 of the Peoples Liberation Army 12th bureau of attacking American and other western networks in cyber-assaults that date back at least as far as to 2007, according to reports
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AgustaWestland, Havelsanare Sign MoU To Co-Develop Training Systems
June 9, 2014 @ 01:14 PMAgustaWestland and Havelsanare today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate and jointly market and sell their complementary training products and capabilities. Sadik YAMAC, CEO of Havelsan, said, “Havelsan wishes to provide simulation and synthetic training systems, including information management solutions, in support of the various rotorcraft platforms purchased by the Turkish Government and International Defence and Government Customers
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Indian MoD To Launch E-Procurement Platform
June 9, 2014 @ 10:57 AMThe Indian Defense Ministry will set up an “end to end” e-procurement platform for all future sales, according to the Indian Express. Any procurement costing over $1 million will be sources through the new platform as of June 6
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Rafale Pulling All Stops To Cling MMRCA Deal
June 6, 2014 @ 02:53 PMAhead of the conclusion of the financial negotiations in the MMRCA deal, Dassault has pulled out all stops in raising its sales pitch to the Indian government. Showcasing its full might, the Rafale is participating for the first time in the Garuda V exercises against the Indian Air Forces Su-30s
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Canada To Announce Decision On F-35 Early Next Week
June 6, 2014 @ 02:32 PMA decision on Canadas F-35 purchase is expected next week, if local media reports are to be believed. The Conservative government is expected to make a final decision as soon as next Tuesday, followed soon after by an announcement that will put an end to the debate about whether to hold a competition to buy new fighter planes or to renew the $45-billion plan to sole-source the purchase of F-35s, according to CBC News
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Trident II D5 Missile Records 150 Successful Test Flights
June 5, 2014 @ 09:39 AMLockheed Martin built Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile has achieved 150 successful test flights, setting a new reliability record for large ballistic missiles. The US Navy launched two unarmed missiles June 2 in the Atlantic Ocean from a submerged Ohio-class submarine, marking the 149th and 150th successful test flights of the missile since design completion in 1989
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Australia Announces Restructuring of $8.5 Billion Air Warfare Destroyer Program
June 4, 2014 @ 03:31 PMThe Australian Department of Defense today announced it was restructuring the trouble $8.5 billion destroyer program
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Bulgaria To Decide On Fighter Aircraft Procurement Soon
June 3, 2014 @ 09:16 AMThe Bulgarian government will decide on the future of the project for buying new fighter planes for the air forces in June, said Defense Minister Angel Naydenov. During the opening of the defense exhibition “Hemus” in Plovdiv on Wednesday, Naydenov said that in the next 30 days the Government will decide whether it will buy new type of fighter jets, or will renovate the old MiG-29s, reports Sega daily
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
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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