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India Likely To Sue Polish Firm For Not Honoring Armored Recovery Vehicle...
June 17, 2017 @ 11:55 AMIndia is likely to sue Polands Polski Holding Obronny, formerly known as Bumar, for allegedly not honoring a deal to supply full technology transfer contact for key systems of armored recovery vehicles ( ARV) to be produced by Bharat Earth Movers (BEML) in India. Despite a contract for $275 million signed in January 2012 for supply of 204 ARVs for the Indian Army, “the Polish company has
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Northrop Grumman To Modernize US F-16 Fighter Jets With APG-83 AESA Radar
June 8, 2017 @ 05:58 PMThe United States Air Force has choosen Northrop Grummans APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) active electronically scanned array (AESA) to modernize 72 Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcons. The company will modernize 72 US Air National Guard F-16s to meet a US Northern Command Joint Emergent Operational Need for homeland defense
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US Navy Orders Deployable P-8A Poseidon Trainers
June 7, 2017 @ 03:10 PMBoeing has recently signed a contract to deliver first deployable P-8A Poseidon trainers, allowing aircrew and operators to improve their mission readiness even while serving away from home. Boeing will provide seven Deployable Mission Readiness Trainers (DMRTs) to the US Navy, starting in 2019
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Pakistan's Gwadar Port a Possible Future Chinese Military Base Location: Pentagon
June 7, 2017 @ 11:40 AMChina is looking to expand its military ports in countries with which it has a longstanding friendly relationship and similar strategic interests, such as Pakistan, a report by the Pentagon has said. China is "expanding its access to foreign ports to pre-position the necessary logistics support to regularize and sustain deployments in the 'far seas," the country will most likely pursue opportunities to build bases elsewhere, naming Pakistan an interesting location, the Pentagon annual report to Congress says
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China's FTC-2000, Advanced Fighter-Trainer Aircraft Rolls Off Production Line
June 6, 2017 @ 09:47 AMChinas Guizhou Aircraft Industries Corporation (GAIC) has rolled off the production line of the export version of FTC-2000 fighter trainer aircraft in Anshun in Guizhou Province Monday. The FTC-2000 is the export designation for the companys JL-9 jet trainer, also known as the Shanying (Mountain Eagle)
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Saudi-led Isolation of Qatar May Impact US Military Activity In The Country
June 5, 2017 @ 04:07 PMThe escalating confrontation between Qatar and Saudi-led Arab states may impact the United States' massive military presence in the country. Qatar is home to three US airbases and plays a role in collective defense efforts for the region
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India’s Nirbhay Subsonic Cruise Missile’s Fifth Launch Deferred Due To Tech Snag...
June 2, 2017 @ 02:30 PMThe fifth test of Indias home-grown subsonic cruise missile, Nirbhay has been deferred due to a technical snag. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) postponed the test which was planned to be conducted on Wednesday
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India’s BEL Sits On Order Book Value Of $6.2 Billion for Fiscal
May 31, 2017 @ 01:45 PMIndias state-owned defense electronics manufacturer, Bharat Electronics sits on a current order book value of over INR 40000 crore (US$6.2 billion) and is expecting an additional INR 13,000 crore (US$2 billion) this year
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US Military Tests Ground-based Interceptor Against Ballistic Missile Target
May 31, 2017 @ 10:28 AMThe US Missile Defense Agency successfully tested its defence system against an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time on Tuesday. A ground-based interceptor launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California "successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target" fired from the Reagan Test Site in the Marshall Islands, the Pentagon announced
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China's Sukhoi-30 Jets Intercept US WC-135 Aircraft Above East China Sea
May 19, 2017 @ 12:33 PMChinas two SU-30 aircraft carried out intercept of a US aircraft WC-135 designed to detect radiation while it was flying in international airspace over the East China Sea. One of the Chinese jets was flying as near as 150ft (45m) to the US WC-135 plane and flew upside down above it, US officials were quoted as saying by CNN Friday
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No 'Kill Switch' but Third-Party Parts Dependency Could Limit F-35 Use: Ex-RAF...
Airbus to Build Key Systems for ExoMars Lander for Europe’s Mars Mission...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...