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Iraqi Navy Gets Offshore Support Vessels
December 22, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe U.S Navy announced today that it has delivered two 60-meter Offshore Support Vessels (OSV 1/ OSV 2) to the Iraqi navy on December 19
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Canada Awards LRSS Upgrade Contract To General Dynamics
December 19, 2012 @ 12:00 AMGeneral Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-C), was awarded a $9.5 million contract by the Canadian Government earlier this week, for defining, analyzing and selecting an enhanced surveillance suite to be integrated into Canadian LAV III Upgrade vehicles
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Peru To Buy 24 Combat Helicopters, Narrows Down Three Potential Suppliers
December 17, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Peruvian government has expressed its interest in purchasing a consignment of 24 combat helicopters, according to Peruvian Defense Minister Pedro Cateriano. Peru will look to Russia, France and the U
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Boeing Co. Appoints Pratyush Kumar President Of Boeing India
December 13, 2012 @ 12:00 AMBoeing today appointed Pratyush ‘Prat’ Kumar as president of Boeing India, effective December 14. He joins Boeing with significant business leadership experience and insight into the Indian market, having served in senior executive positions at GE Transportation since 2003
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ABG Shipyard To Build $89 Million Training Vessel For Indian Navy
December 12, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIndia’s largest private ship building company, ABG Shipyard Limited, has been awarded a repeat order from the Ministry of Defence for building an additional cadet training vessel for the Indian Navy in a contract worth about Rs. 485 crore ($89
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IAI, BEL Strengthen Ties With Latest MoU
December 11, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIndia’s Bharat Electronics Limited India (BEL) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have entered into a new partnership to jointly produce Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM) Ship-Defence Systems. The latest partnership allows BEL to function as the Lead Integrator and producer of major sub-systems and IAI will continue in its capacity as the Design Authority, producing sub-systems as a main sub-contractor of BEL, according to a statement
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Russia To Upgrade Anti-Missile Defense System Around Moscow
December 11, 2012 @ 12:00 AMRussia’s Deputy Defense Minister Oleg Ostapenko has announced that the anti-missile defense system covering Moscow and Russia's central industrial regions will be upgraded soon. He refused to elaborate on the new systems but said, "We have a range of new objects which we are obliged to defend, and we'll defend them
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Brazil Leaning Towards F-18 Super Hornet In Aircraft Competition
December 10, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Brazilian air force is said to be leaning towards the American F-18 Super Hornet aircraft in the selection of 36 fighter jets, according to media reports. A weekly magazine, Istoe, has published a document attributing to the commission in charge of analyzing the three aircraft (the Dassault Rafale and the Swedish Gripen), which concludes that the Boeing F-18 is best suited to air force requirements and notes several of its advantages in terms of price and benefits
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India, Dassault MMRCA Contract Likely In 2013 Following Delays In Negotiations
December 10, 2012 @ 12:00 AMIndia and Dassault will most likely sign the contract for the MMRCA deal, scheduled to be concluded by the end of this year to 2013. Neither side has made known a new timeline for the commercial negotiations to be concluded
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Canada Cancels F-35 Purchase Due To High Life Cycle Costs
December 10, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Canadian Government has decided to drop the F-35 fighter aircraft contract after the auditor-general report projected life-cycle costs of the aircraft above $30 billion. The operations committee of the federal Cabinet decided to scrap the controversial sole-source program and go back to the drawing board, a ministry official was quoted as saying
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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