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Iranian Air Force Receives Home-Grown ‘Nasr’ Cruise Missile
February 9, 2016 @ 11:33 AMIranian Air Force has received air-launched version of the home grown cruise missile, ‘Nasr. “One of the main priorities are plans to design, optimize and upgrade the systems and equipment that the Air Force requiews for aerial battles,” Air Force Commander Brigadier General Hassan Shahsafi, General Dehqan was quoted as saying by
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Punj Lloyd-Israel Weapon Industries Sign JV To Manufacture Guns In India
February 6, 2016 @ 10:42 AMIndian Punj Lloydand Israel Weapon Industries have signed an joint venture to manufacture components of guns in India and later exported to Israel under the first phase. The joint venture will manufacture full guns in India for supplying to the security forces in the second phase, Indian Express news daily reported Friday
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Are Countries Buying Israeli Drones Vulnerable To UK, US Spying?
February 1, 2016 @ 11:56 AMThe recent revelation by former NSA contractor and Whistle-blower, Edward Snowden on UK assisting US National Security Agency in Spying Israeli drones shows the ease with which the program ‘Anarchist was carried out. This makes the nations who have bought or are in the process of buying Israeli attack drones vulnerable to spying from the US and the UK
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Boeing Wins $25 Million Contract For Air Force One Aircraft Replacement
January 30, 2016 @ 07:44 AMBoeing has won $25 million contract to start work on replacing Air Force One, the aircraft serving the US president, with a new aircraft based on its 747-800 design, the Department of Defense announced Friday. "The presidential aircraft is one of the most visible symbols of the United States of America at home and abroad," Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James said according to an official Air Force News Service (AFNS) report
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Japan's X-2 Aircraft Could Join the World Stealth Fighter Race
January 29, 2016 @ 11:00 AMJapans home-grown stealth fighter from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is aimed at matching similar stealth aircraft of China and Russia as well as competes in the world market for fifth generation fighters. The X-2 is designed to test stealth capabilities and once in full production will compete against the US F-35, Russian T-50 and Chinese J-31 fighters
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Boeing-led Test Improves U.S. Missile Defense Technology
January 29, 2016 @ 06:14 AMA Boeing-led industry team has successfully tested improvements to the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, a missile defense technology. Working with the U
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Japan Unveils First Homegrown Stealth Fighter
January 28, 2016 @ 01:38 PMJapan has unveiled its first indigenous stealth fighter aircraft X-2 and is expected to make its maiden test flight in February. The aircraft is equipped with reconnaissance and intelligence capabilities in a move to close a gap with its neighbours, China and Russia
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Philippine Navy’s New Sealift Vessel To Undergo Sea Trials In March
January 25, 2016 @ 08:57 AMOne of the Philippine Navys strategic sealift vessels being constructed in Indonesia will be subjected to the final testing process in March this year, before its handed over to the Philippines. The one of two SSVs will be subjected to a sea trial once the ships interiors are finished and its 117-member Navy crew arrives in Indonesia to conduct the test, Inquirer
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India’s Home-Grown LCA Tejas To Enter Full Scale Production In 2017
January 22, 2016 @ 02:12 PMFull scale production of Indias indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas will begin next year. "As per my primary report, it is appreciated by other countries who are interested
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Six South Korean KF-16 Prototypes To Fly By 2021
January 22, 2016 @ 01:14 PMSouth Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced Thursday that six prototypes of KF-16 indigenous fighter jet would be ready by 2021. DAPA in a commencement meeting in the headquarters of contractor Korea Aerospace Industries in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province for the fighter jet project held Thursday said that South Korea would be able to introduce the fighter in mid-2020s
Netherlands Becomes Launch Customer for Pilatus PC-7 MKX Trainers
KNDS, Safran to Develop Land Robotics for France
U.S. Approves $7.41B Sale of Missiles, Smart Bombs to Israel
Argentina, Paraguay Sign Pact to Boost Border Security, Combat Transnational Crime
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