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Iran Showcases Three Home-grown Defense Tech
June 2, 2016 @ 05:56 AMIran has unveiled three homemade defense technologies, including a GPS system. They comprised a one-megawatt Local Positioning System (LPS) transmitter, which Iranian defense minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said, would render the defense forces independent of the Global Positioning System (GPS), Press TV reported Wednesday
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India's Home-grown Basic Trainer HTT-40 Completes Maiden Flight
May 31, 2016 @ 02:51 PMIndian state-run Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) completed the maiden trail flight of its indigenous basic trainer HTT-40 (Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40) Tuesday. The first flight took off around 8 in the morning in Bengaluru
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Israeli Cabinet Approves Appointment Of New Defense Minister
May 30, 2016 @ 01:55 PMIsraels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week signed an agreement to assign the countrys Defense Minister role to the leader of the right-wing nationalist party. Under the agreement signed on May 25, ‘Israel Our Home party leader Avigdor Lieberman will become defense minister
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Indonesian Su-30MK2 Arrives From Belarus After Overhaul
May 27, 2016 @ 10:47 AMOne Indonesian Su-30MK2 has arrived at the Sultan Hasanuddin airbase after undergoing overhaul in Belarus. The aircraft was transported to Indonesian airbase Thursday by Antonov AH-124-100 aircraft,
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Korea To Buy Weaponry Worth $3 Billion This Year
May 26, 2016 @ 09:42 AMSouth Korea plans to import arms worth 3.5 trillion won ($3 billion) this year to enhance its defense capabilities
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BAE Systems Setting Up Aircraft Carriers' Support Center
May 25, 2016 @ 12:27 PMBAE Systems is setting up a new center to facilitate new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers at Portsmouth Naval Base. The centre which is nearing completing will house employees of Team Portsmouth, a partnership between the Ministry of Defence and BAE Systems, with engineers, logisticians and waterfront staff working alongside each other to plan and deliver the maintenance for these ships, the company said in a statement Tuesday
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India Tests Home-Grown Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon System
May 23, 2016 @ 01:44 PMIndia has tested Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from a Jaguar aircraft at the beginning of this month. "The SAAW was successfully test launched from a Jaguar aircraft towards the fag end of first quarter of May by the Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) in Bangalore," TOI quoted unamed sources in the defence ministry as saying Monday
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India’s Union Minister Flies Sukhoi Su-30MKI Fighter
May 19, 2016 @ 02:07 PMIndias Union Minister Kiren Rijiju flew onboard a Sukhoi-30 MKI aircraft from Halwara Air Force Base, Punjab on Wednesday. Mr Rijiju flew for about 30 minutes in the supersonic jet, which can go up to the height of 56,800 feet at a maximum speed of 2,100 km per hour
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Battelle To Introduce Third Version Of DroneDefender Jammer By Yearend
May 18, 2016 @ 11:50 AMBattelle is developing a third version of DroneDefender UAV jammer that will integrate all external components as a fully contained unit. DroneDefender, which adopts a rifle-like form factor, emits an electronic signal that jams a ground controller's command and control (C2) and GPS being used to fly a small UAV
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Two Dutch F-35 Fighters To Reach Netherlands For Operational Tests
May 18, 2016 @ 01:11 AMTwo Dutch F-35A fighter jets will land in Netherlands followed by two KDC-10 aerial refuelers and a NATO C-17 carrying spare parts and gear in about a week. The planes will land at Leeuwarden Air Base, which is one of two bases that will be home to the RNLAF's F-35s when they arrive permanently in 2019
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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...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U